Australian Capital Territory
Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) FiT Capacity Release Determination 2016 (No 1)
Disallowable instrument DI2016–31
made under the 
Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) Act 2011, 
s 10 (FiT capacity release)

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) FiT Capacity Release Determination 2016 (No 1).
2	Commencement 
This instrument commences the day after its notification.
3	Determination of FiT capacity release 
I determine that:

1)	109MW of the FiT capacity provided for under the Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) Act 2011 (Act) be made available for the grant of FiT entitlements, by competitive process;

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

a)	a term of 20 years;

b)	wind, solar or an energy source declared by the Minister to be a renewable energy source; and 

Note Section 6 of the Act permits the Minister to declare an energy source to be a renewable energy source. Such a declaration is a disallowable instrument.

c)	large renewable energy generators located within the Australian capital region or any other participating jurisdiction.  

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 9MW.

Participating jurisdiction see s10(6) of the Act.  

Simon Corbell
Minister for the Environment and Climate Change
05 April 2016