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Electricity Industry (Customer Contract) Regulations 2005

These Regulations specify the matters to be addressed under standard and non-standard contracts, set out the obligation upon Western Power to offer to supply and default supplier arrangements.

A copy of the Regulation is obtainable from the State Law Publisher or via the hyperlink below.

Electricity Industry (Customer Contract) Regulation 2005

Electricity Industry (Obligation to Connect) Regulations 2005

These regulations provide for the mandatory connection of small use customers to a distribution system and deals with such matters as connection timeframes and connection costs.

A copy of the Regulation is obtainable from the State Law Publisher or via the hyperlink below.

Electricity Industry (Obligation to Connect) Regulation 2005


Electricity Industry (Access Code Enforcement) Regulations 2005

These regulations prescribe the penalties for non-compliance with the Electricity Networks Access Code 2004.

A copy of the Regulations is obtainable from the State Law Publisher or via the hyperlink below.

Electricity Industry (Access Code Enforcement) Regulations 2005

Electricity Industry (Ombudsman Scheme) Regulations 2005

These Regulations support the creation of the Electricity Ombudsman which was established in September 2005.  The Ombudsman provides residential and small business customers with access to a mechanism for resolving disputes with network operators and electricity retailers at no cost to the customer.

A copy of the Regulations is obtainable from the State Law Publisher or via the hyperlink below.

Electricity Industry (Ombudsman Scheme) Regulation 2005

Electricity Transmission Amendment Regulations (No.2) 2004

These regulations acknowledge the enactment of the Top Up and Spill (TUAS) Market Rules by providing market participants who use a transmission system with the opportunity to elect to use the TUAS balancing arrangements instead of those specified within the regulations as well as providing for increased electricity balancing tolerances.

A copy of the Regulations is obtainable from the State Law Publisher or via the hyperlink below.

Electricity Transmission Amendment Regulations (No.2) 2004

Electricity Distribution Amendment Regulations (No.2) 2004

These regulations acknowledge the enactment of the Top Up and Spill (TUAS) Market Rules by providing market participants who use a distribution system with the opportunity to elect to use the TUAS balancing arrangements instead of those specified within the regulations as well as providing for increased electricity balancing tolerances.

A copy of the Regulations is obtainable from the State Law Publisher or via the hyperlink below.

Electricity Distribution Amendment Regulations (No.2) 2004

Electricity Industry (Wholesale Electricity Market) Regulations 2004

These regulations provide the framework for the establishment of Wholesale Electricity Market Rules (the "Rules") for the South West Interconnected System. They also provide for the transitional Top-Up and Spill (TUAS) Market rules which form Appendix 8 of the Rules.

The Rules will apply to bodies with functions in the market including the Independent Market Operator, Systems Management and the Economic Regulation Authority as well as market participants such as electricity generators, retailers and large electricity consumers. 

The Rules were made by the Minister for Energy on 1 October 2004 and subsequently published in the Government Gazette on 5 October 2004, but have since been subject to a series of amendments.

 Electricity Industry (Wholesale Electricity Market) Regulations 2004

A copy of the initial Rules gazetted in October 2004 can be downloaded from the State Law Publisher.  Click here to download a copy: Wholesale Electricity Market Rules GG177

For information on Gazetted amendments to the Electricity Industy (Wholesale Electricity Market) Regulations 2004  Click here>>

Further details on the Wholesale Market Rules are available from here>>



Electricity Industry (Independent Market Operator) Regulations 2004

These regulations provide for the establishment of an Independent Market Operator (IMO). The function of the IMO, amongst other matters, is to administer the Wholesale Market Rules and to operate a Reserve Capacity Mechanism to ensure sufficient capacity is introduced in a timely manner to maintain security and reliability of electricity supply in the SWIS.

A copy of the Regulations is obtainable from the State Law Publisher or via the hyperlink below.
 
Electricity Industry (Independent Market Operator) Regulations 2005 

Further information on the functions of the Independent Market Operator (IMO) is available from the IMO's website.  read more >>

Electricity Industry (Licence Condition) Regulations 2005

These regulations provide for:

• Compliance by market participants with the Electricity Industry Customer Transfer Code 2004 by way of a retail and distribution licence condition.
• Consistent with recommendation 70 of the Electricity Reform Task Force, a retail licence obligation upon Western Power to offer to purchase electricity under the renewable energy buy-back scheme.  In doing so, Western Power must submit its purchase contract to the Coordinator of Energy for approval. Provision has also been inserted which requires Western Power Retail to advise Government of the cost incurred by it in complying with the obligation to purchase electricity.
• Compliance by market participants with the Electricity Industry Metering Code.
• Compliance by market participants with the Electricity Industry (Networks & Reliability Quality of Supply) Code.

A copy of the Regulations is obtainable from the State Law Publisher or via the hyperlink below.

Electricity Industry (Licence Condition) Regulations 2005


Electricity Industry (Code of Conduct) Regulations 2005

In establishing the Code of Conduct for the Supply of Electricity to Small Use Customers (refer Codes webpage), it has been necessary for the Code to take effect notwithstanding any inconsistency with an existing enactment in a small number of instances.  

The regulations provide for the Code to prevail notwithstanding specific provisions within the Energy Operators (Powers) Act 1979, Electricity Act 1945, Electricity Act Regulations 1947 and modifies by-law 8 of the Energy Operators (Western Power Corporation) (Charges) By‑laws 1996 on such matters as: 

• Power to cut off supply.
• Payment timeframes.
• Metered and estimated accounts.
• Meter testing arrangements, including payment of outstanding arrears.

In these instances the higher service standard under the Code prevail.

A copy of the Regulations is obtainable from the State Law Publisher or via the hyperlink below.

Electricity Industry (Code of Conduct)Regulations 2005

Electricity Industry (Licensing Fees) Regulations 2005

These regulations prescribe electricity licence application fees and annual licence fees and are necessary to support the commencement of the electricity licence regime, administered by the Economic Regulation Authority (the “ERA”).

The regulations also require the ERA to carry out a review of the Authority’s costs of administering the licensing scheme under Part 2 of the Act and the extent to which the fees under that Part paid to the ERA suffice to meet those costs. The Authority is to carry out the review, and provide to the Minister a written report based on the review, within the period of a year ending on the third anniversary of the day on which the regulations come into operation.

A copy of the Regulations is obtainable from the State Law Publisher or via the hyperlink below.

Electricity Industry (Licensing Fees) Regulations 2005

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