Victorian Numbered Acts

ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY (WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT) ACT 2004 (NO 86 OF 2004) - SECT 4

After section 23A of the Electricity Industry Act 2000 insert —

        '23B.     Conditions relating to purchase of electricity supplied from relevant generation facilities

    (1)     In this section—

"non-pool electricity" means electricity that is supplied other than through the wholesale electricity market;

"relevant generation facility" means—

        (a)     a small wind energy generation facility; or

        (b)     a facility or class of facility that is declared to be a relevant generation facility under sub-section (2);

"relevant generator" means—

        (a)     a generation company; or

        (b)     a person engaging in the generation of electricity for supply or sale that has been exempted under section 17 from the requirement to hold a licence in respect of that activity;

"relevant licensee" means a licensee that sells electricity to more than 5000 customers;

"small wind energy generation facility" means a generation facility operated by a relevant generator—

        (a)     that generates electricity by converting wind energy into electricity; and

        (b)     with an installed or name-plate generating capacity of less than 100 kilowatts.

    (2)     The Governor in Council may, by Order published in the Government Gazette, declare a facility or class of facility operated by a relevant generator that—

        (a)     generates electricity with an installed or a name-plate generating capacity of less than 100 kilowatts; and

        (b)     is not a small wind energy generation facility—

to be a relevant generation facility.

    (3)     A licence to sell electricity held by a relevant licensee is deemed to include a condition requiring the licensee to publish, in the Government Gazette, an offer comprising the prices at, and terms and conditions on, which the licensee will purchase non-pool electricity supplied from a relevant generation facility.'.

See:
Act No.
62/2001.
Reprint No. 1
as at
1 January 2004.
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