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)
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Section 10 of the Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) Act 2011 (the Act) permits the Minister to determine that a stated part of the FiT capacity (a FiT capacity release) is to be made available for the grant of FiT entitlements.

The purpose of this determination is to make 1 megawatt of capacity available for a large-scale community solar scheme, in the form of a direct grant process, to be conducted by the Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate in 2014 and 2015. The determination also sets outs the criteria that a person, or proposal, needs to meet in order to be eligible for a FiT entitlement under the release.

In paragraph 3 the minister determines:
•	that 1MW of the FiT capacity will be made available by direct grant;
•	that the term of the entitlement is 20 years;
•	that the renewable energy source must be solar;
•	that the renewable energy generator must be located within the ACT;
•	that the minimum capacity of the generating system to be granted an entitlement is 201kW.

Paragraph 4 sets out the criteria that a person must meet to be an eligible proponent for a direct grant.

Paragraph 5 sets out the criteria that a proposal must meet to be eligible for a FiT entitlement by direct grant.

The determination under Section 10 of the Act is a Disallowable Instrument.