Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 (Qld)

Queensland Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Subordinate Legislation 2012 No. 94 made under the ElectricityAct1994 GasSupplyAct2003 Contents Part 1 1 2 Part 2 3 4 Part 3 5 6 7 8 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Amendment of Electricity Regulation 2006 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Replacement of schs 7 and 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Schedule 7 Fees payable to regulator Schedule 8 Maximum fees payable to electricity entity Amendment of Gas Supply Regulation 2007 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Amendment of s 51 (Annual distribution fee—Act, s 40) . . . . . . . 8 Amendment of s 52 (Annual retail fee—Act, s 166) . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Replacement of sch 1 (Fees other than annual fees). . . . . . . . . . 8 Schedule 1 Fees other than annual fees

Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Part 1 Preliminary [s 1] Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 . 2 Commencement This regulation commences on 1 July 2012. Part 2 Amendment of Electricity Regulation 2006 3 Regulation amended This part amends the Electricity Regulation 2006. 4 Replacement of schs 7 and 8 Schedules 7 and 8— omit, insert — Page 2 2012 SL No. 94

‘Schedule 7 Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Part 2 Amendment of Electricity Regulation 2006 [s 4] Fees payable to regulator section 226 ‘Part 1 General $ 1 Application for generation authority (Act, s 179) . . . . . . . .1 375.70 2 Application for transmission authority (Act, s 188) . . . . . .1 375.70 3 Application for distribution authority (Act, s 196) . . . . . . .1 375.70 4 Application for retail authority (Act, s 204) . . . . . . . . . . . .1 375.70 5 Application for retail authority by the holder of an equivalent authority or licence issued under the law of another State (Act, s 207D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401.85 6 Application for special approval (Act, s 209) . . . . . . . . . . . 401.85 7 Application for transfer of a generation, transmission or distribution authority or special approval (Act, s 184A, 193A, 201A or 212A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127.75 8 Application for registration of an item of prescribed electrical equipment (s 138). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.35 9 Application for approval of a change to an energy efficiency label (s 144). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177.35 10 Application for approval of transfer of registration of an item of prescribed electrical equipment (s 147) . . . . . . . . . 59.15 11 Inspection of the register (s 154) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.65 12 Copy of 1 entry in the register (s 154). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.50 2012 SL No. 94 Page 3

Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Part 2 Amendment of Electricity Regulation 2006 [s 4] ‘Part 2 Fees for chapter 5A of the Act‘Division 1 Accreditation $ 1 Application fee (Act, s 135AM(1)(j)(ii)), if nameplate capacity of accredited power station or proposed accredited power station is— (a) 1MW or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.30 (b) more than 1MW but less than 10MW . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 253.30 (c) 10MW or more but less than 30MW. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 506.65 (d) 30MW or more but less than 100MW. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 759.90 (e) 100MW or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 014.35 2 Annual fee (Act, s 135BE(1)(b)), if nameplate capacity of accredited power station or proposed accredited power station is— (a) 1MW or less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.30 (b) more than 1MW but less than 10MW . . . . . . . . . . . . 626.05 (c) 10MW or more but less than 30MW. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 253.30 (d) 30MW or more but less than 100MW. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 879.40 (e) 100MW or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 506.65 ‘Division 2 GEC creation $ 1 For regulator to decide whether GEC was validly created—for each GEC (Act, s 135DH(1)(a)(i)) . . . . . . . . 0.1877 Page 4 2012 SL No. 94

Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Part 2 Amendment of Electricity Regulation 2006 [s 4] ‘Division 3 Exempted loads $ 1 State development exemption— (a) application fee (Act, s 135GJ(2)(d)(iv)) . . . . . . . . . . 3 759.90 (b) annual fee (Act, s 135HF(1)(b)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626.05 2 Renewable energy exemption— (a) application fee (Act, s 135GS(2)(e)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.30 (b) annual fee (Act, s 135HF(1)(b)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.15 3 Power station auxiliary load exemption— (a) application fee (Act, s 135H(2)(e)(ii)). . . . . . . . . . . . 313.30 (b) annual fee (Act, s 135HF(1)(b)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.15 ‘Division 4 Scheme participants $ 1 Application to be registered as a scheme participant (Act, s 135I(3)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.30 2 Annual fee (Act, s 135IC(2)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.15 ‘Schedule 8 Maximum fees payable to electricity entity section 226 ‘Part 1 Meter reading and testing $ 1 Special meter reading by Energex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.35 2 Special meter reading by Ergon Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.35 2012 SL No. 94 Page 5

Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Part 2 Amendment of Electricity Regulation 2006 [s 4] $ 3 Testing of a meter by a distribution entity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.90 4 Inspection and testing of a meter by an independent person appointed by QCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170.10 ‘Part 2 Disconnection and reconnection $ 5 Disconnection of supply of electricity to premises . . . . . . nil 6 Reconnection of supply of electricity to a customer’s premises after disconnection under section 34— (a) if the reconnection is made during ordinary business hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.40 (b) if the reconnection is made outside ordinary business hours at the customer’s request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.90 7 Reconnection of supply of electricity to premises after disconnection other than under section 34— (a) if the reconnection is made during ordinary business hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nil (b) if the reconnection is made outside ordinary business hours at the customer’s request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.90 Page 6 2012 SL No. 94

‘Part 3 Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Part 3 Amendment of Gas Supply Regulation 2007 [s 5] Temporary connections $ 8 Temporary connection of a supply of electricity to a building site by Ergon Energy during ordinary office hours (single-phase or multi-phase) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382.40 9 Temporary connection of a supply of electricity by Energex during ordinary office hours (current transformer or no current transformer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382.40 ‘Part 4 Other services $ 10 Service to a customer conducted by Ergon The maximum Energy that is an excluded service, other than a charge approved service mentioned in part 1, 2 or 3, if— by QCA for the (a) the service is for premises connected to a service for long rural feeder or an isolated feeder; and customers (b) QCA has not approved for the service a connected to urban maximum charge that is stated by QCA to feeders’. be “price on application”. Part 3 Amendment of Gas Supply Regulation 2007 5 Regulation amended This part amends the Gas Supply Regulation 2007. 2012 SL No. 94 Page 7

Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Part 3 Amendment of Gas Supply Regulation 2007 [s 6] 6 Amendment of s 51 (Annual distribution fee—Act, s 40) (1) Section 51(2), ‘$603.85’— omit, insert — ‘$624.95’. (2) Section 51(3), formula, ‘50339.19’— omit, insert — ‘ 52101. 06 ’. 7 Amendment of s 52 (Annual retail fee—Act, s 166) (1) Section 52(2), ‘$1209.90’— omit, insert — ‘$1252.20’. (2) Section 52(3), formula, ‘90382.81’— omit, insert — ‘ 93546. 20 ’. 8 Replacement of sch 1 (Fees other than annual fees) Schedule 1— omit, insert — Page 8 2012 SL No. 94

‘Schedule 1 Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Part 3 Amendment of Gas Supply Regulation 2007 [s 8] Fees other than annual fees section 53 ‘Part 1 Distribution authorities $ 1 Application for distribution authority (Act, s 28) . . . . . . . 313.30 2 Application to amend distribution authority, other than to amend a condition imposed under chapter 2, part 1, division 2 of the Act or to correct a clerical or formal error (Act, s 55) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.85 3 Application to renew distribution authority (Act, s 64). . . nil 4 Application to transfer distribution authority (Act, s 68) . 313.30 5 Application for approval of surrender of distribution authority (Act, s 73). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nil ‘Part 2 Retail authorities $ 1 Application for retail authority (Act, s 149) . . . . . . . . . . . 313.30 2 Application to amend retail authority, other than to amend a condition imposed under chapter 3, part 1, division 2 of the Act or to correct a clerical or formal error (Act, s 179) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.85 3 Application to renew retail authority (Act, s 188) . . . . . . . nil 4 Application to transfer retail authority (Act, s 192) . . . . . 313.30 5 Application for approval of surrender of retail authority (Act, s 197) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nil 2012 SL No. 94 Page 9

Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2012 Part 3 Amendment of Gas Supply Regulation 2007 [s 8] ‘Part 3 Other fees $ 1 Late payment fee for an annual fee payable under part 5, division 1, paid after the day on which payment is required under that division (Act, s 323) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.85’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 28 June 2012. 2 Notified in the gazette on 29 June 2012. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Energy and Water Supply. © State of Queensland 2012 Page 10 2012 SL No. 94