{"id":"sl-2017-15","name":"Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) Regulation 2017","slug":"electricity-feed-in-large-scale-renewable-energy-generation-regulation-2017","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"15 of 2017","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173354,"registerId":"act-sl-2017-15-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation) Regulation 2017","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nElectricity Feed-in (Large-scale\nRenewable Energy Generation)\nRegulation 2017\nSL2017-15\nmade under the\nElectricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation)\nAct 2011\nRepublication No 2\nEffective: 14 September 2017\nRepublication date: 8 November 2017\nLast amendment made by A2017-35\n(republication for retrospective amendments\nby A2017-35)\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation)\nRegulation 2017, made under the Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy\nGeneration) Act 2011 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part\n11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 8 November 2017. It also includes any commencement,\namendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 14 September 2017.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the\nACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial changes\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made\nby an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).\nThe changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law\ninto line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M\nappears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears\nin the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for\nan individual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR2\n08/11/17\nElectricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy\nGeneration) Regulation 2017\nEffective: 14/09/17\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nElectricity Feed-in (Large-scale\nRenewable Energy Generation)\nRegulation 2017\nmade under the\nElectricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation)\nAct 2011\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n2 Prescribed areas—Act, dict, def Australian capital region, par (b) 2\n3 When surrender notice takes effect—matters to consider—Act,\ns 14 (4) 3\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 4\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy\nGeneration) Regulation 2017\nEffective: 14/09/17\nR2\n08/11/17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n2 Abbreviation key 4\n3 Legislation history 5\n4 Amendment history 6\n5 Earlier republications 6\n\nR2\n08/11/17\nElectricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy\nGeneration) Regulation 2017\nEffective: 14/09/17\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nElectricity Feed-in (Large-scale\nRenewable Energy Generation)\nRegulation 2017\nmade under the\nElectricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation)\nAct 2011\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy\nGeneration) Regulation 2017\nEffective: 14/09/17\nR2\n08/11/17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable\nEnergy Generation) Regulation 2017.\n2 Prescribed areas—Act, dict, def Australian capital region,\npar (b)\n(1) Areas for which the following councils have been constituted are\nprescribed:\n(a) Bega Valley Shire Council;\n(b) Eurobodalla Shire Council;\n(d) Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council;\n(c) Goulburn Mulwaree Council;\n(e) Hilltops Council;\n(f) Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council;\n(g) Snowy Monaro Regional Council;\n(h) Snowy Valleys Council;\n(i) Upper Lachlan Council;\n(j) Yass Valley Council.\n(2) In this section:\narea—see the Local Government Act 1993 (NSW), dictionary.\ncouncil—see the Local Government Act 1993 (NSW), dictionary.\n\nSection 3\nR2\n08/11/17\nElectricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy\nGeneration) Regulation 2017\nEffective: 14/09/17\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 When surrender notice takes effect—matters to\nconsider—Act, s 14 (4)\nThe following matters are prescribed:\n(a) the objectives of the Act;\n(b) any deed of FiT entitlement that has been executed;\n(c) how long the Territory is likely to take to obtain another source\nof electricity that is—\n(i) generated from a renewable energy source; and\n(ii) equivalent in quantity to the source to which the FiT\nentitlement relates.\n\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\npage 4 Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy\nGeneration) Regulation 2017\nEffective: 14/09/17\nR2\n08/11/17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished\nlaw but are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The\ndetails of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced\nexpiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\nLegislation history 3\nR2\n08/11/17\nElectricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy\nGeneration) Regulation 2017\nEffective: 14/09/17\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nThis regulation was made as part of the Planning, Building and Environment\nLegislation Amendment Act 2017 (No 2) (see A2017-20, s 8) and is taken to have\nbeen made under the Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy\nGeneration) Act 2011 A2011-56 (see s 26 (1) as ins by A2017-20, s 7).\nElectricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation)\nRegulation 2017 SL2017-15\ntaken to have been notified LR 15 June 2017 (A2011-56 s 26 (3) (a) as\nins by A2017-20 s 7)\ns 1 commenced 15 June 2017 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder taken to have commenced 16 June 2017 (A2011-56\ns 26 (3) (b) as ins by A2017-20 s 7)\nas amended by\nElectricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy Generation)\nAmendment Act 2017 A2017-35 pt 3\nnotified LR 8 November 2017\ns 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 14 September 2017 (LA s 75 (2))\npt 3 taken to have commenced 14 September 2017 (s 2 (1))\n\nEndnotes\n4 Amendment history\npage 6 Electricity Feed-in (Large-scale Renewable Energy\nGeneration) Regulation 2017\nEffective: 14/09/17\nR2\n08/11/17\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n4 Amendment history\nWhen surrender notice takes effect—matters to consider—Act, s 14 (4)\ns 3 ins A2017-35 s 11\n5 Earlier republications\nSome earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to\nthe publication order.\nSince 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in\nelectronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised\nrepublications have also been published in printed format. These republications\nare marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an\nauthorised republication are identical.\nRepublication\nNo and date\nEffective Last\namendment\nmade by\nRepublication\nfor\nR1\n16 June 2017\n16 June 2017–\n13 Sept 2017\nnot amended new regulation\n© Australian Capital Territory 2017","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Yes. Compared to earlier versions, this regulation (notably s2 and the inserted s3 by A2017-35 s11) clarifies and adjusts scope: it specifies particular NSW local government areas as within the Act’s regional definition and adds prescribed matters the decision‑maker must consider under s14(4) of the Act, thereby changing the decision‑making criteria required by the Act."},"complexity_factors":["Short, focused regulation (2 substantive sections) but relies on cross‑references to other laws (Electricity Feed‑in Act s14(4); Local Government Act 1993 (NSW) definitions) which raises interpretive complexity (see s2(2)).","Section 2 prescribes 10 specific NSW councils as part of the ‘Australian capital region’, creating cross‑jurisdictional scope and potential border/administration questions (see s2(1)).","Section 3 (inserted by A2017-35 s11) prescribes factual matters the decision‑maker must consider, including how long the Territory will take to obtain an equivalent renewable source — a judgment that requires procurement and timing evidence and creates evidentiary burden (see s3(c)).","Regulation leaves qualitative weighting and ultimate discretion with the decision‑maker under the Act; the instrument only sets matters to consider, not standards or thresholds (see s3).","Administrative/compliance effects are concentrated: FiT entitlement holders and the Territory may need to produce or assess deeds and procurement timelines to support or challenge surrender timing (see s3(b)–(c)).","Amendment and commencement history (A2017-20; A2017-35) and republication notes add procedural steps for establishing current operative text."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation names specific neighbouring local government areas that count as the “Australian capital region” for the Electricity Feed‑in (Large‑scale Renewable Energy Generation) Act, and sets the factors a decision‑maker must consider when deciding when a surrender notice takes effect. It affects holders of large‑scale feed‑in (FiT) entitlements and the ACT’s procurement of replacement renewable electricity. The decision‑maker (under s14 of the Act) must weigh the Act’s objectives, any executed FiT deed and how long the Territory will take to obtain an equivalent renewable source; costs fall on the Territory to replace supply and on affected entitlement holders."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This regulation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: operationalising the feed-in tariff scheme by defining eligible geographic areas and setting criteria for contract surrender. It has not expanded beyond these administrative functions."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 3 substantive sections","Minimal defined terms: only 2 definitions in section 2 (referencing external NSW legislation)","No nested exceptions or conditional logic","Simple list structure for prescribed areas (section 2)","Straightforward criteria in section 3 with no cross-references beyond the parent Act","No penalty provisions or enforcement mechanisms within the regulation itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation implements the ACT’s scheme to buy power from large-scale renewables by (1) designating ten surrounding NSW council areas as part of the Australian Capital region so projects there can qualify for ACT feed‑in tariff contracts, and (2) setting criteria the government must consider before surrendering such contracts (policy objectives, existing contracts, and timing to replace generation).\n\nIt affects large renewable developers, the ACT planning/energy agencies, and ACT consumers funding the scheme — helping the Territory meet its 100% renewable goal."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/electricity-feed-in-large-scale-renewable-energy-generation-regulation-2017","history":"/api/acts/electricity-feed-in-large-scale-renewable-energy-generation-regulation-2017/history","analysis":"/api/acts/electricity-feed-in-large-scale-renewable-energy-generation-regulation-2017/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/electricity-feed-in-large-scale-renewable-energy-generation-regulation-2017/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/electricity-feed-in-large-scale-renewable-energy-generation-regulation-2017/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/electricity-feed-in-large-scale-renewable-energy-generation-regulation-2017/documents"}}