Corporations registered under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (NGER Act) are required to report greenhouse gas emissions, and energy production and consumption to the Clean Energy Regulator (the agency), by 31 October each year. By 28 February each year, the agency publishes a point-in-time extract of scope 1, scope 2 emissions and energy production data specific to the electricity sector for the previous financial year.

Unlike the corporate emissions and energy data set, which is published at a controlling corporation level, the electricity sector emissions and production tables below are published at a designated generation facility level. This includes primary fuel source, emissions intensity and grid connection for each generator, as well as aggregated emissions and production for the entire sector.

Designated generation facility data 2019–20

Information as at 25 February 2021.

We define the following terms for the purposes of electricity emissions and generation data:

Designated generation facility: A designated generation facility is a facility where the principal activity is electricity production. Facilities that generate electricity for their own use or as a secondary activity are not considered a designated generation facility and therefore not included in this publication.

Emissions intensity: Emissions intensity data is defined as reported scope 1 emissions divided by reported electricity production. Electricity production is based on total generation reported through NGER, including electricity used by the facility. The emissions intensities in this report are based on data as reported to the agency and no adjustment has been made to reflect any specific circumstances. Emissions intensities elsewhere are more typically measured (including by AEMO) based on electricity sent out to the grid, which results in a higher emissions intensity per designated generation facility.

Grid-connected: Grid-connected refers to connection to a designated electricity network. The designated electricity networks are: the National Electricity Market, the South West interconnected system, the North West interconnected system, the Darwin to Katherine network, and the Mount Isa-Cloncurry supply network for the purposes of the safeguard mechanism.

Designated generation facility aggregates: If a report submitted under the NGER scheme contains a facility aggregate, and does not include disaggregated information for individual facilities, data will be published at the aggregated level.

Designated generation facilities cannot apply to have their facility level data withheld under section 25 of the NGER Act.

Downloadable version of the data table

Facility Name    Reporting Entity    Total Scope 1 Emissions (t CO2-e)    Electricity Production (GJ)    Grid    Primary Fuel    Mt Gellibrand Wind Farm ACCIONA ENERGY OCEANIA PTY LTD 49 1,086,174 NEM Wind Gunning Wind Farm ACCIONA ENERGY OCEANIA PTY LTD 45 636,185 NEM Wind Waubra Wind Farm ACCIONA ENERGY OCEANIA PTY LTD 139 2,414,107 NEM Wind Cathedral Rocks Wind Farm ACCIONA ENERGY OCEANIA PTY LTD 50 555,151 NEM Wind Adani Rugby Run Solar Farm ADANI RENEWABLE ASSET HOLDINGS PTY LTD 0 589,185 NEM Solar Banimboola Hydro AGL ENERGY LIMITED 8 126,183 NEM Hydro Barker Inlet Power Station AGL ENERGY LIMITED 110,595 901,686 NEM Gas Clover Hydro AGL ENERGY LIMITED 2 804 NEM Hydro Bayswater Power Station AGL ENERGY LIMITED 14,013,621 56,724,062 NEM Black Coal Broken Hill Solar Plant AGL ENERGY LIMITED 78 299,498 NEM Solar Bogong Power Station AGL ENERGY LIMITED 79 302,433 NEM Hydro Copeton Hydro AGL ENERGY LIMITED 1 4,378 NEM Hydro Dartmouth Hydro AGL ENERGY LIMITED 0 1,035,344 NEM Hydro Eildon Hydro AGL ENERGY LIMITED 0 361,514 NEM Hydro Hallett (Stage 2) Wind Farm AGL ENERGY LIMITED 71 844,578 NEM Wind Glenbawn Hydro AGL ENERGY LIMITED 0 6 NEM Hydro Hallett (Stage 1) Wind Farm AGL ENERGY LIMITED 85 1,058,072 NEM Wind Hallett (Stage 4) Wind Farm AGL ENERGY LIMITED 152 1,539,619 NEM Wind Hallett (Stage 5) Wind Farm AGL ENERGY LIMITED 61 516,226 NEM Wind Kwinana Swift Power Station AGL ENERGY LIMITED 71,151 442,826 SWIS Gas Hunter Valley Gas Turbines AGL ENERGY LIMITED 2,334 6,596 NEM Gas Liddell Power Station AGL ENERGY LIMITED 9,970,686 37,960,485 NEM Black Coal Macarthur Wind Farm AGL ENERGY LIMITED 12,421 3,436,848 NEM Wind Loy Yang Power Station and Mine AGL ENERGY LIMITED 16,683,326 52,787,806 NEM Brown Coal Nyngan Solar Plant AGL ENERGY LIMITED 150 871,597 NEM Solar McKay Creek Hydro AGL ENERGY LIMITED 0 375,870 NEM Hydro Oaklands Hill Wind Farm AGL ENERGY LIMITED 73 716,825 NEM Wind Silverton Wind Farm AGL ENERGY LIMITED 134 2,174,344 NEM Wind Rubicon Hydro Scheme AGL ENERGY LIMITED 0 17,216 NEM Hydro Somerton Power Station AGL ENERGY LIMITED 67,041 344,085 NEM Gas

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Electricity sector emissions and production data 2019–20

Information as at 25 February 2021.

The agency publishes total electricity generation and emissions data to assist with tracking the sector in relation to the sectoral baseline as set under the safeguard mechanism.

Under the safeguard mechanism, a sectoral baseline applies collectively to grid-connected generators. Under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Safeguard Mechanism) Rule 2015 the sectoral baseline is set at 198 million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂-e), based on electricity sector’s emissions from 2009–10 to 2013–14. If the sectoral baseline is exceeded collectively by grid-connected generators, it will no longer apply and individual baselines will apply to generators.

In 2019–20, total reported scope 1 emissions from grid-connected generators was 155 million tonnes CO₂-e.

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