55Reporting and recording by distributors

55 Reporting and recording by distributors

(1)  For the purposes of section 44J(1) of the Act, a distributor in respect of premises must keep an accurate record of all small customers in respect of the premises –

(a) who are, or who have ceased to be, standard feed-in tariff customers, in respect of the premises; or

(b) who have –

(i) ceased to be standard feed-in tariff customers, in respect of the premises, in relation to one authorised retailer; and

(ii) become standard feed-in tariff customers, in respect of the premises, of another authorised retailer.

(2)  For the purposes of section 44J(2) of the Act, the period is the period between 1 July and 30 September in each year.

(3)  For the purposes of section 44J(2) of the Act, the report to be provided within the period specified in subregulation (2) is to contain the following matters:

(a) the number of small customers in respect of premises at which there are installed qualifying systems that became, in the previous financial year, connected by the distributor to the distributor's distribution network;

(b) the number of small customers in respect of premises at which there are installed qualifying systems that were, as at the end of the previous financial year, connected by the distributor to the distributor's distribution network (whether or not the system became connected in that previous financial year or an earlier financial year);

(c) the total generating capacity of, and amount of electricity supplied to the distribution network by, all qualifying systems, at premises of small customers, that were, as at the end of the previous financial year, connected by the distributor to the distributor's distribution network (whether or not the systems became connected in that previous financial year or in an earlier financial year);

(d) the number of standard feed-in tariff customers, in respect of premises at which, as at the end of the previous financial year, qualifying systems had been connected by the distributor to the distributor's distribution network (whether or not the systems became connected in that previous financial year or an earlier financial year);