Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) For this Act, each of the following is a regulated utility service :
(a) a utility service under the Utilities Act 2000
, part 2;
Note The Utilities Act 2000
requires a person who provides a utility service to be licensed (see that Act
, s 21).
(b) a regulated utility service prescribed under section 10;
(c) in relation to electricity—small or medium scale electrical generation;
(d) in relation to electricity—the supply of electricity from an electricity network to premises;
(e) in relation to gas—the supply of gas from a gas network to premises;
(f) in relation to water—owning, leasing or subleasing a registrable dam;
(g) the provision of a district energy service.
(2) In this section:
"discrete district network" means infrastructure that is not connected to a network and is used for 1 or more of the following:
(a) providing a form of energy to more than 1 building or premises;
(b) converting a form of energy to another form of energy and providing that energy to more than 1 building or premises;
(c) providing reticulated gas, water or another fluid to more than 1 building or premises;
(d) storing a form of energy, gas, water or another fluid for provision to more than 1 building or premises.
Example—discrete district network
A solar installation located on a warehouse produces a form of energy such as electricity or hydraulic pressure that is provided to the warehouse and a number of other buildings in the neighbourhood for use. The solar installation and the cables distributing the energy are not connected to a network under the Utilities Act 2000
.
"district energy service "means the provision for use in a discrete district network of 1 or both of the following:
(a) electricity or another form of energy;
(b) reticulated gas, water or another fluid.
"small or medium scale generation" means the capacity to generate an amount of power that—
(a) is not less than the lower limit, but less than the upper limit prescribed by regulation; and
(b) is connected to an electricity network.