ESCOSA content iconElectricity generation licence application – Copper Coast Council

  • Project Released: 14 May 2019
  • Project Closes: Sep 2019
  • Contact: Deborah Hoffmann

Overview

The Commission has received an application from Copper Coast Council for an electricity generation licence to operate the following:

  • a 150 kilowatt solar generating plant, located at Moonta, and
  • a 150 kilowatt solar generating plant, located at Wallaroo.
 

Status

Current status is Final

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Final

On 25 September 2019, the Essential Services Commission (Commission) issued an electricity generation licence to the Copper Coast Council to operate the following:

a 150 kilowatt solar generating plant, located at Moonta, and
a 150 kilowatt solar generating plant, located at Wallaroo.

The Commission undertook a round of public consultation in relation to the application and received no submissions from stakeholders.

The Commission assessed the Copper Coast Council’s application for an electricity generation licence against the relevant provisions of the Electricity Act 1996 and the Essential Services Commission Act 2002 and determined that all relevant criteria under those Acts have been satisfied. It has therefore approved the application.

A copy of the Copper Coast Council’s licence may be accessed below.