Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts In this Act,
unless the contrary intention appears —
arbitrator has the meaning given to that term in
the Energy Arbitration and Review Act 1998 section 61;
Authority means the Economic Regulation Authority
established by the Economic Regulation Authority Act 2003 ;
Board has the meaning given to that term in the
Energy Arbitration and Review Act 1998 section 49;
customer means a person to whom electricity is
sold for the purpose of consumption;
distribution licence means a licence with the
classification described in section 4(1)(c);
distribution system means any apparatus,
equipment, plant or buildings used, or to be used, for, or in connection with,
the transportation of electricity at nominal voltages of less
than 66 kV;
electricity includes electrical energy of any kind
however produced, stored, transported or consumed;
electricity corporation means —
(a) the
Electricity Generation Corporation;
(b) the
Electricity Networks Corporation;
(c) the
Electricity Retail Corporation; or
(d) the
Regional Power Corporation;
Electricity Generation Corporation means the body
established by the Electricity Corporations Act 2005
section 4(1)(a);
Electricity Networks Corporation means the body
established by the Electricity Corporations Act 2005
section 4(1)(b);
Electricity Retail Corporation means the body
established by the Electricity Corporations Act 2005
section 4(1)(c);
generating works means any apparatus, equipment,
plant or buildings used, or to be used, for, or in connection with, the
generation of electricity;
generation licence means a licence with the
classification described in section 4(1)(a);
integrated regional licence means a licence with
the classification described in section 4(1)(e);
licence means —
(a) a
generation licence;
(b) a
transmission licence;
(c) a
distribution licence;
(d) a
retail licence; or
(e) an
integrated regional licence;
licence area means the area or areas designated in
a licence under section 5;
licensee means the holder of a licence and
includes any transferee of a licence under section 18;
operate , in relation to generating works, a
transmission system, or a distribution system, includes —
(a) to
maintain the works or system; and
(b) to
make any modifications necessary or desirable for the operation of the works
or system;
Regional Power Corporation means the body
established by the Electricity Corporations Act 2005
section 4(1)(d);
retail licence means a licence with the
classification described in section 4(1)(d);
South West interconnected system means the
interconnected transmission and distribution systems, generating works and
associated works —
(a)
located in the South West of the State and extending generally between
Kalbarri, Albany and Kalgoorlie; and
(b) into
which electricity is supplied by —
(i)
one or more of the electricity generation plants at
Kwinana, Muja, Collie and Pinjar; or
(ii)
any prescribed electricity generation plant;
subsidiary , in relation to an electricity
corporation, has the meaning given to that term in the
Electricity Corporations Act 2005 section 3(1);
supply means to do any one or more of the
following —
(a)
generate;
(b)
transport through a transmission system;
(c)
transport through a distribution system;
(d)
sell;
transmission licence means a licence with the
classification described in section 4(1)(b);
transmission system means any apparatus,
equipment, plant or buildings used, or to be used, for, or in connection with,
the transportation of electricity at nominal voltages of 66 kV or higher.
[Section 3 amended by No. 18 of 2005
s. 139; No. 16 of 2009 s. 57.]