Electricity Corporation (Charges) Amendment By-laws (No 2) 1998 (WA)

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AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT

PERTH, THURSDAY, 31 DECEMBER 1998 No. 261 SPECIAL

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY JOHN E. THOMPSON, ACTING GOVERNMENT PRINTER AT 3.45 PM

Energy Corporations (Powers) Act 1979

Electricity Corporation (Charges) Amendment By-laws (No. 2) 1998

Made by the Electricity Corporation with the approval of the Governor in
Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These by-laws may be cited as the Electricity Corporation
(Charges) Amendment By-laws (No. 2) 1998.

2.             Commencement

These by-laws come into operation on 1 January 1999.

3.             The by-laws amended

The amendments in the by-laws are to the Electricity
Corporation (Charges) By-laws 1996*.

[* Published in Gazette 25 June 1996, pp. 2875-98.

For amendments to 22 December 1998 see 1997 Index to
Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 66, and Gazette
24 July 1998.]

4.             By-law 3 amended

By-law 3 is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting in the appropriate alphabetical position the following definition —

“

“automotive distillate import parity indicator”

means the figure described as such and as amended
from time to time, published by the Australian

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Competition and Consumer Commission under the
Prices Surveillance Act 1983 of the

Commonwealth;

”;

(b) by deleting the definition of “maximum endorsed industry price of automotive distillate”.

5.             Schedule 2 amended

Schedule 2 is amended as follows:

(a) after the Schedule heading by inserting the following Division heading —

“

Division 1 — Pilbara Power System

”;

(b)	by deleting the item headed “TARIFF N2”;
(c)	after the item headed TARIFF W2” by inserting the following Division —

“

Division 2 — Regional Power Systems

TARIFF L2

General Supply

Low/Medium Voltage Tariff

This tariff is available for low/medium voltage supply, except where the consumer uses more than 822 units per day and supply is undertaken under the provisions of a contract.

A fixed charge at the rate of 24.31 cents per day.

Plus all metered consumption at the rate of —

15.98 cents per unit for the first 822 units per day.

20.00 cents per unit per day for all units in excess of

822 units per day*.

*Where a calculation of consumption at the end of the

by the consumer during that financial year

financial year reveals that a particular consumer exceeded
822 units on a day or days but, when averaged over that
year, the amount payable would be less than the amount
already paid (due to fluctuating electricity usage), the

TARIFF M2

General Supply

High Voltage Tariff

This tariff is available for consumers supplied at 6.6kV, consumer uses more than 822 units per day and supply is

undertaken under the provisions of a contract.

11kV, 22kV or 33kV or such higher voltage as the

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A fixed charge at the rate of 24.31 cents per day.

Plus all metered consumption at the rate of —

15.44 cents per unit for the first 822 units per day.

20.00 cents per unit per day for all units in excess of

822 units per day*.

*Where a calculation of consumption at the end of the

by the consumer during that financial year.

financial year reveals that a particular consumer exceeded
822 units on a day or days but, when averaged over that
year, the amount payable would be less than the amount
already paid (due to fluctuating electricity usage), the

TARIFF N2

Cost of Supply Tariff

State, Commonwealth and Foreign Government
instrumentalities supplied from a regional power system

only.

A fixed charge at the rate of 28.65 cents per day.

Plus all metered consumption at the rate (in cents per unit) calculated in accordance with the following formula and by- law 10(2) —

8.61 x P

R = 18.90 + 52.14

Where
R is the rate to be calculated; and

P is the automotive distillate import parity indicator.

TARIFF A2

Residential Tariff

This tariff is available for residential use only.
A fixed charge at the rate of 23.39 cents per day.

Plus all metered consumption at the rate of —

12.75 cents per unit.

For multiple dwellings supplied through one metered supply point the fixed charge is at the rate of —

(a) 23.39 cents per day for the first dwelling; and

(b) 18.17 cents per day for each additional dwelling.

TARIFF C2

Special Community Service Tariff

This tariff is available for small voluntary and charitable organizations, subject to the following conditions.

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Tariff

A fixed charge at the rate of 23.39 cents per day.

Plus all metered consumption at the rate of —

12.75 cents per unit for the first 20 units per day.
15.98 cents for the next 1 630 units per day.
14.42 cents per unit per day for all units exceeding 1 650

units.

Conditions for Tariff C2

For the purposes of this tariff the consumer must comply with the following conditions.

(1) The consumer must —

(a) be a direct customer of the Electricity Corporation;

(b) be a voluntary, non-profit making organization;

(c)	be classified as being tax exempt under section 23 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 of the Commonwealth;
(d)	provide a public service, which is available to any member of the public without discrimination;
(e)	not be a Commonwealth, State or local government department, instrumentality or agency; and
(f)	not receive the major part of its funding from any organization mentioned in paragraph (e).

(2) A consumer seeking supply under this tariff must make

an application to the Electricity Corporation in writing
accompanied by evidence which clearly demonstrates that

the consumer meets all the conditions listed in item (1).

TARIFF D2

Special Tariff for Certain Premises

This tariff is available for premises wholly used by a charitable or benevolent organization for providing residential accommodation other than for commercial gain, being premises for which Tariff A2 is not available.

A fixed charge at the rate of —

23.39 cents per day,

and where in accordance with this tariff there is deemed to
be more than one equivalent domestic residence in the

premises, an additional —

18.17 cents per day,

for each equivalent domestic residence except the first that

is deemed to be in the premises.

Plus all metered consumption at the rate of —

12.75 cents per unit.

For the purpose of this tariff the number of equivalent domestic residences deemed to be in particular premises is

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ascertained by dividing the facility’s total bed capacity by 5
and, where the quotient is not a whole number, by increasing

it to the next highest whole number.

TARIFF K2

General Supply with Residential Tariff

This tariff is available for premises where the circuit wiring is not separate and the electricity is used partly for general purposes and partly for residential purposes, except where the consumer uses more than 822 units per day and supply is undertaken under the provisions of a contract.

A fixed charge at the rate of 23.39 cents per day.

Plus all metered consumption at the rate of —

12.75 cents per unit for the first 20 units per day.

15.98 cents per unit for each unit in excess of 20 units,

but less than 822 units per day.

20.00 cents per unit per day for all units in excess of

822 units per day*.

*Where a calculation of consumption at the end of the

by the consumer during that financial year.

financial year reveals that a particular consumer exceeded
822 units on a day or days but, when averaged over that
year, the amount payable would be less than the amount
already paid (due to fluctuating electricity usage), the

TARIFF W2

Traffic Light Installations

A charge of $2.40 per day per kilowatt of the total installed wattage.

”.

6.             Transitional provisions for regional consumers formerly subject to Tariff R2

(1)	Despite by-law 4 of these by-laws, a regional consumer who, immediately prior to the commencement of these by-laws, was being charged for the supply of electricity under Tariff R2, shall continue to pay at a rate calculated by reference to the 1997/1998 financial year’s total cost to that consumer, but is to be subject to an annual cumulative increase on the yearly rate of 7% per annum, until the total payable under the increasing rate is equal to or greater than the amount that would be payable under Tariff L2, in which case the consumer is to be billed at the rate set out in Tariff L2 for that year and for all following years.
(2)	The fixed rate of $1.44 per day imposed by Tariff R2 continues to apply to a regional consumer while that consumer is subject to sub-bylaw (1).
(3)	Despite sub-bylaw (1), a regional consumer who, immediately prior to the commencement of these by-laws, was being charged

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for the supply of electricity under Tariff R2, may (by agreement
between the consumer and the Corporation) choose to pay for
consumption at the rate set out in Tariff L2, at any time during
which the consumer would otherwise be subject to sub-
bylaw (1), after which the consumer is to be billed at the rate set

out in Tariff L2 for that year and for all following years.

The Common Seal of the	)
Electricity Corporation was	) [LS]
affixed to these by-laws in	)
the presence of —	)
DAVID EISZELE, Director. MARK HANDS, Executive Officer.
Approved by the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.