Waste Coal Mine Gas Eligibility Sheet

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Waste Coal Mine Gas (WCMG) Eligibility Sheet

/ Version 1.0
April 2012
Please complete the WCMG Eligibility Sheet in supplement to the ‘Application for Accreditation of a Power Station’ if waste coal mine gas is used as a fuel source in the power station.
If there is not sufficient space to complete your answer, please provide the answer as an attachment.
Legislative references:

The Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 (the Act)
The Renewable Energy (Electricity) Regulations 2001 (the Regulations)

Eligible WCMG is defined in section 17A of the Act:
17A What is eligible WCMG?
(1)Waste coal mine gas is eligible WCMG if:
(a)the waste coal mine gas is used in the generation of electricity by a power station in the period:
(i)starting on the day prescribed by the regulations for the purpose of this subparagraph; and
(ii)ending on 31December 2020; and
(b)either:
(i)the power station was generating electricity from waste coal mine gas at any time in May 2009; or
(ii)if subparagraph(i) does not apply—the power station had generated electricity from waste coal mine gas before May 2009, and, as at the end of May 2009, the owner or operator of the power station has a plan for the power station to resume generating electricity from waste coal mine gas before the end of September 2009.
(2)For the purposes of this Act, the regulations may provide that waste coal mine gas has the meaning prescribed by the regulations.
(3)For the purposes of this Act, the regulations may prescribe limitations (in addition to those in subsection(1)) that apply in order for waste coal mine gas to be eligible WCMG.
(4)If the regulations do not prescribe a day for the purpose of subparagraph(1)(a)(i), no waste coal mine gas is eligible WCMG.
For the purpose of subparagraph(1)(a)(i), regulation 10A prescribes that waste coal mine gas is eligible WCMGstarting on 1 July 2012.
Please note the last date for receipt of ‘Application for Accreditation of a Power Station’ using WCMG as an eligible energy source is 1 April 2012. No extensions to this date are possible.

SECTION A – Fuel Details

/ Provide details of the WCMG and other fuel used in the power station

1 Please describe the source/s of WCMG used in the power station (including evidence that WCMG is/was drained from a coal mine covered by a coal mining lease that authorises coal mining).

2

/ What is the typical chemical composition of WCMG used in the power station?
3 / Please list any other fuel sources that were used or will be used in the power station?
For example, diesel, natural gas, etc.
SECTION B – Generation Details / Provide details of electricity generated by the power station using WCMG

4 What was the date when electricity was generated for the first time by the power station using WCMG?

/ Date/Month/Year
i) /
Was the power station generating electricity from WCMG in May 2009? /
Yes → Go to Q5 / No
ii) / Was the power station generating electricity before May 2009 (but not during May 2009) and did you have a plan to generate electricity from WCMG before the end of September 2009? /
Yes / No
If ‘yes’, provide evidence in the form of an approved plan by the company.
Note: if you answered ‘No’ to Question 4 (i) and (ii), you are not eligible to use WCMG as a fuel source.
5 / Please fill out Table 1 on page 3 and subsequently state the amount of electricity generated using WCMG in 2008. / (A)* / MWh
Provide supporting evidence for the quantities reported in Table 1 for the 2008 year.For example, interval meter data showing both exports and imports (in spreadsheet format), supporting data for any FSL amount, etc. / *Refer to page 3
6 / Does the 2008 year represent a typical generation year?
Refer to the special circumstances mentioned in Schedule 1, subclause 4.1of the Regulations which may indicate a non-typical generation year.

Yes
No
/
Please provide details
Why not?

7

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If the power station was generating electricity before 1 January 1997, please complete Questions 29 – 32 of the ‘Application for Accreditation of a Power Station’.

Table 1: 2008 WCMG GENERATION DETAILS / Please provide generation details with respect to the 2008 calendar year
Summary Generation Table
Please summarise electricity generated by WCMG from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008 inclusive in the table below; attach meter readings, dates and other supporting information where necessary.
Eligible Energy Source: / Waste coal mine gas
Month / TLEG
(MWh) / FSL
(MWh) / AUX
(MWh) / DLEG
(MWh) / MLF / Eligible Energy Generation (MWh)
TLEG – (FSL + AUX + (DLEG x (1 - MLF)))
January / (2007/08fy MLF)
February
March
April
May
June
July / (2008/09fy MLF)
August
September
October
November
December
TOTALS / (A)
TLEG is the total amount of electricity, in MWh, generated by the power station in the year, as measured at all generator terminals of the power station in the year.
FSL is the amount (if any) of electricity, in MWh, generated by the power station in the year using energy sources that are not eligible energy sources, worked out under regulation 15.
AUX is the auxiliary loss (regulation 3B), in MWh, for the power station for the year.
DLEG is the amount of electricity, in MWh, transmitted or distributed by the power station in the year, measured:

if the power station is part of the national electricity market — at the point determined under the National Electricity Rules; or
in any other case — at the point determined by an authority of the State or Territory where the power station is.

MLFis the marginal loss factor (which is measured for a power station at the nearest TNI)to allow for the amount of electricity losses in transmission networks**, as determined by:

If the power station is part of the national electricity market – AEMO; or
In any other case — an authority of the State or Territory where the power station is.

**If all the electricity generated by the accredited power station is used in the power station, or in the local distribution network, or in both the power station and the local distribution network, the marginal loss factor (MLF) is taken to be 1.
Note: data should be presented as monthly data, unless less than 1MWh was generated each month.