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Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Aggregated Small Energy Users) Methodology Determination 2015
I, Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment, make the following determination.

Dated 25 March 2015

Greg Hunt

Greg Hunt
Minister for the Environment

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Duration
5 Definitions
6 Meaning of measured energy consumption
7 Meaning of treatment
8 References to factors and parameters from external sources
Part 2—Aggregated small energy users projects
9 Aggregated small energy users projects
Part 3—Project requirements
Division 1—Operation of this Part
10 Operation of this Part
Division 2—General requirements
11 Information to be included in application for declaration
12 Legal right to access and use data about energy consumption
13 Project proponent not to be actively involved in decision‑making
Division 3—Making choices for the project
Subdivision A—Populations and selecting sites
14 Choosing populations
15 Selecting sites for a control group or treatment group
16 Sites affected by attrition
Subdivision B—Measurement periods and pre‑treatment periods
17 Choosing the start day for the first measurement period
18 Choosing start day and end day for pre‑treatment periods
Subdivision C—Sub‑methods and explanatory variables
19 Choosing a sub‑method and explanatory variables
Subdivision D—Sources of energy
20 Choosing energy sources
Division 4—Treatment and activities of the project proponent
Subdivision A—Dealing with control group and treatment group differently
21 Dealing with control group and treatment group differently
22 Offering goods or services to cause higher energy consumption at sites in control group
23 Offering goods or services to control group that would usually be offered
24 Promoting government programs disproportionately to treatment group
25 Measuring energy consumption
Subdivision B—Other requirements
26 Occupants of sites in control group not to be informed of their role
27 Promoting to treatment group the switch to using different energy source
28 Increase in energy prices for treatment group
29 Decrease in energy prices for control group
30 Disposing of removed or replaced energy‑consuming equipment
Part 4—Net abatement amount
Division 1—Preliminary
31 Operation of this Part
32 Overview of gases accounted for in abatement calculations
Division 2—Requirements relating to calculating net abatement
33 Operation of this Division
34 General requirements
35 Excluding sites affected by attrition from the beginning of measurement period
36 Requirements for sub‑methods 2 and 3
Division 3—Method for calculating net abatement amount
37 Summary