Electricity Industry Regulations Amendment (Distributed Energy Resources) Regulations 2025 (WA)
Western Australia
Electricity Industry Act 2004 Electricity Transmission and Distribution Systems (Access) Act 1994 Gas Services Information Act 2012
Western Australia
Electricity Industry Act 2004 Electricity Transmission and Distribution Systems (Access) Act 1994 Gas Services Information Act 2012
Made by the Governor in Executive Council.
These regulations are the
These regulations come into operation as follows —
(a) Part 1 — on the day on which these regulations are published on the WA legislation website;
(b) the rest of the regulations — on the day on which the
Electricity Industry Amendment (Distributed Energy Resources) Act 2024 section 3 comes into operation.
This Part amends the
In regulation 5(1) and (2) delete “
This Part amends the
In regulation 1 delete “
Delete regulation 2.
(1) In regulation 3 insert in alphabetical order:
(2) In regulation 3 in the definition of
registered participant delete “section 121(2)(a)” and insert:
paragraph (a) of the definition of
In regulation 4A delete “1 October 2023.” and insert:
20 November 2024.
In regulation 5 delete “section 123(1) of the Act (the
section 123 of the Act.
In regulation 7(5) delete “31 October 2025.” and insert:
31 October 2027.
Delete regulation 17(k).
In regulation 21(1) delete “A participant described in section 121(2)(b) or (c) of the Act” and insert:
A governance participant
Delete regulation 31(5)(c) and insert:
(c) state that the notice is given under this regulation; and
Delete regulation 51 and insert:
In this Part —
(a) the AEMO; and
(b) the Board.
(1) Delete regulation 52(1).
(2) In regulation 52(2):
(a) delete “the person’s liability to pay a civil monetary penalty” and insert:
a specified governance participant’s civil monetary liability
(b) in paragraph (b) delete “person’s total liability (whether paid or payable) for civil monetary penalties” and insert:
participant’s total civil monetary liability (whether paid or payable)
(3) At the end of regulation 52(3A) insert:
Note for this subregulation:
The reference to subregulation (2) is to that subregulation as in effect prior to the amendments made by the
(4) In regulation 52(3):
(a) delete “The person’s total liability for civil monetary penalties” and insert:
A specified governance participant’s total civil monetary liability
(b) delete “person’s liability to a civil monetary penalty” and insert:
participant’s civil monetary liability
Note: The heading to amended regulation 52 is to read:
In regulation 53:
(a) after “maximum amount of” insert:
civil monetary
(b) delete “market” and insert:
specified
(c) delete “to pay a civil monetary penalty”.
Note: The heading to amended regulation 53 is to read:
Delete the heading to Part 10 and insert:
At the end of Part 10 insert:
For the purposes of the definition of
(1) This regulation applies in relation to distribution systems.
(2) A network operator must, to the extent practicable, maintain a system voltage, at the points where the electricity will pass beyond the service apparatus of the network operator, as follows —
(a) for a point in relation to which an agreement with the network operator deals with the voltage of the electricity supplied at that point — as specified or provided for in the agreement;
(b) otherwise —
(i) for single‑phase connections — between 207 V and 254 V; or
(ii) for three‑phase connections — between 360 V and 440 V.
(3) A network operator must take all reasonable steps to limit the extent and duration of voltage excursions.
In Schedule 1:
(a) in the row relating to cl. 2.16A.2 delete “cl. 2.16A.2” and insert:
cl. 2.16A.3
(b) in the row relating to cl. 2.26C.2T delete “cl. 2.26C.2T” and insert:
cl. 2.26.2T
(c) after the row relating to cl. 2.26C.2T insert:
cl. 2.27.1A | A | first contravention: $10 000 plus a daily amount of $5 000 subsequent contraventions: $20 000 plus a daily amount of $5 000 |
(d) after the row relating to cl. 2.29.6 insert:
cl. 2.31.2L | B | first contravention: $50 000 plus a daily amount of $10 000 subsequent contraventions: $75 000 plus a daily amount of $10 000 |
(e) after the row relating to cl. 3.17.8 insert:
cl. 3.18A.5 | C | first contravention: $100 000 plus a daily amount of $20 000 subsequent contraventions: $100 000 plus a daily amount of $20 000 |
cl. 3.18A.10 | B | first contravention: $50 000 plus a daily amount of $10 000 subsequent contraventions: $75 000 plus a daily amount of $10 000 |
(f) in the row relating to cl. 3.21.2(a) delete “cl. 3.21.2(a)” and insert:
cl. 3.21.2
(g) after the row relating to cl. 4.5.4 insert:
cl. 4.13.1D | B | first contravention: $50 000 plus a daily amount of $10 000 subsequent contraventions: $75 000 plus a daily amount of $10 000 |
(h) after the row relating to cl. 7.4.2B insert:
cl. 7.4.2C | C | first contravention: $100 000 plus a daily amount of $20 000 subsequent contraventions: $100 000 plus a daily amount of $20 000 |
(i) after the row relating to cl. 7.4.4 insert:
cl. 7.4.5A | C | first contravention: $100 000 plus a daily amount of $20 000 subsequent contraventions: $100 000 plus a daily amount of $20 000 |
(j) after the row relating to cl. 7.4.8 insert:
cl. 7.4.12 | C | first contravention: $100 000 plus a daily amount of $20 000 subsequent contraventions: $100 000 plus a daily amount of $20 000 |
(k) after the row relating to cl. 7.4.29 insert:
cl. 7.4.35 | B | first contravention: $50 000 plus a daily amount of $10 000 subsequent contraventions: $75 000 plus a daily amount of $10 000 |
(l) delete the row relating to cl. 7.9.10;
(m) in the row relating to cl. 10.1.2 delete “cl. 10.1.2” and insert:
cl. 10.1.1
This Part amends the
In regulation 20(1a) delete “market”.
K. COLLERAN, Clerk of the Executive Council
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