Electricity Supply Industry Regulations 2018 (Tas)

Electricity Supply Industry Regulations 2018

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995 .

18 December 2018

C. WARNER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

GUY BARNETT

Minister for Energy

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Electricity Supply Industry Regulations 2018 .

2. Commencement These regulations take effect on 18 December 2018.

3. Interpretation In these regulations – Act means the Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995 ; AEMO-registered electricity entity means an electricity entity that is required to be registered with AEMO under the National Electricity Rules; licence means a licence issued and in force under Division 1 of Part 3 of the Act.

PART 2 - Prescribed Matters

4. Historic electricity generating plants For the purposes of section 39 of the Act, the electricity generating plants specified in Schedule 2 are prescribed to be historic electricity generating plants.

5. Circumstances in which licence not required (1) A licence authorising the generation of electricity is not required if – (a) the electricity is generated by a generator with a capacity of 5 megawatts or less; or (b) the electricity is – (i) generated by a generator that is not normally connected to a power system or has a primary function other than the generation of electricity for sale; and (ii) not sold. (2) A licence authorising the transmission or distribution of electricity is not required by a person transmitting or distributing electricity which was purchased from a person who is not required to be licensed to generate electricity. (3) A licence authorising the retailing of electricity in the Bass Strait Islands is not required by – (a) a person retailing electricity who does not use any facilities that are used by another person holding a licence authorising the transmission or distribution of electricity, beyond the point of purchase of the electricity; or (b) a person who sells electricity only to another person who holds a licence authorising the retailing of electricity; or (c) the owner of a caravan park who sells the electricity to a person occupying a site within the park; or (d) the owner of a building who sells the electricity to a person occupying part of the building; or (e) the owner or manager of a shopping centre who sells the electricity to tenants of the centre.