South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated RegulationsSchedule 1—Criteria for grant allocation
1
There should be diversity in the allocation of funding after taking into
account—
(a) the
number and range of consumers who may benefit from the relevant projects; and
(b) the
nature of the interest represented across the projects; and
(c) the
issues to which the projects will relate,
while recognising (from a general perspective) the Panel's objective set out
in section 30(b) of the Act.
2 A project intended to benefit consumers of
electricity should—
(a)
relate to the development, design or operation of, or policies associated
with, the national electricity market or the retailing of electricity, or
relate to other issues covered by the National Electricity Law or the National
Electricity Rules; or
(b)
directly relate to an aspect of the responsibilities of the Australian Energy
Regulator, the AEMC or AEMO under the National Electricity Law or the National
Electricity Rules; or
(c) have
some other relevance to the national electricity market or the retailing of
electricity, when viewed as a whole.
3 A project intended to benefit consumers of gas
should—
(a)
relate to the development or operation of gas pipelines, or policies
associated with obtaining access to gas pipelines, or relate to other issues
covered by the National Gas Law or the National Gas Rules; or
(b)
directly relate to an aspect of the responsibilities of the Australian Energy
Regulator or the AEMC under the National Gas Law or the National Gas Rules, or
the responsibilities of the Economic Regulation Authority under that law or
those rules in Western Australia; or
(c) have
some other relevance to the national gas market or the retailing of gas, when
viewed as a whole.
4 An application for funding must relate to an
issue that is relevant to a material number of consumers.
5 There is an expectation (but not a strict
requirement) that a successful applicant for funding will fund a share of the
costs of the project himself or herself (which may be achieved by the
applicant gaining access to other sources of funds, or by the applicant making
a contribution to the project by providing staff, facilities or other
resources).
6 An applicant for funding must furnish a project
plan that includes—
(a) an
outline of the objectives of the project; and
(b)
information identifying whether the project is intended to be for the benefit
of consumers of electricity, consumers of natural gas, or both consumers of
electricity and consumers of natural gas; and
(c) a
proposed budget; and
(d) the
amount of funding sought from the Panel.
7 A successful applicant for funding must, as a
condition of a grant, be willing to agree—
(a) to
maintain, and to make available to the Panel on request, appropriate records,
accounts and reports concerning the expenditure of funding provided by the
Panel for the purposes of the relevant project; and
(b) to
furnish to the Panel—
(i)
as soon as is reasonably practicable after receiving a
written request from the Panel during the course of the relevant project; and
(ii)
in any event, within 2 months after the completion
of the relevant project,
a report that sets out—
(iii)
a comprehensive description of the objectives of the
project; and
(iv)
the issues that have been considered for the purposes of
the project; and
(v)
the outcomes that have been achieved in connection with
the project; and
(vi)
the costs and expenses associated with the project.