Western Australian Current Acts

ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY ACT 2004 - SECT 59F

59F .         Authority to consider public interest

        (1)         The Authority must not exercise a power conferred by this Division or Division 2 unless the Authority is satisfied that it would not be contrary to the public interest to do so.

        (2)         Without limiting the other matters that may be taken into account, the Authority, in determining whether the exercise of the power would not be contrary to the public interest, must take into account the following —

            (a)         environmental considerations;

            (b)         social welfare and equity considerations, including community service obligations;

            (c)         economic and regional development, including employment and investment growth;

            (d)         the interests of customers generally or of a class of customers;

            (e)         the interests of any registration holder or applicant for registration who may be affected by the exercise of the power;

            (f)         the importance of competition in electricity industry markets;

            (g)         the policy objectives of government in relation to the supply of electricity.

        (3)         The Authority is not required to comply with subsection (1) and the Economic Regulation Authority Act 2003 section 26(1)(a) in the circumstances prescribed in the regulations.

        [Section 59F inserted: No. 10 of 2024 s. 14.]