38Accredited power station registration—Act, s 78(3)(a) and (4)

38  Accredited power station registration—Act, s 78(3)(a) and (4)

 (1) The Regulator must have regard to the following prescribed matters:

 (a) whether a suitability event has occurred in relation to:

 (i) the applicant; and

 (ii) if the applicant is not the nominated person for the accredited power station—the nominated person;

 (b) if information provided as part of the application is consistent with the following information under the REE Act:

 (i) information that relates to the applicant who is the nominated person for the accredited power station;

 (ii) information that relates to the facility that is an accredited power station;

 (c) if the accredited power station has a direct supply relationship with an energy storage system that is the subject of an application under section 75 (Application to register other facilities) of the Act:

 (i) whether the direct supply relationship meets any requirement prescribed under section 35 (Direct supply relationship—Act, par 71(b)); and

 (ii) whether the information provided in relation to the energy storage system is accurate;

 (d) if the accredited power station includes an energy storage system as a component of the power station—whether the nameplate capacity of the energy storage system is of a size that would reduce the credibility of claims about the generation of electricity by the accredited power station, including if:

 (i) the sum of the nameplate capacity of the accredited power station and the nameplate storage power of the energy storage system is more than 5 megawatts; or

 (ii) the nameplate storage power of the energy storage system is more than 1 megawatt.

Example: The Regulator may impose a condition requiring that a component is used for measuring electricity consumption for another component, and further that the measurements are reported at a frequency stated in the condition.