Electricity Corporations (Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation Area of Operation) Regulations 2015 (WA)

Western Australia Electricity Corporations Act 2005 Electricity Corporations (Areas of Operation) Regulations 2015 Western Australia Electricity Corporations (Areas of Operation) Regulations 2015 Contents 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Supply of gas to parts of the State not served by South West interconnected system 1 4. Providing stand‑alone power systems within distribution licence area 1 5. Transmission and distribution outside area of operations in relation to relevant Aboriginal communities (Act s. 52(4)) 2 Notes Compilation table 4 Other notes 4 Defined terms Electricity Corporations Act 2005 Electricity Corporations (Areas of Operation) Regulations 2015

1. Citation These regulations are the Electricity Corporations (Areas of Operation) Regulations 2015. [Regulation 1 amended: SL 2021/1 r. 4.]

2. Commencement These regulations come into operation as follows — (a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette; (b) the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3. Supply of gas to parts of the State not served by South West interconnected system The Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation is authorised under section 37(5) of the Act to perform its function of supplying gas under section 35(b)(i) of the Act in all parts of the State not served by the South West interconnected system.

4. Providing stand‑alone power systems within distribution licence area (1) In this regulation — distribution licence has the meaning given in the Electricity Industry Act 2004 section 3(1); distribution licence area means the area specified, as at regulation commencement day, under the Electricity Industry Act 2004 section 5 in the distribution licence held by the Electricity Networks Corporation; regulation commencement day means the day on which the Electricity Corporations (Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation Area of Operation) Amendment Regulations 2021 regulation 5 comes into operation; stand‑alone power system has the meaning given in the Electricity Industry Act 2004 section 3(1). (2) The Electricity Networks Corporation is authorised under section 43(3) of the Act to perform its function of providing stand‑alone power systems under section 41(ba) of the Act in the part of the State that is its distribution licence area. [Regulation 4 inserted: SL 2021/1 r. 5.]