Private ruling: Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme
Published: July 2014

Ruling: What is this ruling about? | This ruling considered a number of issues in relation to the transfer and blending of alternative fuels for the purposes of claiming a grant under the Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Act 2004 . | The Commissioner ruled that: | 1. The rulee was entitled to claim a cleaner fuel grant for renewable diesel that it purchased from a third party. | 2. The methodology the rulee proposed to use in calculating the amount of the cleaner fuel grant for the renewable diesel component of a fuel blend is fair and reasonable. | 3. In relation to the in-line blending of a fuel (comprising a renewable diesel component) with B100 biodiesel (for a blend of up to 20% biodiesel (B20)), the rulee is entitled to claim a cleaner fuel grant for the renewable diesel component plus a further cleaner fuel grant for the biodiesel component of the blend. | 4. Where the renewable diesel amount of the final fuel blend exceeds 20%, subregulation 5A(3) of the EGCFS Regulations caps the amount of the cleaner fuel grant available in relation to the renewable diesel amount to 20%. | 5. The feedstock of the renewal diesel is tallow for the purposes of subregulation 5A(1) of the EGCFS Regulations.


Relevant legislative provisions: Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Act 2004 Section 4 | Subsection 4A(1) | Subsection 4A(2) | Section 5 | Section 6 | Fuel Quality Standards Act 2000 Section 21 | Energy Grants (Cleaner Fuels) Scheme Regulations 2004 | Regulation 5A Subregulation 5A(1) | Subregulation 5A(3) | Regulation 7 | Regulation 7C Fuel Standard (Automotive Diesel) Determination 2001