After regulation 8 of the Principal Regulations , the following Schedule is inserted:

SCHEDULE 1 - Prescribed energy production capability information

Regulation 4A

1.    For the hydro-electric power stations that the NEMMCO-registered electricity entity operates under a licence authorising the generation of electricity using hydro-electric generators –

(a) the amount of energy in storage in each headwater storage (expressed both in gigawatt hours and as a percentage of maximum storage capacity) as at a fixed time of the week determined by the NEMMCO-registered electricity entity (in this Schedule referred to as "the measurement time" ); and

(b) whether, in the 24-hour period immediately before the measurement time, the amount of energy in storage in each headwater storage rose, fell or remained static; and

(c) the power stations that utilise the water from each headwater storage.

2.    In item 1 –

energy in storage means the amount of energy that can potentially be generated from the volume of water stored in a headwater storage;

headwater storage , for a hydro-electric power station, means –

(a) if the power station is one of a series of two or more such power stations, the lakes, reservoirs or other water storages that lead into the first such power station in that series; or

(b) if the power station is not one of a series of two or more power stations, the lakes, reservoirs or other water storages that lead into that power station.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

Notified in the Gazette on 10 November 2004

These regulations are administered in the Department of Treasury and Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Electricity Supply Industry Regulations 1996 by prescribing –

(a) the kind of information that the holder of a certain electricity generating licence is required to publish in relation to its energy production capability; and

(b) requirements that must be complied with in relation to that information and its publication.