26 June 2009

Energy Savings Scheme Rule (ESS Rule) has been released by the Department of Water and Energy. The ESS Rule is anticipated to be Gazetted on 3 July 2009.

19 June 2009

The Electricity Supply Amendment (Energy Savings) Bill 2009, which will establish the Energy Savings Scheme to commence on 1 July 2009, was assented to on 19 June 2009

19 June 2009

The Scheme Administrator would like to remind all Abatement Certificate Providers who have accredited abatement projects, that the registration of NGACs (or LUACs) for abatement that occurred in the 2008 calendar year must be completed by 30 June 2009. Certificates for 2008 vintage cannot be created after this date.

5 June 2009

Legislation introduced into Parliament closing off applications to GGAS and halting NGAC creation from Category A Generation projects as of 1 July 2009

June 2009

The GGAS Scheme Administrator has released the June 2009 Issue of the Scheme Newsletter

May 2009

The GGAS website now has a page dedicated to the Energy Savings Scheme. The page is designed to provide information on the development of ESS and information for participants in GGAS transitioning to the ESS.

April 2009

The NSW Government has released the Preparing for the Energy Savings Scheme document.

4 March 2009

The GGAS Scheme Administrator has released the March 2009 Issue of the Scheme Newsletter

27 February 2009

The NSW Government has announced an energy efficiency scheme intended to build on the energy efficiency achievements of GGAS.  The Scheme, to be known as the Energy Savings Scheme (ESS), will commence on 1 July 2009 and will continue until 2020 unless replaced by a national scheme.  More information is available from the Department of Climate Change and the Department of Water and Energy websites.

19 February 2009

The Scheme Administrator has released the Methane Energy Uncertainty Methodology (MEUM).  The MEUM provides applicants and ACPs with a tool to determine the uncertainty associated with the measurement of actual energy content for the purposes of Equations 13 or 16 of the Generation Rule.