Australian Capital Territory
Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) FiT Capacity Release Determination 2014 (No 2)
Disallowable instrument DI2014–107
made under the 
Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) Act 2011 - Section 10 (FiT capacity release)

1	Name of instrument
This Instrument is the Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) FiT Capacity Release Determination 2014 (No 2).
2	Commencement 
This Instrument commences the day after its notification.
3	Determination of FiT capacity release 
I determine that:

1)	1MW of the FiT capacity provided for under the Act be made available for the grant of FiT entitlements, by direct grant process;

2)	any FiT entitlement that may be granted under this release will be for:

a)	a term of 20 years;

b)	solar energy generation; and 

c)	large renewable energy generators located within the Australian Capital Territory; and 

3)	the minimum capacity of a large renewable energy generator’s generating system in relation to which a FiT entitlement may be granted under this release is 201kW.

4	Criteria to be met by eligible persons 
For a person to be eligible for a FiT entitlement granted under this release, the following criteria must be met:

1)	The person must be a single, legal, incorporated entity that is a genuine ACT based community organisation;
2)	The person must not be insolvent, or become subject to an insolvency event;
3)	The person must not have had a judicial decision relating to employee entitlements made against it (not including decisions under appeal) and not have paid the claim;
4)	The person must not have been named as an organisation that has not complied with the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012; and
5)	The person must have a completed proposal form and all required attachments by the specified closing date and time.

5	Criteria to be met by eligible proposals
For a person’s proposal to be eligible for a FiT entitlement granted under this release, the following criteria must be met:
1)	Proposals must be for the establishment of a single generating system that has no more than 1MW generating capacity as determined at its point of connection to an interconnected national electricity system;
2)	A proposal’s generating systems must be connected to the ACT electricity network;
3)	Proposals must be for a new (yet to be constructed) generating system;
4)	Proposals must have low risks to timely completion;
5)	Proposals must have a high quality of engagement with the local community in which they are proposed to be developed;
6)	Proposals must have significant economic development benefits for the ACT; and
7)	Proposals must have attempted to minimise their reliance on the Treasury Financial Guarantee.

Simon Corbell
Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development
      4 June 2014