Electricity Supply Act 1995
154Scheme participant’s individual liable use
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154 Scheme participant’s individual liable use
154 Scheme participant’s individual liable use
(1) A scheme participant must calculate the scheme participant’s individual liable use for a compliance period, which is the total value of the liable uses of gas for the scheme participant for the previous year.
Example—
The individual liable use for the 2026 compliance period is the total value of a scheme participant’s gas use in 2025.
(2) The use of gas by a scheme participant who is a gas retailer is a liable use if the gas is conveyed to a retail customer using a relevant pipeline under a contract with the scheme participant.
(3) The use of gas by a scheme participant who is an end user is a liable use if—
(a) the scheme participant produced the gas, or
(b) the gas is conveyed to the scheme participant using a relevant pipeline or otherwise conveyed to the scheme participant.
(4) A use of gas is not a liable use for a scheme participant if the gas is a liable use for a scheme participant who is lower down the chain of supply of gas.
(5) If the gas used by a scheme participant has green hydrogen or renewable methane as a component of the gas, the green hydrogen or renewable methane component is not included in the scheme participant’s liable use.
(6) For the purposes of this Part—
(a) a liable use specified in subclause (2) is a liable use for a scheme participant on the date on which the gas is used by the retail customer, and
(b) a liable use specified in subclause (3) is a liable use for a scheme participant on the date on which the gas is used by the scheme participant, and
(c) the value of a use of gas is the amount of gas used, expressed in gigajoules.
(7) The scheme rules may make further provision in relation to determining when a use of gas is taken to be a liable use for a scheme participant, for the purposes of determining the scheme participant’s individual liable use.
(8) This clause is subject to Division 3.
(9) In this clause—
relevant pipeline means—