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Allens advises on Australia's first waste-to-energy facility
Allens has advised on the financing of Australia's first commercial-scale waste-to-energy facility in Kwinana, Western Australia, which has reached financial close. A separate Allens team advised ...
Greater flexibility for onshore petroleum tenure holders in Queensland
Queenslands petroleum legislation was recently amended to provide greater flexibility to onshore petroleum tenure holders for a variety of matters including extensions to work programs and terms of authorities to prospect relinquishment conditions and work programs and greater flexibility in both ...
Reforms to resource royalty administration and collection in Queensland
Legislative amendments have been passed in Queensland recently to strengthen the State Governments ability to administer its resource royalty regime Partner Ben Zillmann and Lawyer Giselle Kilvert consider the changes and what they mean for resource companies and importantly their executives ...
Misinterpretation of REC liability exemption leaves islanded generator high and dry
A decision by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal affirming an assessment by the Clean Energy Regulator as to the liability of an off-grid generator under the Renewable Energy Electricity Act 2000 Cth highlights the need for liable entities to carefully consider their reliance on the small systems ...
ACCC's plan to lower network costs for consumers
The ACCCs Retail Electricity Pricing Inquiry Final Report includes a number of recommendations to lower network costs for consumers We take a look at the ACCCs concerns and recommendations for reform ...
Senate passes Emissions Reduction Fund legislation
The Senate has passed legislation for the establishment of an emissions reduction fund to purchase carbon abatement ...
Victorian Government releases major energy sector statement
The Victorian Government has issued a statement setting out its view of the states strategic objectives for the energy sector and the Governments energy priorities Energy Resources Infrastructure Partner and Government Sector Leader Paul Kenny and Associate Monique Donato provide an overview ...
Reserving gas for domestic markets - Queensland's next step
Both Queensland and Western Australia have mechanisms designed to ensure that in the face of the competing demands of LNG exports adequate gas is available for domestic use Queensland is now looking to go a step further by imposing a condition on identified petroleum authorities to the effect that ...
Report: National Electricity & Gas Rules Update: December 2018 - January 2019
In this update we review the progress of rule changes across the period of December 2018-January 2019 and take a closer look at the AEMCs proposed changes to the regulatory regime for embedded networks ...
Sidestepping arbitration clauses - a potentially explosive business!
The Supreme Court of Western Australia has rejected a wide-ranging attack by a contracting party preferring litigation to arbitration on the operation of an arbitration clause Partner Andrew Maher reports ...