FOI 17_2017​

20 June 2018

Access to information relating to the total number of solar PV systems installed by Jason Satchell, dates of the installations, and copy of inspection reports for any CER inspections undertaken with respect to installations done by Jason Satchell.

Data and inspection reports​

Some information is released in full and some in part. 

FOI 17_2017​

20 June 2018

Total number of inspections completed by Global Sustainable Energy Solutions (GSES) on behalf of the CER, average inspection fee GSES charged the CER per inspection, and names and CER Inspector ID numbers of CER-approved inspectors that are used by GSES in any inspection 

Data and some business information​

Some information is released in full and some refused. 

Aggregate data about the amount of contracted carbon abatement per calendar year between 2015 and 2029

The agency released the following information to the applicant:

Contracted carbon abatement per calendar year (measured in Australian Carbon Credit Units)

The requested information was released in full.

1. Any document requesting that the Attorney General (AG) and or his department allow the Clean Energy Regulator access to metadata information within the past 5 years;
2. Any documents from the AG and or his department to allow the Clean Energy Regulator access to metadata information within the past five years;
3. Any briefings or internal documents in relation to the intended use of metadata information within the Clean Energy Regulator;
4. Any training documents (classified unrestricted or lower) or material used to train staff on procedures and guidelines when requesting metadata information;
5. The number of requests that have been made by the Clean Energy Regulator to telecommunications agencies (or the like) on behalf of the Clean Energy Regulator detailed per year;
6. Generic responses and or Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) documents that are provided to clients (persons services are provided to) in relation to metadata access; and
7. Any further documents that will provide the reader of the above documents with a better understanding of the documents provided.

Contracted carbon abatement per calendar year (measured in Australian Carbon Credit Units)

Data as at 10 August 2017

• Documents relating to the agency's consideration and decision to apply for ongoing access to telecommunications data as per the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (the Telecommunications Act);
• the date of each application made by the agency for access to telecommunications data under the Telecommunications Act;
• documents relating to how the agency deals with the privacy of data obtained through access to ongoing access to telecommunications data as per the Telecommunications Act, including how the data received is obtained, assessed, stored and ultimately destroyed;
• the number of documents containing data obtained by the agency through its ongoing access to telecommunication data; and
• the number of documents containing data obtained by the agency through its ongoing access to telecommunication data that the agency has determined are not likely to be required for a permitted purpose and therefore has destroyed, for the period of time from since the commencement of ongoing access to the data was granted until 17th March 2017.

Aggregate data about the amount of contracted carbon abatement per calendar year between 2015 and 2028

The agency released the following information to the applicant:

Contracted carbon abatement per calendar year (measured in Australian Carbon Credit Units)

The requested information was released in full.

Documents relating to air travel taken by current agency officials during the 2014/15 and 2015/16 financial years containing the following information:

To obtain a copy of the document, please send an email to the FOI Unit at foi@cleanenergyregulator.gov.au​. 

Access to information about the instalment date of a solar PV system at an address in NSW.​

Information about installation date.​​

The information is released in full.​

Certain documents relating to the agency’s use of, and access to, telecommunications data, including:

• documents about the agency’s intended use of telecommunications data
• documents since 2014 requesting that the Attorney-General allow the agency access to telecommunications data​
• internal agency procedures or guidelines on requesting telecommunications data, and
• documents revealing the number and type of requests made by the agency to telecommunications agencies for telecommunications data.

Nine documents, including briefing material, internal standard operating procedures, and agency correspondence. Some irrelevant material redacted, including the identifying information​ of agency officials.​​

To obtain a copy of the documents, please send an email to the FOI Unit at foi@cleanenergyregulato​r.gov.au.​

A copy of the agency’s Incoming Government Brief dated 19 July 2016.​

One document released in an edited form, with some material redacted because its disclosure would disclose matter in the nature of, or relating to, opinion, advice or recommendation obtained, prepared or recorded, or consultation or deliberation that has taken place, in the course of, or for the purposes of, the deliberative processes involved in the functions of the agency (s 47C); its disclosure would have a substantial adverse effect on the financial or property interests of the Commonwealth or an agency (s 47D) and/or disclosure would, or could reasonably be expected to, have a substantial adverse effect on the proper and efficient conduct of the operation of an agency (s 47E).​​

To obtain a copy of the documents, please send an email to the FOI Unit at foi@cleanenergyregulator.gov.au.​

Access to information related to a solar PV system installed at an address in Tasmania.

​A print out of relevant information from the REC Registry.

The information is released in full. To obtain a copy of the document, please send an email to the FOI Unit at foi@cleanenergyregulator.gov.au.

Information as to whether small-scale technology certificates were ‘claimed…and subsequently paid’ in relation to two installations of solar PV systems at particular addresses in New South Wales.

The agency released the following information to the applicant:​

The Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 entitles the owner of a solar PV system, or a person they assign that entitlement to, to create STCs in relation to the installation of the system. The Clean Energy Regulator registers STCs that are created if all eligibility requirements are met. Once an STC is registered, it is valid and may be traded.

While a number of STCs were created in relation to the installations referred to in your FOI request, the Clean Energy Regulator did not register any of those STCs.

The information is released in full.

A​ccess to information about the instalment date of a solar PV system at an address in NSW.

Information about installation date.​

The information is released in full.​

Access to information related to solar panels installed on a residential property in Melbourne.​

A print out of relevant information from the REC Registry​​

The information is released in full.

Access to an application made under section 25 of the NGER Act by Knauf Australia Pty Ltd.​

An application form.​

The information is released in full.​

Access to the following categories of information related to solar panels/systems installed by Eddy Aigbologa:

a. STC numbers or the identification number

b. The suburb where the panels/systems were installed

c. The State where the panels/systems were installed

d. Size of the system in KW

e. Date of installation

f. The total number of systems installed up to the date of the access request

g. ​The aggregate size of the systems in KW

A table listing the categories of information requested by the FOI applicant.

The information is released in full.​

Documents relating to recruitment process undertaken by the Clean Energy Regulator – CER 39/15 APS Level 6 – Regulatory Officer, specifically:​

One document setting out vacancy, promotion and engagement notices published on the Public Service Gazette.​

To obtain a copy of the document, please send an email to the FOI Unit at foi@cleanenergyregulator.gov.au.​

Ten other documents were released to the applicant, four of which were in full and six of which were in edited form. The information in these documents is not being ​made available on this disclosure log.

All documents since October 2014 relating to direct communications between officials of the Clean Energy Regulator, not including Dr Michael Sargent, and representatives of the following organisations and their affiliated entities:

• Glencore
• Peabody Energy
• Anglo American
• BHP Billiton
• The Minerals Council of Australia
• The Queensland Resources Council
• The New South Wales Minerals Council
• The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia, and
• The World Coal Association

concerning the development of climate change policy, energy access/poverty and coal exports,
but excluding:

1. personal information of any individual
2. documents that may have been disseminated as part of community consultation processes, and
3. documents received by the Clean Energy Regulator from the Department of the Environment that are either:
• records or minutes of meetings conducted by the Department of the Environment, or
• papers received by the Department of the Environment from third parties and tabled at those meetings;
4. insofar as those documents do not relate to the Queensland Resources Council, the New South Wales Minerals Council and the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia.

To obtain a copy of the documents, please send an email to the FOI Unit at foi@cleanenergyregulato​r.gov.au.​

1. documents containing summary statistics for auction prices in the first Emissions Reduction Fund auction, including but not limited to:
1. the range of successful, unsuccessful and/or all bids (i.e. the highest and lowest bids), and the average price of successful, unsuccessful and/or all bids
2. for the auction overall, by project category, by contract duration and/or by size of project;
2. documents containing summary information about the profile of emissions reductions (i.e. the annual total tonnes of carbon reduced) for successful, unsuccessful and/or all bids, and
3. documents relating to the Regulator's view that individual contract prices under the auction are 'commercial in confidence information'.

To obtain a copy of the documents, please send an email to the FOI Unit at foi@cleanenergyregulato​r.gov.au.​

1. any document that records the occurrence of a meeting between the Minister, Ministerial Staff or Senior Staff of the Clean Energy Regulator and any representatives of the following companies:
• Origin Energy
• Energy Australia
• AGL
2. any document that records the agenda of, and or topics under discussion at, the meetings that may have occurred between the Minister, Ministerial Staff or Senior Staff of the CER and any representatives of the above three companies.
• the period covered by the access request is 7 September 2013 until 29 April 2014;​
• the term "Senior Staff" of the Clean Energy Regulator is defined as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Strategic Advisor to the CEO, and Senior Officers in the Renewables and Carbon Farming Division; and
• "Representative" of each of the above three companies is defined as direct employees of the company at the time of the meeting, board members of the company at the time of the meeting, or any third party lobbyist employed by the company to make representations on their behalf.

1. correspondence and reports about the recovery of shortfall debts for liable entities with unpaid unit shortfall charges under the Clean Energy Act 2011;
2. the steps being taken to recover these debts, and
3. any general guidance and/or policy documents about the debt recovery processes of the Clean Energy Regulator in general

To obtain a copy of the documents, please send an email to the FOI Unit at foi@cleanenergyregulato​r.gov.au.​