Clean Energy Regulator v E Connect Solar & Electrical Pty Ltd

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Federal Court of Australia

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

15/12/2022

LITIGATION TYPE

Corporate Accountability

SUBJECT MATTER

Renewable energy

REVIEW TYPE

N/A

SUMMARY

“1. By an Originating Application filed on 15 December 2022, the Clean Energy Regulator (the CER) applied for orders, including the imposition of pecuniary penalties, against E Connect Solar & Electrical Pty Ltd (E Connect) and its directors at the material times, Mr Benjamin Airey and Mr Quinton Doody, in relation to certain contraventions of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 (Cth) (REE Act). The alleged contraventions related to the signing of certain written statements by Mr Airey and Mr Doody, on behalf of E Connect, which were used to assign rights to create “small-scale technology certificates” (STCs) to two companies, One Stop Warehouse Pty Ltd (One Stop) and Formbay Trading Pty Ltd (Formbay). After One Stop and Formbay had purported to exercise those rights, it was revealed that information in the written statements was false or misleading, such that the companies had not in fact been assigned any valid entitlements to create STCs.”

CASE DOCUMENTS

Clean Energy Regulator v E Connect Solar & Electrical Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 1082