Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 (Qld)

Queensland Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Subordinate Legislation 2014 No. 138 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Amendment of s 51 (Annual distribution fee—Act, s 40) . . . . . . . 6 Amendment of s 52 (Annual retail fee—Act, s 166) . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Replacement of sch 1 (Fees other than annual fees). . . . . . . . . . 7 Schedule 1 Fees other than annual fees

Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Part 1 Preliminary [s 1] Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 . 2 Commencement This regulation commences on 1 July 2014, immediately after the commencement of the Electricity and Another RegulationAmendment Regulation (No. 1) 2013 , section 7. 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 2014 SL No. 138

Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Part 2 Amendment of Electricity Regulation 2006 [s 4] Schedule 7 Fees payable to regulator section 226(1) $ 1 Application for generation authority (Act, s 179) . . . . . . . .1 473.60 2 Application for transmission authority (Act, s 188) . . . . . .1 473.60 3 Application for distribution authority (Act, s 196) . . . . . . .1 473.60 4 Application for retail authority (Act, s 204) . . . . . . . . . . . .1 473.60 5 Application for retail authority by the holder of an equivalent authority or licence issued under the law of another State (Act, s 207D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430.45 6 Application for special approval (Act, s 209) . . . . . . . . . . . 430.45 7 Application for transfer of a generation, transmission or distribution authority or special approval (Act, s 184A, 193A, 201A or 212A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136.80 8 Application for registration of an item of prescribed electrical equipment (s 138). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189.95 9 Application for approval of a change to an energy efficiency label (s 144). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189.95 10 Application for approval of transfer of registration of an item of prescribed electrical equipment (s 147) . . . . . . . . . 63.30 11 Inspection of the register (s 154) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.45 12 Copy of 1 entry in the register (s 154). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25.15 2014 SL No. 138 Page 3

Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Part 2 Amendment of Electricity Regulation 2006 [s 4] Schedule 8 Maximum fees payable to electricity entity section 226(2) Part 1 Meter reading and testing $ 1 Special meter reading by Energex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.50 2 Special meter reading by Ergon Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.90 3 Testing of a meter by a distribution entity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.05 4 Inspection and testing of a meter by an independent person appointed by QCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182.20 Part 2 Disconnection and reconnection $ 1 Disconnection of supply of electricity to premises . . . . . . nil 2 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.35 (b) if the reconnection is made outside ordinary business hours at the customer’s request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109.10 3 Reconnection of supply of electricity to premises after disconnection other than under section 34— Page 4 2014 SL No. 138

Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Part 2 Amendment of Electricity Regulation 2006 [s 4] (a) if the reconnection is made during ordinary business hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (b) if the reconnection is made outside ordinary business hours at the customer’s request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ nil 109.10 Part 3 Temporary connections $ 1 Temporary connection of a supply of electricity to a building site by Ergon Energy during ordinary office hours (single-phase or multi-phase) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409.60 2 Temporary connection of a supply of electricity by Energex during ordinary office hours (current transformer or no current transformer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409.60 2014 SL No. 138 Page 5

Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Part 3 Amendment of Gas Supply Regulation 2007 [s 5] Part 4 Other services $ 1 Service to a customer conducted by Ergon Energy that is an excluded service, other than a service mentioned in part 1, 2 or 3, if— (a) the service is for premises connected to a long rural feeder or an isolated feeder; and (b) QCA has not approved for the service a maximum charge that is stated by QCA to be “price on application” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The maximum charge approved by QCA for the service for customers connected to urban feeders Part 3 Amendment of Gas Supply Regulation 2007 5 Regulation amended This part amends the Gas Supply Regulation 2007. 6 Amendment of s 51 (Annual distribution fee—Act, s 40) (1) Section 51(2), ‘$646.80’— omit, insert — $669.40 (2) Section 51(3), formula, ‘53924.60’— omit, insert — 55811. 96 Page 6 2014 SL No. 138

Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Part 3 Amendment of Gas Supply Regulation 2007 [s 7] 7 Amendment of s 52 (Annual retail fee—Act, s 166) (1) Section 52(2), ‘$1296.00’— omit, insert — $1341.35 (2) Section 52(3), formula, ‘96820.32’— omit, insert — 100209. 03 8 Replacement of sch 1 (Fees other than annual fees) Schedule 1— omit, insert — Schedule 1 Fees other than annual fees section 53 Part 1 Distribution authorities $ 1 Application for distribution authority (Act, s 28) . . . . . . . 335.55 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.45 3 Application to renew distribution authority (Act, s 64). . . nil 4 Application to transfer distribution authority (Act, s 68) . 335.55 5 Application for approval of surrender of distribution authority (Act, s 73). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nil 2014 SL No. 138 Page 7

Energy Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014 Part 3 Amendment of Gas Supply Regulation 2007 [s 8] Part 2 Retail authorities $ 1 Application for retail authority (Act, s 149) . . . . . . . . . . . 335.55 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.45 3 Application to renew retail authority (Act, s 188) . . . . . . . nil 4 Application to transfer retail authority (Act, s 192) . . . . . 335.55 5 Application for approval of surrender of retail authority (Act, s 197) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nil 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.45 ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 26 June 2014. 2 Notified on the Queensland legislation website on 27 June 2014. 3 The administering agency is the Department of Energy and Water Supply. © State of Queensland 2014 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel Page 8 2014 SL No. 138