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• Renewable Energy (Certificates and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2009 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  CASH, Sen Michaelia 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  to: limit the issue of renewable energy certificates to mature renewable energy technologies to one-third of the total certificates issued; and provide for the creation of certificates for building efficient long distance transmission systems. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Renewable Energy (Food Processing Activities) Amendment Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2009 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  BOSWELL, Sen Ron 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  to require regulations to be made to determine that food processing activities, to the extent that they are trade exposed, be given a 90 per cent partial exemption from the additional renewable source electricity acquisition obligation for 2010 and later years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Renewable Energy—Electricity (Water Heaters and Phantom Certificates) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 Feb 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  MILNE, Sen Christine 

  Summary

  The bill: requires the minister to develop a scheme to support solar hot water systems and heat pump hot water systems by 1 July 2011; requires the minister to ensure the phasing-out of electric resistance water heaters by 30 June 2012; and amends the

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  to require that the number of renewable energy certificates (RECs) created by solar hot water systems, heat pump hot water systems and ‘phantom RECs’ must be added to the subsequent year’s renewable energy target. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Charge) Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill amends the

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Charge) Act 2000

  to: impose a shortfall charge in relation to surrendering renewable energy certificates created from large-scale renewable energy power generation; and amend the long and short titles of the Act. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Small-scale Technology Shortfall Charge) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill imposes a shortfall charge in relation to surrendering renewable energy certificates created from installations of small-scale renewable energy technologies. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 May 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills, the bill amends the

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  to: separate the Renewable Energy Target scheme into the Large-scale Renewable Energy Target and the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme and create obligations on liable entities; establish an optional clearing house for the transfer of certificates; provide for an enforcement and compliance framework which includes a civil penalty regime; enable corporations to apply for partial exemption certificates; and provide for waste coal mine gas in the renewable energy target. Also contains application and transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Responsible Takeaway Alcohol Hours Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 May 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Sponsor

  FIELDING, Sen Steve 

  Summary

  Prohibits the sale of takeaway alcoholic beverages between midnight and 7 am on any day and imposes offences for any contravention. 

  Bill

• Radiocommunications Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Jun 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  in relation to: the commencement timeframe of spectrum licence re-issue processes by the Australian Communications Media Authority; the coexistence of class licences and spectrum licences; and certain determinations not being subject to disallowance. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Renewable Energy Amendment (Feed-in-Tariff for Electricity) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Before Senate 

  Sponsor

  MILNE, Sen Christine 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000

  to establish a national feed-in tariff (FiT) scheme to provide financial support for the commercialisation of prospective renewable energy technologies by providing: that the minister sets and reviews a FiT rate for renewable energy technology and a FiT levy rate to fund payments under the scheme; that qualifying generators be allowed to connect and feed into the grid; that the Renewable Energy Regulator establish a Feed-in-Tariff Register; and for the preparation and tabling of an independent report on the operation of the scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Radiocommunications Amendment Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  30 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Radiocommunications Act 1992

  in relation to: the commencement timeframe of spectrum licence re-issue processes by the Australian Communications Media Authority; the coexistence of class licences and spectrum licences; certain determinations not being subject to disallowance; and ministerial spectrum access charge directions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum