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committee's report

The committee tabled it's Report No. 40, 54th Parliament  - Electricity and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 on 13 May 2014. The bill was passed by the Legislative Assembly on 22 May 2014. 

about The Bill

On 20 March 2014, the Minister for Energy and Water Supply, Hon Mark McArdle MP, introduced the Electricity and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 to the Queensland Parliament.

In accordance with Standing Order 131, the Bill was referred to the State Development, Infrastructure and Industry Committee for consideration and report by 13 May 2014.

The objectives of the Bill are to:  

• amend the Solar Bonus Scheme 8 c/kWh feed-in tariff of regional Queensland customers’ so that the cost is not borne by Queensland electricity consumers,
• repeal the provisions of the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 (Water Supply Act) that treat coal seam gas (CSG) water as recycled water to remove regulatory duplication and encourage the use of CSG water as a resource, and
• recover Queensland’s portion of the cost of funding the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) through the imposition of a levy on electricity transmission and gas pipeline licence holders that are regulated under the national energy law.

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