Electricity Industry (Obligation to Connect) Regulations 2005 (WA)

Western Australia Electricity Industry Act 2004 Electricity Industry (Obligation to Connect) Regulations 2005 Western Australia Electricity Industry (Obligation to Connect) Regulations 2005 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Citation 1 2. Terms used in these regulations 1 Part 2 — Additional licence conditions 3. Distributor's licence 3 Part 3 — Premises not attached 4. Obligation to attach or connect premises 4 5. Details of obligation to attach or connect 4 5A. Requirements for installation of SPS 6 6. Time for complying with obligation 7 Part 4 — Premises already attached 7. Obligation to energise premises 9 8. Time for complying with obligation 9 Part 5 — Decommissioning distribution systems 9. Term used: commencement day 11 10. Application of Part 11 11. Preserved obligation to connect 11 12. Notice of proposed decommissioning 12 13. Price‑capping for arrangement sought or application made during 2‑year notice period 12 Notes Compilation table 15 Defined terms Electricity Industry Act 2004 Electricity Industry (Obligation to Connect) Regulations 2005

Part 1 — Preliminary

1. Citation These regulations are the Electricity Industry (Obligation to Connect) Regulations 2005.

2. Terms used in these regulations In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears — attach means to do all that is needed to connect premises to a distribution system except energise the premises; business day means a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or a public holiday; customer means a customer who consumes not more than 160 MWh of electricity per annum; distributor, in relation to a distribution system, means the licensee holding a distribution licence or an integrated regional licence authorising the licensee to operate the distribution system; energise means to complete a connection by establishing, at the meter through which electricity is to be supplied to a customer's premises, a voltage that is capable of being sustained under the expected load conditions; metropolitan area means — (a) the region described in the Third Schedule to the Metropolitan Region Town Planning Scheme Act 1959; (b) the districts under the Local Government Act 1995 named Mandurah and Murray; and (c) the townsites, as defined in the Land Administration Act 1997 section 3(1), named — (i) Albany; (ii) Bunbury; (iii) Geraldton; (iv) Kalgoorlie; (v) Boulder; (vi) Karratha; (vii) Port Hedland; and (viii) South Hedland; premises means premises owned or occupied by a new or existing customer; retailer means a licensee holding — (a) a retail licence; or (b) an integrated regional licence authorising the licensee to sell electricity to customers; SPS means stand‑alone power system. [Regulation 2 amended: SL 2021/185 r. 7.]