39Other facility registration—Act, s 79(2)(g), (4)(a)(i), (4)(a)(ii), (5) and (7)

39  Other facility registration—Act, s 79(2)(g), (4)(a)(i), (4)(a)(ii), (5) and (7)

 (1) In deciding to register a facility that is an electricity generation system, the Regulator must have regard to:

 (a) whether a suitability event has occurred in relation to the applicant; and

 (b) if the facility has a direct supply relationship with an energy storage system:

 (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.

 (2) The Regulator must be satisfied that all components of a facility are:

 (a) integrated or interrelated; and

 (b) integral to the operation of the system and generation of electricity.

Example: An interrelated or integrated component includes one that operates to transform energy into electricity, a component of a supplementary power supply or infrastructure of the system (including buildings, fuel storage areas, fuel handling, IT, instrumentation and control).

Note: The Regulator must have regard to the guidelines prescribed in Schedule 3 (Electricity generation system—component guidelines) (see subpar 79(4)(a)(i) of the Act).

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.

 (4) The Act, subparagraph 79(2)(d)(i) does not apply to a facility, a component of which is included in an accredited power station, if the component included in the accredited power station may be shared in accordance with subsection (6) or subsection (7).

 (5) The Act, subparagraph 79(2)(d)(ii) does not apply to a facility, a component of which is included in a registered renewable electricity facility, if the component included in the registered renewable electricity facility may be shared in accordance with subsection (6).

 (6) For subsections (4) and (5), a component may be shared if the component is:

 (a) shared between facilities that are either:

 (i) co-located and electrically connected; or

 (ii) interconnected hydro systems; and

 (b) one of the following types of components:

 (i) a supplementary power supply;

 (ii) system infrastructure;

 (iii) a fuel processing or fuel delivery component;

 (iv) transmission and distribution infrastructure;

 (v) a water management component;

 (vi) pumping equipment used by interconnected hydro systems.