Australia
FIT programs have been introduced for most state and territory areas, but Australia does not have national FIT legislation. No information is currently available as to whether there are plans to bring in national legislation.
Summary
The state regimes are all different; they offer different tariff rates, cover different RES, operate for varying degrees of time, and place connection requirements on licensed electricity distributors.
The Council of Australian Governments (2008) agreed to harmonise FIT legislation but there has been no observable progress to date. The PDF document below summarises each of the state regimes.
Summary of Australian State FIT legislation - PDF file
Legal Analysis
There currently is no legal analysis of this law. If you are a lawyer from Australia, and interested in submitting an analysis, or providing more up-to-date information about the current status of the renewable energy policy, we would be happy to hear form you. Contact us