Electricity (General) Variation Regulations 2005 (SA)

South Australia

Electricity (General) Variation Regulations 2005

under the Electricity Act 1996

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

Short title
Commencement
Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Electricity (General) Regulations 1997

Insertion of regulation 7ABB
7ABBPrescribed information in small customer accounts for purposes of section 24(2)(da) of Act

Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Electricity (General) Variation Regulations 2005.
2—Commencement
These regulations will come into operation on 1 February 2006.
3—Variation provisions
In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Electricity (General) Regulations 1997
4—Insertion of regulation 7ABB
After regulation 7ABA insert:
7ABB—Prescribed information in small customer accounts for purposes of section 24(2)(da) of Act
For the purposes of section 24(2)(da) of the Act, the following provisions apply:
(a)the electricity entity must include in each account for electricity charges sent to a small customer for electricity supply through a particular metered connection point the following information:
(i)the customer's average daily consumption level, expressed in kW.h, of electricity supplied through the connection point for the period to which the account relates;
(ii)the customer's average daily consumption level, expressed in kW.h, of electricity supplied through the connection point for each period during the preceding 12 months in respect of which the customer was sent by the entity an account for electricity supply through the connection point;
(iii)the average daily cost to the customer of electricity supplied to the customer through the connection point during the period to which the account relates;
(iv)the amount of greenhouse gas emissions associated with the customer's consumption of electricity supplied through the connection point for the period to which the account relates;
(v)the amount of greenhouse gas emissions associated with the customer's consumption of electricity supplied through the connection point for each period during the preceding 12 months in respect of which the customer was sent by the entity an account for electricity supply through the connection point;

(b)the information referred to in paragraphs (a)(ii) and (a)(v) must be presented in graphical form;
(c)the amounts of the greenhouse gas emissions referred to in paragraphs (a)(iv) and (a)(v) must be calculated, in a manner approved by the Commission, by reference to material about emissions coefficients published by the Australian Greenhouse Office of the Department of the Environment and Heritage of the Australian Government;
(d)the information referred to in paragraph (a) must be accompanied by explanatory material of a kind approved by the Commission;
(e)the information and explanatory material referred to in paragraphs (a) and (d) must be presented in a print size and format approved by the Commission;
(f)the electricity entity must also include in each account for electricity charges sent to a small customer the following statement:
For more information about energy efficiency and to compare energy retail prices, visit or call ........................ [telephone number as specified by the Commission by written notice to the entity];
(g)the statement referred to in paragraph (f) must be presented in the first page of each account in 9 point bold font.

Note—
As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 8 December 2005

No 261 of 2005

MEN05/009CS