New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL (LAND LEASE) COMMUNITIES ACT 2013 - SECT 77A

77A Embedded network electricity charges

(1) This section applies if--

(a) electricity is supplied to residential sites in a community through an embedded network, and

(b) the operator of the community or a third party supplier for the community sells the electricity to home owners or tenants, or both, in the community.

(2) The selling entity for the community must, at least once per year, give each home owner and tenant written notice of the charges payable by the selling entity for the supply of electricity to the parent connection point from which electricity is supplied to each site.

: Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.

(3) The selling entity must review the offer under the selling entity's contract with the retailer for the supply of electricity to the parent connection point (the
"supply contract" )--

(a) if the current supply contract has a contract period of more than 2 years--before entering into the next supply contract, or

(b) otherwise--at least once every 2 years.

: Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.

(4) However, if the selling entity is both a third party supplier for the community and the retailer supplying electricity to the parent connection point, a review under subsection (3) must be carried out by the operator of the community.

(5) The person carrying out a review under subsection (3) must, for the purposes of ensuring the offer under the supply contract is the best available offer for the embedded network, compare the offer with at least 1 other comparable offer from another retailer.

(6) The person carrying out a review under subsection (3) must, within 30 days of completing the review, give each home owner and tenant written notice of the review, including details of--

(a) the comparable offers considered by the person, and

(b) the outcome of the review.

: Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.

(7) In this section--

"selling entity" , for a community, means--

(a) if the electricity is sold to home owners or tenants, or both, by a third party supplier for the community--the third party supplier, or

(b) otherwise--the operator of the community.

"parent connection point" has the same meaning as in the National Electricity Rules .