Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L00345:reg:72
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L00345
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 72
Character Range: 92997–94751

72  Monitoring energy consumption other than using billing data
 (1) This section applies if the project proponent for the project monitors energy consumption at a site in a population in the project using a method other than using billing data.
Note: See section 34 in relation to pro‑rataing data about energy consumption.
 (2) The project proponent must monitor the site's energy consumption that:
 (a) is either:
 (i) electricity consumed, from an electricity grid, at the site, measured in kilowatt hours; or
 (ii) natural gas consumption at the site, measured in gigajoules; and
 (b) meets the requirements of subsection (3) or (4).
Note: The project proponent does not itself need to measure the energy consumption but may access data from another party, such as a metering company, that measures the energy consumption.
 (3) Energy consumption meets this requirement if it is measured and estimated in accordance with:
 (a) the National Energy Retail Rules made under the National Energy Retail Law, as that law applies in the jurisdiction where the site is located; and
 (b) the law regulating the supply of the energy to retail customers in that jurisdiction.
 (4) Energy consumption meets this requirement if:
 (a) it is measured in accordance with a metering arrangement that complies with the relevant requirements of the National Measurement Institute, including requirements in relation to meters; and
 (b) the installing and reading of meters, and the measuring, estimating and checking of the energy consumption, was done:
 (i) without bias as to whether the site is in the control group or the treatment group in a population; and
 (ii) by a person who had no knowledge of whether the site is in that control group or treatment group.