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Energy Legislation Amendment (Publication of Retail Offers) Act 2015

No. 28 of 2015

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section  Page

Part 1—Preliminary

1Purposes

2Commencement

Part 2—Amendment of Electricity Industry Act 2000

3Retailer licence condition relating to purchase of small renewable energy generation electricity

4New section 40MAA inserted

Part 3—Amendment of Gas Industry Act 2001

5Licensee standing offer tariffs to be given to Commission

6New section 42B substituted

7Publication of tariffs, terms and conditions of sale of gas (relevant published offers)

Part 4—Repeal of amending Act

8Repeal of amending Act

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Endnotes

1      General information

Energy Legislation Amendment (Publication of Retail Offers) Act 2015

No. 28 of 2015

[Assented to 11 August 2015]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts:

PART 1—PRELIMINARY

1Purposes

The purposes of this Act are—

(a)to amend the Electricity Industry Act 2000 to require retailers who are relevant licensees to input general renewable energy feed-in terms and conditions into an Internet site nominated by the Minister; and

(b)to amend the Gas Industry Act 2001 to change the publication requirements in respect of gas retailer licensee standing offers and relevant published offers so that the requirements align with the requirements for electricity retailer licensee standing offers and relevant published offers under the Electricity Industry Act 2000.

2Commencement

(1)Subject to subsection (2), this Act comes into operation on a day or days to be proclaimed.

(2)If a provision of this Act does not come into operation before 1 May 2016, it comes into operation on that day.

PART 2—AMENDMENT OF ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY ACT 2000

3Retailer licence condition relating to purchase of small renewable energy generation electricity

(1)In section 40G(1) of the Electricity Industry Act 2000, for "to publish general renewable energy feed-in terms and conditions." substitute

"—

(a)to publish general renewable energy feed-in terms and conditions; and

(b)to, as soon as practicable after the licensee publishes the terms and conditions in accordance with this section but before the terms and conditions take effect, input the terms and conditions into an Internet site nominated by the Minister so that the terms and conditions are able to be published on the Internet.".

(2)Insert the following note at the foot of section 40G(1) of the Electricity Industry Act 2000—

"Note

General renewable energy feed-in terms and conditions take effect 2 months after they are published unless they have been referred to the Commission for assessment—see section 40H.".

4New section 40MAA inserted

After section 40M of the Electricity Industry Act 2000 insert—

"40MAA   Relevant licensee must input declared general feed-in terms and conditions into Minister nominated Internet site

(1)This section applies to a relevant licensee named in a declaration under section 40M.

(2)The relevant licensee must, as soon as practicable after the declaration is published in the Government Gazette, input the ESC recommended general feed-in terms and conditions or ESC determined general feed‑in terms and conditions that are the subject of the declaration into an Internet site nominated by the Minister so that the terms and conditions are able to be published on the Internet.

Note

The relevant licensee must also publish the ESC recommended general feed-in terms and conditions or ESC determined general feed-in terms and conditions on its Internet site—see section 40N.".

PART 3—AMENDMENT OF GAS INDUSTRY ACT 2001

5Licensee standing offer tariffs to be given to Commission

In section 42A of the Gas Industry Act 2001—

(a)omit "to, on the same day the licensee publishes tariffs in accordance with section 42"; and

(b)for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

"(a)to, as soon as practicable after the licensee publishes tariffs in accordance with section 42, input those tariffs into an Internet site nominated by the Minister so that the tariffs are able to be published on the Internet; and

(b)if an Internet site has not been nominated by the Minister for the purposes of paragraph (a), to, on the same day the licensee publishes tariffs in accordance with section 42—

(i)give a copy of those tariffs to the Commission; and

(ii)inform the Commission, in writing, of the day those tariffs take effect.".

6New section 42B substituted

For section 42B of the Gas Industry Act 2001 substitute—

"42B   Commission must publish on Internet licensee standing offer tariffs

The Commission must publish on its Internet site tariffs it is given under section 42A(b) on the day those tariffs take effect.".

7Publication of tariffs, terms and conditions of sale of gas (relevant published offers)

(1)For section 43A(1)(b) of the Gas Industry Act 2001 substitute—

"(b)to, as soon as practicable after details of the tariffs, terms and conditions are published in accordance with paragraph (a), input those details into an Internet site nominated by the Minister so that the tariffs are able to be published on the Internet; and

(c)if an Internet site has not been nominated by the Minister for the purposes of paragraph (b), to, on the same day the retailer publishes the details of the tariffs, terms and conditions in accordance with paragraph (a), give a copy of those details to the Commission.".

(2)In section 43A(1A) of the Gas Industry Act 2001, for "subsection (1)(b)" substitute "subsection (1)(c)".

PART 4—REPEAL OF AMENDING ACT

8Repeal of amending Act

This Act is repealed on 1 May 2017.

Note

The repeal of this Act does not affect the continuing operation of the amendments made by it (see section 15(1) of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).

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ENDNOTES

1   General information

See for Victorian Bills, Acts and current authorised versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 10 June 2015

Legislative Council: 25 June 2015

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the Electricity Industry Act 2000 and the Gas Industry Act 2001 and for other purposes."