Australian Capital Territory
Energy Efficiency (Cost of Living) Improvement (Energy Savings Target) Determination 2015 (No 1)
Disallowable Instrument DI2015–268
made under the 
Energy Efficiency (Cost of Living) Improvement Act 2012, s7 (Energy savings target)* 
* Section 7 (Energy savings target) is amended by section 4 of the Energy Efficiency (Cost of Living) Improvement Amendment Act 2015 (Amendment Act).  Section 4 of the Amendment Act is an uncommenced provision.

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Energy Efficiency (Cost of Living) Improvement (Energy Savings Target) Determination 2015 (No 1).
2	Commencement 
	(1)	This instrument commences on the day after its notification day.
	(2)	The Legislation Act, section 81 (6) applies to this instrument.
Note: 	The Legislation Act, s 81 provides for the exercise of a power given by a law if the law, or amending law, has been notified but has not commenced.  If a legislative instrument declares that s 81(6) applies to it, the instrument commences on the day after its notification day.
3	Determination of Energy Savings Targets
I determine the following energy savings targets for each of the following compliance periods:

a)	8.6 per cent of total electricity sales for the period 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016;
b)	8.6 per cent of total electricity sales for the period 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017; 
c)	8.6 per cent of total electricity sales for the period 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018; 
d)	8.6 per cent of total electricity sales for the period 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019; and
e)	8.6 per cent of total electricity sales for the period 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020.

Compliance period – see section 12 of the Energy Efficiency (Cost of Living) Improvement Act 2012.  

Note: Energy Efficiency (Cost of Living) Improvement (Energy Savings Target) Determination 2012 (No 1) (DI2012-93) which determined the energy savings targets for the 2013, 2014 and 2015 compliance periods remains in effect.

Simon Corbell 
Minister for the Environment
15 September 2015