Clean Energy Regulator v MT Solar Pty Ltd

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Federal Court of Australia

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

28/03/2012

LITIGATION TYPE

Corporate Accountability

SUBJECT MATTER

Transparency/disclosure

REVIEW TYPE

Merits review

SUMMARY

These proceedings concern a series of actions by the first respondent and second respondents, MT Solar Pty Ltd and Green Master Building Solutions Pty Ltd, which the Renewable Energy Regulator, later the Clean Energy Regulator, claimed were contraventions of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 (Cth). MT Solar, Green Master Building Solutions and various directors of both companies, were found to have provided false information pertaining to the accreditation and licensing of installers, which was then relied upon by the Regulator in the creation and provision of renewable energy certificates to MT Solar. The Court upheld a number of these claims, and ordered that various pecuniary penalties be paid by both respondents, as well as injunctions against similar actions, and awarded costs against the respondents.

CASE DOCUMENTS

Clean Energy Regulator v MT Solar Pty Ltd [2013] FCA 205