12Application for provisional accreditation of a relevant power station

12 Application for provisional accreditation of a relevant power station

(1) A registered person may apply to the ESC for provisional accreditation of the proposed components of an electricity generation system that the person considers would, if assembled, be a single relevant power station.

(2) An application must—

(b) specify the proposed components; and

(c) list the eligible renewable energy sources from which electricity is intended to be generated; and

(d) contain any other information required by the ESC; and

(e) be accompanied by any documents required by the ESC; and

(f) be accompanied by the relevant fee (if any) fixed under section 112.

(3) The ESC may also require from an applicant under this section—

(a) who is a Commonwealth scheme participant; and

(b) whose application is in respect of components of an electricity generation system that are a Commonwealth scheme power station—

evidence, in writing, that the applicant has agreed with the Commonwealth Regulator for the Commonwealth Regulator to divulge or communicate to the ESC—

(c) information about the Commonwealth scheme power station; and

(d) protected information concerning the applicant; and

(e) any other information held by the Commonwealth Regulator.

(4) The ESC may also require from an applicant under this section who is an applicant under section 12A or 13 of the Commonwealth scheme evidence, in writing, that the applicant has agreed with the Commonwealth Regulator for the Commonwealth Regulator to divulge or communicate to the ESC—

(a) information about the components of the electricity generation system that are also the subject of an application under either of those sections; and

(b) protected information concerning the applicant; and

(c) any other information held by the Commonwealth Regulator.

S. 12(5) inserted by No. 67/2009 s. 4.

(5) No application can be made under this section on or after the commencement of section 4 of the Victorian Renewable Energy Amendment Act 2009.