Antigua and Barbuda, Renewable Energy Act 2015

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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA


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ARRANGEMENT

Section

1. Short title and commencement

2.

I n t e rp re t a t i o n

3. Purpose and Scope

4.

Ministerial Responsibilities

5.

Cooperation with APUA and Responsible Network Utili

6.

Procurement or construction of electricity generation b


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consum er m eans any pe rson or ent i ty receiving e le

sion n etwork for the use of such p erson or en t i ty ;

ECERA m eans the Eastern Caribbean Energy Regu la

re tar ia t of the O rganisat ion o f Eastern C aribbean Sta t

Feed In Tar i f f ' m eans the tar if f system fo r e lec t r ic i

energy resources;

e l ig ib le gene rat ing faci l i ty m eans a faci li ty using a

ate elect r ici ty;


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(a) in the Official Gazette;

(b)

i n o n e o r m o r e d a i ly n e w s p a p e r s c ir c u l a ti n g i

(c)

o n t h e i n t e rn e t in an e l ec t ro n i c fo rm t h a t is p

a n d p u b l ic n o t i f ic a t io n h a s a c o r r e sp o n d i n g m e a n i n g

registry means a registry established by the Ministe

ties;

renewable energy resources means non-fossil sour

generation of electricity such as wind, solar, hydropo


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4. Ministerial Responsibilities

(1 )

Th e M in iste r sha l l , i n ca r ry ing o u t h is func t ions un de

p r i m a r y o b je c t iv e o f t h e A c t , n a m e l y t h e u se o f r e n e w a b l e e

(2 )

T he M in ist e r sha l l hav e the f o l low ing f un c t ion s unde r

(a ) t o p r esc r ib e , f ro m t im e t o ti m e , n a ti o n a l t ar g e t

sources , as se t ou t und er sec t ion 3 ;

(b )

i n co l l abor a t ion w i th the M in ist e r respons ib le f o


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d)

t o ensure tha t the pu rchase of e lec t r ic i ty g ener

resources in acc orda nce with the Feed In Tariff

(2) In c onn ect ion with the fun ct ions referred to in subse

with the M inister of P ub lic Uti l i t ies sha ll-

(a )

develop a p o l i cy for the a l loca t ion of the co st o

(1) , and subm it the same to the C abinet for appr

(b )

pub l ish in the o ff ic ia l

Gazette

the pol icy approv


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(c )

prescribing that the hy brid system s receive o nly

erated from el ig ible energy resources .

(d )

providing that only a biom ass which is considere

und er section 9, shall be el igible;

(e )

providing the durat ion for power purcha se agree

con sul t a tion wi th the M inister respo nsib le for

the C abine t .

7 )

stabl ishing the pr inc iples and m ethodology for


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(7 ) T he M in ist e r sha l l no t ap p ly chan ges m ade to t he Fee

8. Establishment of Renewable Energy Fund

(1 )

F o r th e p u r p o s e o f t h i s A c t t h e r e is h e r e b y e s t a b l is h

R enewab le Energy Fund .

(2 ) S e c t i o n s 42 a n d 4 3 o f t h e F in a n c e A d m i n ist ra t io n A c

to the R enew able Ene r gy Fund .

(3 )

T h e C a b i n e t m a y a u t h o r ize p e r io d i c t r an s fe r s o f m o

F u n d , c re a t e d p u r s u a n t to t h e A n t ig u a a n d B a r b u d a C i ti ze n s

ab le Energy Fund .


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s o u r c e s , i n c l u d i n g b u t n o t l i m i t e d t o s o l a r a n d w i n d , s h a l l

when eve r i t is tech n ica l l y p ossib l e .

10. Biomass s trate gy

(1)

T he M in ist e r sha l l , wi th in tw o yea r s o f t he co m ing in t

o u t a n e n v i r o n m e n t a l i m p a c t a sse ssm e n t o f t h e u s e o f b i o m a

r enewa b le ene rg y r esources (hea t ing , coo l ing an d t r anspor t

(2 ) T he assessm ent sha l l inc lu de , bu t no t be l im i ted to-

(a )

t h e p o t e n t ia l i m p a c t s o f g r o w i n g e n e r g y c r o p s

o r t r anspo r t fue l s, o r fo r exp or t ;


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(b )

a n a p p l i c a ti o n p r o c e ss th a t r e f le c t s t h e s c a le a n d

( si m p l e r p r o c e s se s fo r t h o s e d e v e l o p m e n t s th a t

(c )

es tab l i sh ing a t im e l ine fo r the p rocess ing o f eac

(d )

spec i f i c dead l ines fo r dec is ion s and a c t ions on

(e )

a p p l ic a t io n s f o r l ic e n c e s f o r d e v e l o p m e n t u s i n g

proc essed an d the ap p l i can t in fo rm ed o f the r esu

of the app l ica t ion .

(f

o t if ic a t io n t o t h e a p p l ic a n t o f a d e l a y i n m e e t in g

d e l a y a n d t h e e st im a t e d t im e f o r c o m p l e t io n , a n


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(b) equipment, which are eligible for generation o

resources.

14. Quality of installation

(1 )

T h e M i n i st e r sh a l l , b y r eg u l a t io n , es tab l i sh t h e q u a l i fi

petence required for the installation of plant in a facility u

generate electricity.

(2 )

A qualified technician shall provide a quality guaran

e n e r g y r e so u r c e p l a n t i n a f a c i li ty i n a c c o r d a n c e w i th t h e e s t


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(a )

the r eg is t r a t ion o f r enewab le ene rg y resou rce f

(b )

t h e su p p l y o f i n f o r m a t i o n t o A P U A o f t h e l o c a

f ac i l it y as wel l as o f the quan t i ty o f e l ec t r ic i ty e

app l icab le ) ; and

(c )

t h e c r e a ti o n o f a d a t a b a s e f o r th e s u p p l y o f t h e

Network U t i li t y a t the en d o f the f i r st qua r t e r o f

f ina l accoun t o f the p rev ious yea r .

(4)

A P U A a n d T h e R e sp o n si b l e N e tw o r k U t il it y s h a ll


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Passed by the House of Representatives

t h is t h e 2 3 r d d a y o f Fe b r u a r y , 2 0 1 5 .

Ge rald W at t , Q.C. ,

Speaker.

Ramona Small

Clerk to the H ouse of R epresentatives.

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