Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY INDUSTRY (PRICING AND RELATED MATTERS) REGULATIONS 2023

- (S.R. 2023, NO. 16)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Interpretation

   PART 2 - Retail Pricing Determinations

           Division 1 - 2022 Price Determination

   4.      Continuation of 2022 retail price determination

           Division 2 - Pricing investigations

   5.      Pricing investigation to be conducted before expiry of certain determinations
   6.      Notice of investigation to be given
   7.      Contents of final report

           Division 3 - Price-regulated retail service price determinations

              Subdivision 1 - Making of price-regulated retail service price determinations

   8.      Price-regulated retail services price determinations
   9.      Matters to be considered
   10.     Notice to be given of making of price-regulated retail service price determination
   11.     When price-regulated retail service price determination takes effect and ends
   12.     Adjustment to prices in determination

              Subdivision 2 - Amendment or revocation of price-regulated retail service price determinations

   13.     Amendment or revocation of price-regulated retail service price determinations
   14.     Process for amendment or revocation
   15.     Cost of investigations and determinations

   PART 3 - Wholesale Electricity Pricing and Contracts

           Division 1 - Pricing investigations and approvals under section 43G of Act

   16.     Saving of approval under section 43G of the Act
   17.     Pricing investigations as to whether to make or revoke approval under section 43G of Act
   18.     Notice of investigation to be given
   19.     Final report
   20.     Making or revocation of approvals under section 43G of Act
   21.     Cost of investigations and approvals

           Division 2 - Compliance investigations and approvals under section 43M of Act

   22.     Compliance investigations
   23.     Notice of investigation to be given
   24.     Final report
   25.     Making of approvals under section 43M of Act
   26.     Cost of investigations and approvals

   PART 4 - Declared Electrical Services

           Division 1 - Declaration of declared electrical services

   27.     Notice to be given of intention to make declaration of declared electrical services
   28.     When declaration takes effect
   29.     Amendment or revocation of declaration

           Division 2 - Pricing investigations in respect of declared electrical services

   30.     Pricing investigation for new declared electrical services to be conducted
   31.     Regulator to consider, before expiry of existing determination, whether to revoke declaration
   32.     Pricing investigation to be conducted
   33.     Notice of pricing investigation to be given
   34.     Contents of final report
   35.     Cost of declaration, investigations and determinations

           Division 3 - Price determinations in respect of declared electrical services

              Subdivision 1 - Making of price determinations

   36.     Declared electrical service price determinations
   37.     Matters to be considered
   38.     Notice to be given of making of declared electrical service price determination
   39.     When declared electrical service price determination takes effect and ends
   40.     Adjustment to prices in determination

              Subdivision 2 - Amendment or revocation of declared electrical service price determination

   41.     Amendment or revocation of declared electrical service price determination
   42.     Process for making of amendment or revocation

   PART 5 - Feed-in Tariffs

           Division 1 - Pricing investigations

   43.     Saving of determination under section 44G of the Act
   44.     Pricing investigation to be conducted before expiry of feed-in tariff rate determination
   45.     Notice of investigation to be given
   46.     Contents of final report

           Division 2 - Feed-in tariff rate determinations

   47.     Feed-in tariff rate determinations
   48.     Notice of making of feed-in tariff rate determination
   49.     When feed-in tariff rate determination takes effect and ends
   50.     Determination of rates under feed-in tariff rate determinations
   51.     Amendment or revocation of feed-in tariff rate determinations
   52.     Process for amendment or revocation
   53.     Costs of investigations and determinations

           Division 3 - Miscellaneous

   54.     Manner in which billing amount to be paid
   55.     Reporting and recording by distributors

   PART 6 - Investigations

   56.     Application of Part
   57.     Conduct of investigations
   58.     Hearings
   59.     Person may be required to give evidence or provide document
   60.     Use of documents and other information
   61.     Draft report
   62.     Final report

   PART 7 - Miscellaneous

   63.     Offences
   64.     Determinations as to whether to conduct price investigation not reviewable
   65.     Determination of AER not reviewable
   66.     Notices, &c., may be given to authorised retailers
   67.     Service of documents