Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator

Increasing Australia's renewable electricity generation

Accreditation of a power station

Application form
Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator, September 2009

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About the document

Generators of renewable electricity must be registered under the Act and have their power stations accredited by the Regulator before they can create RECs. The accreditation process will establish if the power station is eligibility to create RECs under the measure and, if applicable, establish a renewable energy baseline for each eligible power station. A power station must be accredited under the measure and generate renewable energy above its baseline before being eligible to create RECs.

Accreditation Process

Notes to applicants

  1. Parties seeking to gain accreditation for a power station should complete this form. The accreditation application process commences when a complete application for accreditation is submitted to the Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator (ORER) by a 'Registered Person' (the applicant). This form generally covers all of the information required by the ORER to assess an application for accreditation. However, in some circumstances, you may be contacted to provide additional information during the application process. Incomplete forms will be returned to the applicant to complete.
  2. Should the 'Application for Accreditation of a Power Station' be approved by the Regulator, section 15B of the Act specifies that the applicant becomes the 'Nominated Person' for the power station. This means that the 'Registered Person' will become the 'Nominated Person' for the purposes of the Act.
  3. Note that only the 'Nominated Person' is able to create RECs for eligible generation from the power station and that the ORER will only discuss the application for accreditation and other related correspondence with the 'Nominated Person'.
  4. Applicants should be aware that their name, the address of the power station and the details regarding the source of the renewable energy to be used in the power station, will be listed in a public registry of accreditation applications and a registry of accredited power stations.
  5. Applicants should refer to the detailed Explanatory Notes - Application for Accreditation to help complete this form.

See also

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