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The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is an Australian government owned organization that was established to facilitate increased flows of finance into the clean energy sector. The CEFC invests in accordance with its legislation, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation Act 2012 (CEFC Act) and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation Investment Mandate Direction 2015 (2015 Investment Mandate), as issued by the Treasurer and the Minister for Finance on 17 February 2015 (revoking and replacing the 2013 Investment Mandate with effect 5 March 2015). It was established under the Clean Energy Finance Corporation Bill 2012 which passed through the Parliament of Australia on the 22 July 2012. The CEFC is a corporate Commonwealth entity under the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act). The CEFC has access to funding of $10 billion comprising annual appropriations to the CEFC Special Account of $2 billion every 1 July from 2013 to 2017 inclusive, in accordance with section 46 of the CEFC Act. The CEFC commenced funding investments on 1 July 2013. The CEFC is governed by an independent Board who have statutory responsibility for decision-making, performance of the Corporation’s functions and managing the CEFC’s investments, and a Chief Executive Officer who is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Corporation. A system of delegations exist to aid in the performance of these functions. The Board reports to Parliament through its responsible Ministers. The CEFC’s investment objectives are to catalyse and leverage an increased flow of funds for the commercialisation and deployment of Australian-based renewable energy, energy efficiency and low-emissions technologies. The CEFC achieves its objectives through the prudent application of capital, in adherence with its risk management framework, the 2015 Investment Mandate and the CEFC investment policies issued by the Board. The Government has announced its intention to abolish the CEFC. Legislation to abolish the CEFC and transfer the CEFC’s existing assets and liabilities to the Commonwealth was before Parliament at the time of writing. The CEFC is not supported by the Coalition Government. Then Opposition Leader Tony Abbott wrote to Jillian Broadbent, chair of CEFC on 5 August 2013 asking it to stop making new loans and to cease assessing new projects. Mr Abbott and Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos confirmed the government will scrap the CEFC. On Thursday, 5 December 2013, CEFC Chairperson Jillian Broadbent complained to ABC Radio National, begging the government to "break an election promise" and keep the CEFC in operation citing a 7% profit. Mr Sinodinos said that if it's making a profit, it should survive without the government and essentially confirmed the government will shut the corporation down. In July 2015, Tony Abbott announced he would ban the corporation from investing in wind power and rooftop solar.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Government pulls the plug on household solar )〕 On 13 July 2015, the CEFC said it was taking advice in relation to the draft Mandate. () ==Commercial approach== The CEFC applies commercial rigour when making investment decisions and seeks to develop a portfolio across the spectrum of clean energy technologies that in aggregate must have an acceptable but not excessive level of risk relative to the sector. () The Corporation applies a commercial filter when making its investment decisions, focussing on projects and technologies at the later stages of development. The filter is not as stringent as the private sector equivalent, as the Corporation has a public policy purpose and values any positive externalities being generated. Consequently, it has different risk/return requirements. For a given return, the Corporation may take on higher risk and, for a given level of risk, due to positive externalities, may accept a lower financial return. In line with its policy intent, the Corporation considers the positive externalities and public policy outcomes when making investment decisions and when determining the extent of any concessionality for an investment. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clean Energy Finance Corporation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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