This instrument is the Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Zone Ratings and Zones for Solar (Photovoltaic) Systems) Instrument 2019.

This instrument commences on 1 January 2020.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subregulation 20(4) of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Regulations 2001.

4 Revocation

All previous determinations made for the purposes of subregulation 20(4) of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Regulations 2001 are revoked.

5 Zone ratings

For subregulation 20(1)(b) of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Regulations 2001, the zone rating for a solar (photovoltaic) system is the rating mentioned in the following table for the zone where the system is installed.

Note: For the zone where the system is installed, see section 6.

Zone ratings for solar (photovoltaic) systems
Item	Zone	Rating
1	1	1.622
2	2	1.536
3	3	1.382
4	4	1.185

6 Zones

The zone where a solar (photovoltaic) system is installed is the zone mentioned in the following table for the postcode where the system is installed.

Zones for postcodes where solar (photovoltaic) systems are installed
Item	Postcodes		Zone
	From	To
1	0000	0799	3
2	0800	0853	2
3	0854	0854	3
4	0855	0861	2
5	0862	0862	3
6	0863	0869	2
7	0870	0879	1
8	0880	0885	3
9	0886	1000	2
10	1001	2355	3
11	2356	2357	2
12	2358	2384	3
13	2385	2389	2
14	2390	2395	3
15	2396	2397	2
16	2398	2399	3
17	2400	2400	2
18	2401	2404	3
19	2405	2407	2
20	2408	2544	3
21	2545	2554	4
22	2555	2627	3
23	2628	2628	4
24	2629	2629	3
25	2630	2639	4
26	2640	2816	3
27	2817	2817	2
28	2818	2820	3
29	2821	2829	2
30	2830	2830	3
31	2831	2841	2
32	2842	2872	3
33	2873	2873	2
34	2874	2877	3
35	2878	2889	2
36	2890	2999	3
37	3000	3035	4
38	3036	3038	3
39	3039	3044	4
40	3045	3045	3
41	3046	3046	4
42	3047	3049	3
43	3050	3058	4
44	3059	3059	3
45	3060	3060	4
46	3061	3064	3
47	3065	3074	4
48	3075	3076	3
49	3077	3098	4
50	3099	3099	3
51	3100	3292	4
52	3293	3302	3
53	3303	3308	4
54	3309	3319	3
55	3320	3333	4
56	3334	3337	3
57	3338	3339	4
58	3340	3758	3
59	3759	3760	4
60	3761	3764	3
61	3765	3999	4
62	4000	4416	3
63	4417	4417	2
64	4418	4427	3
65	4428	4473	2
66	4474	4476	1
67	4477	4478	2
68	4479	4485	1
69	4486	4491	2
70	4492	4492	1
71	4493	4493	2
72	4494	4494	3
73	4495	4497	2
74	4498	4719	3
75	4720	4722	2
76	4723	4723	3
77	4724	4734	2
78	4735	4736	1
79	4737	4822	3
80	4823	4823	2
81	4824	4824	3
82	4825	4827	2
83	4828	4828	3
84	4829	4829	1
85	4830	5431	3
86	5432	5450	2
87	5451	5654	3
88	5655	5669	2
89	5670	5679	3
90	5680	5699	2
91	5700	5709	3
92	5710	5722	2
93	5723	5724	1
94	5725	5730	2
95	5731	5731	1
96	5732	5732	2
97	5733	5799	1
98	5800	6043	3
99	6044	6044	2
100	6045	6256	3
101	6257	6270	4
102	6271	6316	3
103	6317	6349	4
104	6350	6353	3
105	6354	6356	4
106	6357	6394	3
107	6395	6400	4
108	6401	6430	3
109	6431	6431	2
110	6432	6433	3
111	6434	6440	2
112	6441	6441	1
113	6442	6444	3
114	6445	6459	4
115	6460	6467	3
116	6468	6469	2
117	6470	6471	3
118	6472	6472	2
119	6473	6506	3
120	6507	6508	2
121	6509	6509	3
122	6510	6536	2
123	6537	6537	1
124	6538	6555	2
125	6556	6573	3
126	6574	6602	2
127	6603	6607	3
128	6608	6641	2
129	6642	6724	1
130	6725	6750	2
131	6751	6764	1
132	6765	6765	2
133	6766	6797	1
134	6798	6799	2
135	6800	6999	3
136	7000	8999	4
137	9000	9999	3

7 Transitional arrangements

Despite section 6 of this Instrument, if:

(a) a solar (photovoltaic) system was installed prior to the commencement of this Instrument; and

(b) the number of the zone that would have applied to that system under the Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Zone Ratings and Zones for Solar (Photovoltaic) Systems) Instrument 2018, as in force immediately before the commencement of this Instrument, is lower than the number mentioned under section 6 of this Instrument;

then the zone is the lower number.

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