❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice regarding the gross feed-in tariff scheme for renewable energy, covering budget allocations, eligibility, installation numbers, funding risks, and alternative funding models.
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gross feed-in tariff scheme
I would like to congratulate the Barnett government for proposing a gross feed-in tariff for renewable energy. (1) Were any, or all, of the budget allocations based on modelling about the expected uptake of the government’s feed-in tariff program? (2) How many renewable energy installations are eligible for this program? (3) How many photovoltaic installations received approval in Western Australia in 2008, and in the first five months of 2009? (4) What will happen if in 2009-10, or subsequent years, the amount of funding allocated to this program dries up because it is oversubscribed? (5) Has the government given consideration to a feed-in tariff model that does not involve any cost to consolidated revenue, such as the system used in European Union countries, where FIT costs are recouped via a small levy on all power transactions? Hon PETER COLLIER
I would like to congratulate the Barnett government for proposing a gross feed-in tariff for renewable energy. (1) Were any, or all, of the budget allocations based on modelling about the expected uptake of the government’s feed-in tariff program? (2) How many renewable energy installations are eligible for this program? (3) How many photovoltaic installations received approval in Western Australia in 2008, and in the first five months of 2009? (4) What will happen if in 2009-10, or subsequent years, the amount of funding allocated to this program dries up because it is oversubscribed? (5) Has the government given consideration to a feed-in tariff model that does not involve any cost to consolidated revenue, such as the system used in European Union countries, where FIT costs are recouped via a small levy on all power transactions? Hon PETER COLLIER
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The election commitment by the Liberal Party was based on the Labor Party model developed while in government. (2) The number of systems installed under the feed-in tariff scheme will depend on the size of the systems installed. (3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
(1) Were any, or all, of the budget allocations based on modelling about the expected uptake of the government’s feed-in tariff program? (2) How many renewable energy installations are eligible for this program? (3) How many photovoltaic installations received approval in Western Australia in 2008, and in the first five months of 2009? (4) What will happen if in 2009-10, or subsequent years, the amount of funding allocated to this program dries up because it is oversubscribed? (5) Has the government given consideration to a feed-in tariff model that does not involve any cost to consolidated revenue, such as the system used in European Union countries, where FIT costs are recouped via a small levy on all power transactions? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The election commitment by the Liberal Party was based on the Labor Party model developed while in government. (2) The number of systems installed under the feed-in tariff scheme will depend on the size of the systems installed. (3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
(2) How many renewable energy installations are eligible for this program? (3) How many photovoltaic installations received approval in Western Australia in 2008, and in the first five months of 2009? (4) What will happen if in 2009-10, or subsequent years, the amount of funding allocated to this program dries up because it is oversubscribed? (5) Has the government given consideration to a feed-in tariff model that does not involve any cost to consolidated revenue, such as the system used in European Union countries, where FIT costs are recouped via a small levy on all power transactions? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The election commitment by the Liberal Party was based on the Labor Party model developed while in government. (2) The number of systems installed under the feed-in tariff scheme will depend on the size of the systems installed. (3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
(3) How many photovoltaic installations received approval in Western Australia in 2008, and in the first five months of 2009? (4) What will happen if in 2009-10, or subsequent years, the amount of funding allocated to this program dries up because it is oversubscribed? (5) Has the government given consideration to a feed-in tariff model that does not involve any cost to consolidated revenue, such as the system used in European Union countries, where FIT costs are recouped via a small levy on all power transactions? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The election commitment by the Liberal Party was based on the Labor Party model developed while in government. (2) The number of systems installed under the feed-in tariff scheme will depend on the size of the systems installed. (3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
(4) What will happen if in 2009-10, or subsequent years, the amount of funding allocated to this program dries up because it is oversubscribed? (5) Has the government given consideration to a feed-in tariff model that does not involve any cost to consolidated revenue, such as the system used in European Union countries, where FIT costs are recouped via a small levy on all power transactions? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The election commitment by the Liberal Party was based on the Labor Party model developed while in government. (2) The number of systems installed under the feed-in tariff scheme will depend on the size of the systems installed. (3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
(5) Has the government given consideration to a feed-in tariff model that does not involve any cost to consolidated revenue, such as the system used in European Union countries, where FIT costs are recouped via a small levy on all power transactions? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The election commitment by the Liberal Party was based on the Labor Party model developed while in government. (2) The number of systems installed under the feed-in tariff scheme will depend on the size of the systems installed. (3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The election commitment by the Liberal Party was based on the Labor Party model developed while in government. (2) The number of systems installed under the feed-in tariff scheme will depend on the size of the systems installed. (3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The election commitment by the Liberal Party was based on the Labor Party model developed while in government. (2) The number of systems installed under the feed-in tariff scheme will depend on the size of the systems installed. (3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
(1) The election commitment by the Liberal Party was based on the Labor Party model developed while in government. (2) The number of systems installed under the feed-in tariff scheme will depend on the size of the systems installed. (3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
(2) The number of systems installed under the feed-in tariff scheme will depend on the size of the systems installed. (3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
(3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
(4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
(5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
(1) Were any, or all, of the budget allocations based on modelling about the expected uptake of the government’s feed-in tariff program? (2) How many renewable energy installations are eligible for this program? (3) How many photovoltaic installations received approval in Western Australia in 2008, and in the first five months of 2009? (4) What will happen if in 2009-10, or subsequent years, the amount of funding allocated to this program dries up because it is oversubscribed? (5) Has the government given consideration to a feed-in tariff model that does not involve any cost to consolidated revenue, such as the system used in European Union countries, where FIT costs are recouped via a small levy on all power transactions? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The election commitment by the Liberal Party was based on the Labor Party model developed while in government. (2) The number of systems installed under the feed-in tariff scheme will depend on the size of the systems installed. (3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
(2) How many renewable energy installations are eligible for this program? (3) How many photovoltaic installations received approval in Western Australia in 2008, and in the first five months of 2009? (4) What will happen if in 2009-10, or subsequent years, the amount of funding allocated to this program dries up because it is oversubscribed? (5) Has the government given consideration to a feed-in tariff model that does not involve any cost to consolidated revenue, such as the system used in European Union countries, where FIT costs are recouped via a small levy on all power transactions? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The election commitment by the Liberal Party was based on the Labor Party model developed while in government. (2) The number of systems installed under the feed-in tariff scheme will depend on the size of the systems installed. (3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
(3) How many photovoltaic installations received approval in Western Australia in 2008, and in the first five months of 2009? (4) What will happen if in 2009-10, or subsequent years, the amount of funding allocated to this program dries up because it is oversubscribed? (5) Has the government given consideration to a feed-in tariff model that does not involve any cost to consolidated revenue, such as the system used in European Union countries, where FIT costs are recouped via a small levy on all power transactions? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The election commitment by the Liberal Party was based on the Labor Party model developed while in government. (2) The number of systems installed under the feed-in tariff scheme will depend on the size of the systems installed. (3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
(4) What will happen if in 2009-10, or subsequent years, the amount of funding allocated to this program dries up because it is oversubscribed? (5) Has the government given consideration to a feed-in tariff model that does not involve any cost to consolidated revenue, such as the system used in European Union countries, where FIT costs are recouped via a small levy on all power transactions? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The election commitment by the Liberal Party was based on the Labor Party model developed while in government. (2) The number of systems installed under the feed-in tariff scheme will depend on the size of the systems installed. (3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
(5) Has the government given consideration to a feed-in tariff model that does not involve any cost to consolidated revenue, such as the system used in European Union countries, where FIT costs are recouped via a small levy on all power transactions? Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The election commitment by the Liberal Party was based on the Labor Party model developed while in government. (2) The number of systems installed under the feed-in tariff scheme will depend on the size of the systems installed. (3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
Hon PETER COLLIER replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The election commitment by the Liberal Party was based on the Labor Party model developed while in government. (2) The number of systems installed under the feed-in tariff scheme will depend on the size of the systems installed. (3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The election commitment by the Liberal Party was based on the Labor Party model developed while in government. (2) The number of systems installed under the feed-in tariff scheme will depend on the size of the systems installed. (3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
(1) The election commitment by the Liberal Party was based on the Labor Party model developed while in government. (2) The number of systems installed under the feed-in tariff scheme will depend on the size of the systems installed. (3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
(2) The number of systems installed under the feed-in tariff scheme will depend on the size of the systems installed. (3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
(3) In 2008, 2 209 renewable energy systems were connected under the renewable energy buyback scheme. Until the end of March this year, 1 332 systems had been connected under the scheme. (4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
(4) Future funding requirements for the feed-in tariff scheme will be considered in future budget processes. (5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
(5) The Western Australian government, along with all Australian governments, has agreed to national principles for feed-in tariffs. The principles include a preference for funding from consolidated revenue rather than by a levy on electricity users.
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