Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01206:reg:11:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01206
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 11 (pt 3/3)
Character Range: 26992–29065

be shared by IE units provided that each IE unit uses it independently to move material between its different components, and all the energy used for the movement of one unit's material is consumed within that unit.
 (5) The unit must not include any equipment that does not contribute to the output of the unit unless:
 (a) the equipment is part of a partly independent sub-system specified under section 12; or
 (b) the inclusion of that equipment has only a minor or trivial effect on the abatement for the unit.
Note: The effect might be only minor or trivial because, for example:

                  * its energy consumption is small compared with that of the unit as a whole;

                  * the change in its energy consumption between the baseline period and the project measurement period is small compared with that of the unit as a whole.
Energy inputs must have NGER emissions factors
 (6) The unit must not consume or draw useful energy from outside the unit (including transmitted fuel or electricity) other than:
 (a) fuel or electricity with emissions factors listed in the NGER (Measurement) Determination; or
 (b) lower grade energy returned to a partly independent subsystem in the circumstances prescribed by paragraph 12(3)(b).
Definition of useful energy
 (7) In this determination:
useful energy means fuel, electricity, heat, steam, cooling or useful physical work.
Examples:
(i): Heat can be in the form of hot process fluids or other materials transferred from outside the unit in a way that materially reduces the energy consumption of the unit. Heat transfers to and from the unit fall within the scope of this provision if they are effected by equipment configured for heating purposes, but not if the heat transfer is incidental or not material.
 (ii): Physical work is useful in this context if it reduces the energy consumption of the equipment. For example, if water is supplied to a submersible pump station at high speed and this kinetic energy is dissipated in the water tank, this wasted energy would not fall under this provision.