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UTILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 75E

Greenpower obligations—general

    (1)     A NERL retailer must—

        (a)     first offer a greenpower product to a person who proposes to purchase electricity for premises from the retailer; and

        (b)     have a greenpower product available for purchase by its customers to whom it sells or supplies electricity.

    (2)     Subsection (1) (a) does not apply to a NERL retailer in relation to—

        (a)     a person for whom the retailer is acting as designated RoLR in relation to a RoLR event under the National Energy Retail Law (ACT) ; or

        (b)     a person who is a move-in customer or carry-over customer; or

        (c)     a transaction with a person if the retailer must obtain the person's explicit informed consent for the transaction under the National Energy Retail Law (ACT) , section 38 (Requirement for explicit informed consent for certain transactions).

    (3)     If a small customer stops, or proposes to stop, purchasing a greenpower product from a NERL retailer, the retailer must not impose a charge (however described) on the small customer in relation to the cessation.

    (4)     In this section:

"carry-over customer"—see the National Energy Retail Law (ACT) , section 2 (1).

"customer"—see the National Energy Retail Law (ACT) , section 5.

"designated RoLR"—see the National Energy Retail Law (ACT) , section 122.

"greenpower product"—see the National GreenPower Accreditation Program: Program Rules , Appendix D (Definition of Terms), made by the National GreenPower Steering Group, as in force from time to time.

Note     The National GreenPower Accreditation Program: Program Rules are accessible at www.greenpower.gov.au

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"move-in customer"—see the National Energy Retail Law (ACT) , section 2 (1).

"RoLR event", in relation to a retailer—see the National Energy Retail Law (ACT) , section 122.

"small customer"—see the National Energy Retail Law (ACT) , section 5.



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