72Monitoring energy consumption other than using billing data

72  Monitoring energy consumption other than using billing data

 (1) This section applies if the project proponent for the project monitors energy consumption at a site in a population in the project using a method other than using billing data.

Note: See section 34 in relation to pro‑rataing data about energy consumption.

 (2) The project proponent must monitor the site’s energy consumption that:

 (a) is either:

 (i) electricity consumed, from an electricity grid, at the site, measured in kilowatt hours; or

 (ii) natural gas consumption at the site, measured in gigajoules; and

 (b) meets the requirements of subsection (3) or (4).

Note: The project proponent does not itself need to measure the energy consumption but may access data from another party, such as a metering company, that measures the energy consumption.

 (3) Energy consumption meets this requirement if it is measured and estimated in accordance with:

 (a) the National Energy Retail Rules made under the National Energy Retail Law, as that law applies in the jurisdiction where the site is located; and

 (b) the law regulating the supply of the energy to retail customers in that jurisdiction.

 (4) Energy consumption meets this requirement if:

 (a) it is measured in accordance with a metering arrangement that complies with the relevant requirements of the National Measurement Institute, including requirements in relation to meters; and

 (b) the installing and reading of meters, and the measuring, estimating and checking of the energy consumption, was done:

 (i) without bias as to whether the site is in the control group or the treatment group in a population; and

 (ii) by a person who had no knowledge of whether the site is in that control group or treatment group.

73  Monitoring explanatory variables for sub‑method 3

 (1) This section applies if the project proponent for the project will use sub‑method 3 to calculate the abatement for a population in the project under Part 4.

 (2) The project proponent must monitor the explanatory variables (if any) the project proponent has chosen for the population for the purposes of using that sub‑method, using data collected by the project proponent or by a third party.

 (3) If the project proponent monitors the explanatory variable using data collected by the project proponent, the explanatory variable must be monitored as follows:

 (a) the variable must be measured accurately; and

 (b) the variable must be measured in accordance with industry practice (if any); and