26Fees for access schemes

26 Fees for access schemes

26 Fees for access schemes

(1) The consumer trustee is to determine the fees payable to the scheme financial vehicle by participants in an access scheme, taking into account the following principles—

(a) maximising financial value for NSW electricity customers,

(b) recovering the cost of the operation of the access scheme,

(c) optimal use of the existing and planned network infrastructure in the renewable energy zone or access area,

(d) other principles prescribed by the regulations.

(2) The fees determined by the consumer trustee must include a component that is to be used for a community purpose prescribed by the regulations.

(3) The component must not be less than the minimum amount or proportion prescribed by the regulations and must not exceed the maximum amount or proportion prescribed by the regulations.

(4) The fees determined by the consumer trustee must include a component that is to be used for an employment purpose prescribed by the regulations.

(5) The component must not be less than the minimum amount or proportion prescribed by the regulations and must not exceed the maximum amount or proportion prescribed by the regulations.

(6) In exercising its function under subsection (4), the consumer trustee is to seek advice from the committee established under section 34W(1)(b) of the Energy and Utilities Administration Act 1987.

(7) In this section—

community purpose means a purpose that benefits the community in a council area that, at any time after the declaration of the access scheme, is or has been wholly or partly within—

(a) the geographical area that forms the renewable energy zone to which the access scheme applies, or

(b) the geographical area that forms the access area in relation to which the access scheme applies.

council area means—

(a) an area within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993, or

(b) a Local Aboriginal Land Council area within the meaning of the .