New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ACT 1995 - SECT 192

192 Recovery of distribution and transmission charges from green hydrogen producers

(1) The regulations may provide for limitations on the recovery by a network service provider of charges from a person who buys electricity to produce green hydrogen that the network service provider is otherwise entitled to recover from the person under a determination.

(2) The regulations may modify the application of, or disapply, a provision of the National Electricity (NSW) Law or the National Electricity Rules to the extent reasonably necessary to give effect to regulations made under subsection (1).

(3) The regulations may not have the effect of reducing the total revenue earned by a network service provider under a determination.

(4) The regulations may make further provision in relation to whether electricity is taken to be used to produce green hydrogen.

(5) In this section--

"determination" means a distribution determination or transmission determination under the National Electricity (NSW) Law .

"green hydrogen" means hydrogen produced using renewable energy.

"network service provider" means a distribution network service provider or transmission network service provider within the meaning of the National Electricity Rules .