{"id":"electricity-general-regulations-2012","name":"Electricity (General) Regulations 2012","slug":"electricity-general-regulations-2012","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":235400,"registerId":"sa-electricity-general-regulations-2012-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-06","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"Part 1—Preliminary\n1—Short title\nThese regulations may be cited as the Electricity (General) Regulations 2012.\n3—Interpretation\n\t(1)\tIn these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—\nAct means the Electricity Act 1996;\nactive, in relation to a conductor, means—\n\t(a)\tany 1 of the conductors of a power system which is maintained at a difference of potential from—\n\t(i)\tthe neutral conductor; or\n\t(ii)\tan earthed conductor; or\n\t(b)\tif a power system does not include a neutral or earthed conductor—all conductors;\naerial line means a powerline placed above the ground and in the open air;\nAS or Australian Standard, followed by a number, or AS/NZS or Australian/New Zealand Standard followed by a number, is a reference to the standard published by Standards Australia as in force from time to time;\ncentre‑line, in relation to an aerial line, means a notional vertical plane extending upwards from any point on the ground and running through, and connecting, the centre of each structure that supports the aerial line;\ncircuit means any number of conductors connected together for the purpose of carrying current;\nconductor means a wire, or other form of conducting material suitable for carrying current, other than wires, cables or other metallic parts directly used in converting electrical energy into another form of energy;\nconnection point means a connection point to a transmission or distribution network;\nfacade mounted line means an aerial line attached to a building;\nhigh voltage or HV, in relation to electricity, means electricity at a voltage exceeding 1 000 volts alternating current (ac) or 1 500 volts direct current (dc);\ninsulated means contained within a material or medium (including air) in order to limit the flow of current between conductors at different potentials;\ninsulated conductor means a conductor that—\n\t(a)\tis wholly covered with insulating material in accordance with the appropriate requirements of the relevant Approval and Test specification of an Australian Standard; or\n\t(b)\tis of a type approved by the Technical Regulator;\nlive—a term applied to an object when a difference of potential exists or would exist between it and earth under normal conditions of operation, including all metal connected to the neutral conductor of the supply system even if such neutral is earthed at the source of supply; but the following are not to be taken to be live:\n\t(a)\tearthing conductors;\n\t(b)\tcopper sheaths of Mineral Insulated Metal Sheathed (MIMS) cables used in Earthed Sheathed Return (ESR) systems;\n\t(c)\tneutral busbars or links in installations where the multiple earthed neutral system is employed;\nlow voltage or LV has the same meaning as in AS/NZS 3000;\nmetering provider has the same meaning as in section 59(5) of the Act;\nmultiple earthed neutral system or MEN system means a system of earthing in which the parts of an electrical installation required by AS/NZS 3000 to be earthed—\n\t(a)\tare connected to the general mass of earth; and\n\t(b)\tare connected within the installation to the neutral conductor of the supply system;\nnominal system voltage means the voltage by which a system of supply is designated and to which certain operating characteristics of that system of supply are referred in accordance with AS 2926 (as in force immediately before it was superseded);\noperator, in relation to a transmission or distribution network, any electricity infrastructure or any electrical installation, means the person who operates, owns or controls the network, infrastructure or installation;\nother cable system means—\n\t(a)\ttelecommunication and control cables; or\n\t(b)\taerial earthed cables; or\n\t(c)\telectrolysis drainage cables,\nattached to, or in the vicinity of, structures supporting cables under the control of an electricity entity;\nretail contract means a contract between an electricity entity and a customer for the sale and purchase of electricity;\nservice line means the terminating span of a powerline—\n\t(a)\tconstructed or designed or ordinarily used for the supply of electricity at low voltage; and\n\t(b)\tthrough which electricity is or is intended to be supplied by an electricity entity to a customer from the transmission or distribution network of the entity;\nsubstation means any premises or place (including a switchyard) in which high voltage supply is converted, controlled or transformed;\ntechnical installation rules of the operator of a transmission or distribution network, means the safety and technical requirements of the operator relating to electrical installations that must be complied with if electricity supply from the network is to be connected to the installations;\nU, in relation to voltage of electricity, means nominal system voltage;\nunderground line means a powerline which is placed under the ground, including those portions which are erected above the ground.\n\t(2)\tA provision contained in a standard, code, guide or other document that is required to be complied with under these regulations is not, despite that requirement, to be taken to be a mandatory provision for the purposes of these regulations unless it is expressed in mandatory terms.\n\t(3)\tIn subregulation (2), a reference to a standard, code, guide or other document includes a reference to a part of a standard, code, guide or other document.\n4—Interpretation—definition of annual electricity consumption level\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of the definition of annual electricity consumption level in section 4 of the Act, the following provisions apply to the determination of a customer's annual electricity consumption level:\n\t(a)\tthe customer's annual electricity consumption level is to be determined for each metered connection point through which the customer has or seeks electricity supply under a retail contract;\n\t(b)\tif the customer has been entitled under a retail contract to electricity supply through the connection point for the 12 months immediately preceding the relevant day, the customer's annual electricity consumption level for the connection point is—\n\t(i)\tthe actual volume of the electricity supply, expressed in MW.h, through the connection point for that 12 month period as measured by the meter at the connection point; or\n\t(ii)\tif the measurement of the volume of electricity by the meter has been significantly affected by inaccuracies during that 12 month period—the estimated volume of the electricity supply, expressed in MW.h, through the connection point for the 12 months immediately following the relevant day;\n\t(c)\tif the customer has not been entitled under a retail contract to electricity supply through the connection point for the 12 months immediately preceding the relevant day, the customer's annual electricity consumption level for the connection point is the estimated volume of the electricity supply, expressed in MW.h, through the connection point for the 12 months immediately following the relevant day;\n\t(d)\tan estimate is to be made for the purposes of paragraph (b) or (c) taking into account relevant past electricity consumption levels, the electricity consumption level of plant and equipment to be powered through the connection point, the operations for which electricity is required to be supplied through the connection point and other relevant factors;\n\t(e)\tthe determination of the actual or estimated volume of electricity supply through the connection point may be by agreement between the customer and the electricity entity or, failing such agreement, will be a matter for the decision of the Commission on application to the Commission by the customer or the entity;\n\t(f)\ta determination under this regulation of the customer's annual electricity consumption level for the connection point continues in operation from the relevant day until—\n\t(i)\tthe customer ceases to be entitled to electricity supply through the connection point under a retail contract with the electricity entity; or\n\t(ii)\ta subsequent determination is made under this regulation of the customer's annual electricity consumption level for the connection point,\nwhichever first occurs;\n\t(g)\tat least 12 months must elapse from the relevant day before a subsequent determination is made under this regulation of the customer's annual electricity consumption level for the connection point.\nthe relevant day, in relation to the determination of the customer's annual electricity consumption level for the connection point, means—\n\t(a)\tthe day on which the determination is made; or\n\t(b)\tif some earlier or later day is agreed to by the customer and the electricity entity, or is decided on by the Commission, as the relevant day for the purposes of the determination—that day.\n5—Interpretation—definition of electrical installation\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of the definition of electrical installation in section 4 of the Act, each of the following is an electrical installation:\n\t(a)\ta set of wires and associated fittings, equipment and accessories installed for the conveyance, control, measurement or use of electricity for general power and lighting in a place used for electricity generating operations, or incidental or related operations;\n\t(b)\ta set of wires and associated fittings, equipment and accessories installed for the conveyance, control, measurement or use of electricity for general power and lighting in any place where electricity is supplied, or is to be supplied, for consumption in that place by a non‑recreational vehicle, recreational vehicle or relocatable unit;\n\t(c)\ta set of wires and associated fittings, equipment and accessories installed for the conveyance, control, measurement or use of electricity for general power and lighting in any place where electricity is supplied, or is to be supplied, for consumption in that place during a public event.\nmotor vehicle has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicles Act 1959;\nnon‑recreational vehicle means a motor vehicle or trailer, other than a recreational vehicle, that has provision for, or is intended for, connection to a low voltage supply of electricity from an external source;\npublic event means any carnival, concert, exhibition, fair, festival, game, parade, performance, show, sport or other event that is open to the public (whether on payment or free of charge);\nrecreational vehicle means a caravan (including a pop‑up or fifth‑wheel caravan), camper van or trailer, motor home, slide‑on camper, tent trailer or other motor vehicle or trailer that is designed, adapted or converted for use as accommodation for recreational purposes and has provision for, or is intended for, connection to a low voltage supply of electricity from an external source;\nrelocatable unit means a prefabricated building or structure that is designed for human occupation or use, can be relocated from one site to another and has provision for, or is intended for, connection to a low voltage supply of electricity from an external source;\ntrailer has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicles Act 1959.\n6—Interpretation—definition of electricity infrastructure\nFor the purposes of the definition of electricity infrastructure in section 4 of the Act, a set of wires and associated fittings, equipment and accessories installed for the conveyance, control, measurement or use of electricity for general power and lighting in a place used for electricity generating operations, or incidental or related operations, does not form part of electricity infrastructure.\n7—Interpretation—definition of generation\nFor the purposes of the definition of generation in section 4 of the Act, the operation of a set of wires and associated fittings, equipment and accessories installed for the conveyance, control, measurement or use of electricity for general power and lighting in a place used for electricity generating operations, or incidental or related to an electrical installation is not the generation of electricity.\n8—Interpretation—definition of small customer\nFor the purposes of the definition of small customer in section 4 of the Act, each customer whose annual electricity consumption level for a connection point is less than 160 MW.h is classified as a small customer in relation to electricity supply to the customer through the connection point.\n9—Interpretation—definition of retailing\nFor the purposes of the definition of the term in section 4 of the Act, retailing of electricity does not include the following activities:\n\t(a)\ta customer charging for the supply of electricity if the charge forms an unspecified part of rent or charges for the occupation or use of premises;\n\t(b)\ta holder of a licence authorising the operation of an electricity generating plant charging a fee for supplying electricity to another person who is the holder of a licence authorising the operation of a transmission or distribution network.\n10—Interpretation—definition of electricity supply industry\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of the definition of electricity supply industry in section 4 of the Act, the following are operations of a prescribed kind:\n\t(a)\tthe provision, operation or maintenance of poles, equipment, fittings or wiring associated with the provision of lighting in a street or other place;\n\t(b)\toperations conducted in relation to the Leigh Creek township, railway or mine by—\n\t(i)\tFlinders Power Pty Ltd (ACN 082 988 270); or\n\t(ii)\tNRGenerating Holdings (No. 2) GmbH (ARBN 094 284 723), Flinders Labuan (No. 1) Ltd (ARBN 094 284 812) and Flinders Labuan (No. 2) Ltd (ARBN 094 284 769), or a body related to any of those bodies.\n\t(2)\tBodies are related for the purposes of this regulation if—\n\t(a)\t1 takes over or otherwise acquires the business or part of the business of the other; or\n\t(b)\tthey are related bodies corporate within the meaning of the Corporations Law; or\n\t(c)\ta series of relationships can be traced between them under paragraph (a) or (b).\n11—Compliance with standards that are varied or substituted\n\t(1)\tDespite a requirement of these regulations for work to be carried out in accordance with a standard as in force from time to time, where the standard is varied or substituted, work for the installation, commissioning or modification of electricity infrastructure or an electrical installation may be carried out in accordance with the old standard—\n\t(a)\tif—\n\t(i)\tdesign work for that installation, commissioning or modification commenced before (but not more than 1 month before) the publication of the new standard and the work is to be completed within 1 year after that publication; or\n\t(ii)\tthe work (disregarding design or other preparatory work) had commenced before the publication of the new standard and is to be completed within 1 year after that publication; or\n\t(iii)\tthe work commenced after the publication of the new standard and is to be completed within 6 months after that publication; or\n\t(iv)\tthe work is to be undertaken under a contract based on the old standard and entered into before the publication of the new standard and is to be completed within 1 year after that publication; or\n\t(v)\tthe work is connected with the construction of premises and construction work had commenced before the publication of the new standard and is to be completed within 1 year after that publication; or\n\t(b)\tin any other case—with the approval of the Technical Regulator, on terms and conditions the Technical Regulator considers appropriate.\n\t(2)\tIf—\n\t(a)\tpursuant to subregulation (1) work is purportedly carried out in accordance with an old standard; and\n\t(b)\tthe work complies with that old standard,\nan approval or certification that the work complies with the standard may be given for the purposes of these regulations.\n\t(a)\ta reference to a standard includes a reference to—\n\t(i)\ta code, guide or other document; and\n\t(ii)\ta part of a standard, code, guide or other document; and\n\t(b)\ta standard as in force following the variation or substitution of the standard is referred to as the new standard; and\n\t(c)\ta standard as in force immediately prior to the variation or substitution of the standard is referred to as the old standard; and\n\t(d)\ta reference to work includes a reference to examinations and tests related to the work.\n\t(4)\tThis regulation does not apply in relation to the National Electricity Rules or a code made by the Commission under the Essential Services Commission Act 2002.\n\t(5)\tThis regulation does not apply in relation to regulations 55B to 55G (inclusive) or Part 10 Division 1A.\n","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Administration","content":"Part 2—Administration\n12—Functions and powers of Commission\n\t(1)\tPursuant to section 6A of the Act, the Commission has (in addition to the Commission's functions and powers under the Act and the Essential Services Commission Act 2002) the following functions and powers:\n\t(a)\tif a sale/lease agreement (within the meaning of the Electricity Corporations (Restructuring and Disposal) Act 1999) contemplates that the Commission will determine certain matters—to determine those matters in accordance with the terms of the agreement;\n\t(b)\tfunctions and powers conferred on the Jurisdictional Regulator under the National Electricity Rules to the extent that those functions and powers are not authorised by the State, pursuant to the National Electricity Rules, to be exclusively performed or exercised by some other body or bodies;\n\t(c)\ton or before 31 August in each year, to submit to the Minister and publish on its website a report prepared for the purposes of monitoring prices for the sale of electricity available to a small customer under the National Energy Retail Law (South Australia) during the immediately preceding financial year containing the information required by the Minister under subregulation (2).\n\t(2)\tThe Minister may require the following information for the year to which the report relates to be included in a report prepared under subregulation (1)(c):\n\t(a)\tcomparisons of standing offer prices of NERL retailers generally available to classes of small customers in South Australia;\n\t(b)\testimates relating to the annual cost to a small customer of electricity supplied to the customer (based on a reasonable estimate of the average annual level of consumption of electricity by a small customer in South Australia) under each standard retail contract of NERL retailers generally available to classes of small customers in South Australia;\n\t(c)\tdetails relating to the difference in annual cost to a small customer of electricity supplied to the customer (based on a reasonable estimate of the average annual level of consumption of electricity by a small customer in South Australia) under market offer prices of NERL retailers generally available to classes of small customers in South Australia compared to the cost to that customer under standing offer prices of NERL retailers generally available to classes of small customers in South Australia;\n\t(d)\tsuch other information as the Minister requires in writing to be included.\n\t(3)\tThe Minister may require the information referred to in subregulation (2) to be presented in such manner and form as the Minister considers appropriate, including in the form of variations or trends over time.\nmarket offer prices, standard retail contract and standing offer prices have the same respective meanings as in the National Energy Retail Law.\n13—Functions of Technical Regulator—major interruptions to electricity supply\n\t(1)\tPursuant to section 8(ca) of the Act, the Technical Regulator must, in relation to major interruptions to the electricity supply in the State, after taking into account the operation of subregulation (2), comply with the requirements set out in subregulation (3).\n\t(2)\tThe Technical Regulator will determine whether to act under this regulation after taking into account the significance of the interruption and, for that purpose, the Technical Regulator should have regard to—\n\t(a)\tthe actual or likely duration of any interruption; and\n\t(b)\tthe number of customers affected, or likely to be affected, by any interruption; and\n\t(c)\tsuch other factors as the Technical Regulator determines to be relevant.\n\t(3)\tThe Technical Regulator must, in acting under this regulation in relation to the monitoring and investigation of major interruptions to the electricity supply in the State, advise the Minister in respect of—\n\t(a)\tthe causes or likely causes of such interruptions;\n\t(b)\tthe nature and extent of such interruptions;\n\t(c)\tthe actual and likely effects and duration of such interruptions;\n\t(d)\tthe steps taken by regulated entities and others to manage such interruptions and to restore and maintain electricity supply;\n\t(e)\tthe adequacy, appropriateness and timeliness of those steps;\n\t(f)\tthe action that should be taken by regulated entities and others to minimise the likelihood of such interruptions in the future;\n\t(g)\tany other matter relating to such interruptions that the Technical Regulator considers appropriate.\n13A—Functions of Technical Regulator—technical and safety standards relating to switching\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 8(d) of the Act, the Technical Regulator has (in addition to the Technical Regulator's functions and powers under the Act) the function of making technical and safety standards relating to switching in connection with the safe operation of a transmission or distribution network, including in relation to electricity infrastructure or an electrical installation connected to, or used in connection with, a transmission or distribution network (the switching manual).\n\t(2)\tIn addition, the switching manual may provide for any other matter relating to switching that the Technical Regulator considers appropriate.\n\t(3)\tThe Technical Regulator may vary or revoke the switching manual.\n\t(4)\tA relevant entity must, in accordance with the switching manual—\n\t(a)\tprovide such information and assistance as is required by the Technical Regulator for the purposes of preparing and maintaining the switching manual; and\n\t(b)\tprepare and maintain a manual (an internal switching manual) which—\n\t(i)\tspecifies the technical requirements of the relevant entity in relation to switching; and\n\t(ii)\tis consistent with the switching manual; and\n\t(iii)\taddresses all matters set out in the switching manual relevant to the operations of the relevant entity; and\n\t(c)\tensure that any person with whom the relevant entity enters into—\n\t(i)\ta connection agreement relating to network services provided by the relevant entity; or\n\t(ii)\tan agreement to perform work to which the switching manual relates for the relevant entity,\nis required under the agreement to comply with the relevant entity's internal switching manual.\n\t(5)\tThe Technical Regulator may, before making, varying or revoking the switching manual, consult with such representative bodies and participants in the electricity supply industry as the Technical Regulator considers appropriate.\n\t(6)\tThe Technical Regulator must—\n\t(a)\tgive notice of the making, variation or revocation of the switching manual to each electricity entity to which the switching manual applies; and\n\t(b)\tensure that a copy of the switching manual (as in force from time to time) is published on a website determined by the Technical Regulator.\n\t(7)\tThe switching manual, or a variation or revocation of the switching manual, takes effect from a date fixed by the Technical Regulator and the Technical Regulator must—\n\t(a)\tgive notice of the date fixed to each electricity entity given notice of the making, variation or revocation under subregulation (6)(a); and\n\t(b)\tpublish notice of the date fixed on a website determined by the Technical Regulator.\n\t(8)\tThe switching manual published by the Technical Regulator may—\n\t(a)\tbe of general or limited application; and\n\t(b)\tprovide that a matter or thing in respect of which the switching manual applies is to be determined according to the discretion of the Technical Regulator, or any other person determined or approved by the Technical Regulator; and\n\t(c)\tprovide for exemptions to be granted (with or without conditions) by the Technical Regulator, or any other person authorised by the Technical Regulator; and\n\t(d)\tapply, adopt or incorporate, with or without modification, any code, standard or other document prepared or approved by a body or authority referred to in the switching manual as in force from time to time or as in force at a specified time.\n\t(9)\tIf a code, standard or other document is applied, adopted or incorporated in the switching manual—\n\t(a)\ta copy of the code, standard or other document must be published on a website determined by the Technical Regulator; and\n\t(b)\tin any legal proceedings, evidence of the contents of the code, standard or other document may be given by production of a document apparently certified by or on behalf of the Technical Regulator as a true copy of the code, standard or other document.\n\t(10)\tThe Commission—\n\t(a)\tis required to impose a condition on a relevant licence that the licence holder comply with the requirements in subregulation (4), in accordance with section 21(2) of the Act (so that a failure to do so will constitute a contravention of a condition of the licence); and\n\t(b)\tis to vary conditions of a relevant licence to ensure that the licence holder comply with the requirements in subregulation (4), in accordance with section 27(1) of the Act (so that a failure to do so will constitute a contravention of a condition of the licence).\n\t(11)\tIn this regulation—\ninternal switching manual—an internal switching manual is a manual prepared by an electricity entity under subregulation (4)(b);\nrelevant entity means the holder of a relevant licence or a person exempted from the requirement to hold such a licence;\nrelevant licence means any of the following licences under the Act:\n\t(a)\ta licence authorising the generation of electricity;\n\t(b)\ta licence authorising the operation of a transmission or distribution network;\n\t(c)\ta licence authorising system control over a power system;\nswitching manual—the switching manual is the manual prepared by the Technical Regulator under subregulation (1).\n13B—Functions of Technical Regulator—planning and forecasting\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 8(d) of the Act, the Technical Regulator has (in addition to the Technical Regulator's functions under the Act) the following functions:\n\t(a)\tundertaking planning and forecasting activities to assess the least cost pathway for the development of the South Australian power system;\n\t(b)\tproviding a report to the Minister on the least cost pathway for the development of the South Australian power system—\n\t(i)\tat the frequency directed by the Minister under subregulation (2)(a); or\n\t(ii)\tif no direction under subregulation (2)(a) is in effect—at least twice in each year;\n\t(c)\tadvising the Minister (on the Technical Regulator's own initiative or at the request of the Minister) on the development of the South Australian power system.\n\t(2)\tThe Minister may, in relation to the performance of the Technical Regulator's reporting function under subregulation (1)(b), by written notice, direct the Technical Regulator about—\n\t(a)\thow frequently the Technical Regulator must provide a report to the Minister; and\n\t(b)\tany objectives, principles, standards or targets which the Technical Regulator must take into account when preparing a report; and\n\t(c)\tthe period into the future that the Technical Regulator must consider in a report; and\n\t(d)\tany constraints which the Technical Regulator must consider when preparing a report.\n\t(3)\tIn addition, the Technical Regulator must, on an annual basis, prepare and publish on a website maintained by the Technical Regulator a report on the least cost pathway for the development of the South Australian power system.\n\t(4)\tThe Minister may, by written notice, specify—\n\t(a)\tthe manner and form in which a report under subregulation (3) is to be prepared; and\n\t(b)\tinformation which must be included in a report under subregulation (3); and\n\t(c)\tthe period within which a report under subregulation (3) is to be prepared and published.\n14—Function associated with use of emergency powers\n\t(1)\tA responsible officer is to fulfil obligations under a protocol agreed by the jurisdictions participating in the National Electricity Market (ie the market regulated by the National Electricity Law) relating to the use of emergency powers that may affect the operation of that market.\n\t(2)\tWithout limiting subregulation (1), a responsible officer may assume operational responsibility for managing power system emergencies under any relevant plan established or adopted by AEMO.\nthe Department means the administrative unit of the Public Service that is, under the Minister, responsible for the administration of the Act;\nresponsible officer means an officer within the Department nominated by the Minister to be a responsible officer for the purposes of this regulation.\n","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"Licensing of electricity entities","content":"Part 3—Licensing of electricity entities\n15—Exemptions from requirement to be licensed\n\t(1)\tA person who carries on operations in the electricity supply industry (the operator) is exempt from the requirement to hold a licence under the Act authorising the operations if the electricity in relation to which the operations are carried on is only for the consumption of 1 or more of the following:\n\t(a)\tthe operator;\n\t(b)\ta designated body;\n\t(c)\ta person at premises occupied or used by the person as a tenant or licensee (whether directly or indirectly) of the operator or a designated body where that person is not charged for the supply of electricity except by an electricity entity or as an unspecified part of rent or charges for the occupation or use of the premises.\n\t(2)\tA person who carries on the generation of electricity is exempt from the requirement to hold a licence under the Act authorising the operations if—\n\t(a)\tthe generating plant has a rated nameplate output of 100 kVA or less; or\n\t(b)\tthe person does not supply electricity for reward to or by means of a transmission or distribution network.\n\t(3)\tA person who carries on operations as an inset network operator or inset network retailer is exempt from the requirement to hold a licence under the Act authorising the operations on the condition that an inset customer must have an effective right of access to a licensed retailer of the customer's choice.\n\t(5)\tAn exemption under this regulation is (in addition to any other condition to which it is expressed to be subject under this regulation) subject to the condition that the person comply with any requirement imposed by or under the Act, these regulations, the National Electricity Rules or a code made by the Commission under the Essential Services Commission Act 2002 as if the person were an electricity entity authorised by a licence to carry on the operations to which the exemption relates.\n\t(6)\tAn exemption from subregulation (5), or from specified requirements referred to in that subregulation, may be granted by—\n\t(a)\tin relation to Part 6 of the Act or Part 10, Part 11 and Part 12 of these regulations or any safety requirement—the Technical Regulator, on terms and conditions the Technical Regulator considers appropriate; or\n\t(b)\tin any other case—the Commission, on terms and conditions the Commission considers appropriate.\n\t(7)\tFor the purposes of this regulation, an inset customer has an effective right of access to a licensed retailer of the customer's choice only if the customer may—\n\t(a)\thave access to and use the inset network for the purpose of consuming electricity purchased by the customer from a licensed retailer of the customer's choice; and\n\t(b)\tinstall, maintain and use meters and other equipment necessary for that purpose,\nwithout any charge being payable by the customer (other than to the licensed retailer) or by the licensed retailer.\n\t(8)\tIn this regulation—\ncommunity or strata title premises means premises the subject of the same community plan under the Community Titles Act 1996 or the same strata plan under the Strata Titles Act 1988;\ndesignated body means a body or group of persons designated by the Minister by notice in the Gazette;\ninset customer, in relation to an inset network, means a person (other than the inset network operator or the inset network retailer) who has or seeks a supply of electricity from the inset network;\ninset network means a transmission or distribution network that serves only a group of premises in the same ownership or community or strata title premises;\ninset network operator means a person who operates an inset network;\ninset network retailer means a person (other than an electricity entity) who retails electricity supplied through an inset network;\nlicensed retailer means an electricity entity licensed to retail electricity;\npremises includes part of premises.\n\t(9)\tThe Minister may—\n\t(a)\tby notice in the Gazette, designate a body or group of persons for the purposes of the definition of designated body; and\n16—Licence fees and returns\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 20(2) of the Act, the licence fee, or the first instalment of the licence fee, (as the case may require) must be paid before the anniversary in each year of the day on which the licence was issued.\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of section 20(2) of the Act, an annual return must be lodged before 31 August in each year.\n\t(3)\tFor the purposes of section 20(5) of the Act, the penalty for default—\n\t(a)\tfor failing to pay a licence fee, or an instalment of a licence fee, is 10% per annum of the outstanding amount calculated daily on a cumulative basis;\n\t(b)\tfor failing to lodge an annual return is $500.\n\t(4)\tThe following costs are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (d) of the definition of administrative costs in section 20(7) of the Act:\n\t(a)\tthe costs of any committee established for the purpose of advising the Minister in relation to the preparation of programs for the undergrounding of powerlines under section 58A of the Act;\n\t(b)\tthe costs of administration of the Energy Products (Safety and Efficiency) Act 2000;\n\t(c)\tthe costs of administration of the Australian Energy Market Commission in relation to the electricity supply industry in South Australia in the financial year to which the licence relates.\n17—Consideration of application for licence\nPursuant to section 17(3)(d) of the Act, the following are prescribed as matters that the Commission may consider in deciding whether an applicant is a suitable person to hold a licence authorising the retailing of electricity:\n\t(a)\twhether the applicant holds or has held such a licence;\n\t(b)\tif the applicant holds such a licence—the duration of contracts for the retailing of electricity entered into by the applicant;\n\t(c)\tif the applicant holds or has held such a licence—whether the applicant has been guilty of a contravention of a condition of the licence or any other contravention of a requirement imposed by or under the Act in connection with the operations authorised by the licence.\n17A—Prescribed condition—use of prepayment meter system\n\t(1)\tIn accordance with section 21(2) of the Act, the Commission is required to impose on the relevant licence the condition that the holder of the licence only sell electricity to prescribed customers using a prepayment meter system.\n\t(2)\tThis regulation applies in relation to the relevant licence despite the fact that it was issued before the commencement of this regulation.\n\t(3)\tDespite subregulation (1), the Minister may grant the holder of the relevant licence an exemption from complying with the condition applying under that subregulation in relation to the supply of electricity to a specified prescribed customer, or a prescribed customer of a specified class.\n\t(4)\tAn exemption under subregulation (3)—\n\t(a)\tmay be granted subject to specified conditions; and\n\t(b)\tmay be varied or revoked by the Minister.\n\t(5)\tIn this regulation—\nexcluded customer means a small customer who is required under a contract for the sale of electricity in a prescribed area in force immediately before the commencement of the Electricity (General) (Payment Condition) Variation Regulations 2021 to pay for electricity supplied under the contract;\nprepayment meter system has the same meaning as in the National Energy Retail Law;\nprescribed area means—\n\t(a)\tTrust Land within the meaning of the Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 2013; or\n\t(b)\t\"the lands\" within the meaning of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981; or\n\t(c)\t\"the lands\" within the meaning of the Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights Act 1984;\nprescribed customer means a small customer supplied (or seeking the supply of) electricity in a prescribed area, other than an excluded customer;\nrelevant licence means the licence authorising the retailing of electricity under the Act to prescribed customers.\n17B—Prescribed conditions—designated services\n\t(1)\tIn accordance with section 21(2) of the Act, the Commission is required to impose the following conditions on the following licences:\n\t(a)\ton the relevant distribution licence—the condition that the holder of the licence procure, for the amount and in the instalments set out in subregulation (2), designated services from the holder of the relevant generation licence;\n\t(b)\ton the relevant generation licence—the condition that the holder of the licence provide designated services to the holder of the distribution licence.\n\t(2)\tThe amount for which designated services are to be procured in accordance with the condition that the Commission is required to impose under subregulation (1)(a) is $19.5 million paid in the following instalments:\n\t(a)\tone‑third of the amount is to be paid on or before 30 June 2023;\n\t(b)\tone‑third of the amount is to be paid on or before 30 June 2024;\n\t(c)\tone‑third of the amount is to be paid on or before 30 June 2025.\n\t(3)\tIf the holder of the relevant generation licence fails at any time during the prescribed period to provide designated services as required by that licence—\n\t(a)\tthe holder of the relevant distribution licence will not be taken to breach the condition that is required to be imposed by the Commission under subregulation (1)(a) on account of the failure; and\n\t(b)\tno liability attaches to the holder of the relevant distribution licence on account of the failure.\n\t(4)\tThis regulation applies in relation to the relevant distribution licence and the relevant generation licence despite the fact that each licence was issued before the commencement of this regulation.\n\t(5)\tIn this regulation—\ndesignated services means services to maintain Torrens Island Power Station Unit B2 as an available and functioning electricity generating plant during the prescribed period;\nThe continued operation of Torrens Island Power Station Unit B2 during the prescribed period contributes to the secure and reliable operation of the State's power system.\nprescribed period means 1 September 2023 to 30 June 2026 (inclusive);\nrelevant distribution licence means the licence under the Act authorising the operation of a distribution network held by an electricity entity that is a network service provider (within the meaning of the National Electricity (South Australia) Law) that owns, controls or operates a distribution system;\nrelevant generation licence means the licence under the Act authorising the generation of electricity and under which Torrens Island Power Station Unit B2 is operated.\n18—Prescribed class of customers for purposes of section 24(2)(b) of Act\nFor the purposes of section 24(2)(b) of the Act, each small customer is a customer of a prescribed class.\n19—Prescribed date for purposes of section 24(2)(d) of Act\nFor the purposes of section 24(2)(d) of the Act, 1 July 2004 is the prescribed date.\n20—Prescribed information in small customer accounts for purposes of section 24(2)(da) of Act\nFor the purposes of section 24(2)(da) of the Act, the following provisions apply:\n\t(a)\tthe electricity entity must include in each account for electricity charges sent to a small customer for electricity supply through a particular metered connection point the following information:\n\t(i)\tthe customer's average daily consumption level, expressed in kW.h, of electricity supplied through the connection point for the period to which the account relates;\n\t(ii)\tthe customer's average daily consumption level, expressed in kW.h, of electricity supplied through the connection point for each period during the preceding 12 months in respect of which the customer was sent by the entity an account for electricity supply through the connection point;\n\t(iii)\tthe average daily cost to the customer of electricity supplied to the customer through the connection point during the period to which the account relates;\n\t(b)\tthe electricity entity must also include in each account for electricity charges sent to a small customer the following statement:\nFor more information about energy efficiency, visit www.escosa.sa.gov.au or call ........................ [telephone number as specified by the Commission by written notice to the entity].\n21—Ombudsman scheme\nFor the purposes of sections 23(1)(k) and 24(2)(l) of the Act, the gas supply industry is prescribed.\n21A—Variation of licences by Commission\nIn accordance with section 98(2)(e) of the Act, the Commission is, in varying the conditions of a licence for the purpose of complying with regulation 17A(1) or 17B(1), exempt from the application of section 27(2) of the Act.\n21B—Exemption from consultation with consumer bodies\nIn accordance with section 98(2)(e) of the Act, the Commission is, in varying the conditions of a licence for the purpose of complying with regulation 17B(1), exempt from the application of section 28A of the Act.\n","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"Part 4","sectionType":"part","heading":"Retailer Energy Productivity Scheme","content":"Part 4—Retailer Energy Productivity Scheme\n","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Div 1","sectionType":"division","heading":"Preliminary","content":"Division 1—Preliminary\n22—Application\n\t(1)\tThe following provisions apply in relation to the application of this Part to a regulated entity authorised to sell electricity by retail (whether or not the entity is required to hold a licence under the Act):\n\t(a)\tthis Part applies in a calendar year to a regulated entity if, as at 30 June in the preceding year, the regulated entity sold electricity as a retailer to a number of residential customers within South Australia equal to or greater than the threshold set for the purposes of this paragraph;\n\t(b)\twithout derogating from paragraph (a), this Part, other than regulation 25 or 27, applies in a calendar year to a regulated entity if, during the preceding financial year, the regulated entity purchased a quantity of electricity, excluding designated electricity purchases, equal to or greater than the threshold set for the purposes of this paragraph for retailing to customers within South Australia.\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of subregulation (1)(a) and (b), the Minister must, by notice in the Gazette, set the relevant thresholds for a 5 year period at the time of setting the annual energy productivity targets for the purposes of this Part.\n\t(3)\tThis regulation applies subject to the operation of regulations 26(5) and 27(4).\ndesignated electricity purchase means a purchase of electricity of a kind determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette;\nresidential customer means a small customer—\n\t(a)\twho acquires electricity primarily for domestic use; and\n\t(b)\twho satisfies other criteria (if any) determined by the Commission for the purposes of this definition.\n23—Interpretation\n\t(1)\tIn this Part, unless the contrary intention appears—\nenergy credit, in relation to energy productivity activities, means the difference between the amount of normalised gigajoules actually achieved by a retailer in a year through the conduct or acquisition of energy productivity activities under this Part and the EPT that applies to the retailer for that year (if the difference is positive);\nenergy productivity activity means an activity or measure determined by the Minister under regulation 28 to be an energy productivity activity for the purposes of this Part;\nEPT—see regulation 24;\npriority group household means residential premises in which a person of a class determined by the Minister for the purposes of these regulations resides;\nrelevant electricity retailer means a regulated entity within the ambit of regulation 22(1);\nrelevant gas retailer means a relevant gas retailer within the meaning of Part 4 of the Gas Regulations 2012;\nretailer means a relevant electricity retailer or a relevant gas retailer.\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of this Part, an energy productivity activity undertaken in accordance with this Part will be taken to have been undertaken on the day on which the activity is reported to the Commission under regulation 33.\n","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"Div 2","sectionType":"division","heading":"Energy productivity activities","content":"Division 2—Energy productivity activities\n24—Energy productivity targets\n\t(1)\tThe Minister must, by notice in the Gazette, set the annual energy productivity targets for the purposes of this Part, being the amount of normalised gigajoules required to be achieved by retailers through the carrying out of energy productivity activities in accordance with this Part and Part 4 of the Gas Regulations 2012.\n\t(2)\tThe Minister must, for the purposes of subregulation (1), set annual energy productivity targets relating to each of the following 5 year periods:\n\t(a)\t2021 to 2025 (inclusive);\n\t(b)\t2026 to 2030 (inclusive).\n\t(3)\tThe Commission must set an annual energy productivity target (EPT) for each retailer by apportioning the relevant annual target set by the Minister between retailers in accordance with any requirements of the Minister.\n25—Primary and secondary subtargets\n\t(1)\tThe Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, determine that a percentage or specified amount of an annual energy productivity target is to be achieved by any 1 or more of the following (a primary subtarget):\n\t(a)\tthe provision of energy productivity activities to a class of customers specified in the notice;\n\t(b)\tthe undertaking of a kind of energy productivity activity specified in the notice.\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of this Part, the Minister—\n\t(a)\tmust determine a primary subtarget in relation to priority group households; and\n\t(b)\tmay determine other primary subtargets.\n\t(3)\tA notice under this regulation may specify that a percentage or specified amount of a subtarget is to be achieved by any 1 or more of the following (a secondary subtarget):\n\t(a)\tthe provision of energy productivity activities to a class of customers specified in the notice;\n\t(b)\tthe undertaking of a kind of energy productivity activity specified in the notice.\nExample—\nThe Minister determines (under subregulation (1)) that 50% of an annual energy productivity target must be achieved by retailers through the carrying out of energy productivity activities in households (the household primary subtarget). The Minister determines (under subregulation (3)) that 50% of the household primary subtarget must be achieved by retailers through the carrying out of \"demand-response\" energy productivity activities (specified by the Minister) (the demand-response secondary subtarget).\n\t(4)\tThe Commission must, in accordance with any requirements of the Minister—\n\t(a)\tset primary subtargets for each retailer by apportioning each primary subtarget determined by the Minister in accordance with any requirements of the Minister; and\n\t(b)\tset secondary subtargets for each retailer by apportioning each secondary subtarget determined by the Minister (if any) in accordance with any requirements of the Minister.\n26—Energy productivity activities\n\t(1)\tA retailer must, subject to subregulation (2), undertake energy productivity activities sufficient to achieve the EPT that applies to the retailer for that year (as adjusted to take into account any shortfall added under subregulation (3)).\n\t(2)\tA retailer will be taken not to have failed to achieve the EPT that applies to the retailer for a year if the retailer undertakes energy productivity activities in the year sufficient to achieve at least 90% of the EPT.\n\t(3)\tDespite subregulation (2), where a retailer fails to achieve its EPT in a year, the energy productivity shortfall must be added to an EPT that applies to the retailer in a subsequent year.\n\t(4)\tAn energy productivity activity undertaken by a retailer for the purposes of achieving a primary subtarget or secondary subtarget under regulation 27 is taken to be included as an energy productivity activity undertaken by a retailer for the purpose of achieving its EPT under this regulation.\n\t(a)\ta retailer undertakes energy productivity activities in a year sufficient to achieve at least 90% of its EPT for that year but does not achieve its EPT; and\n\t(b)\tin the subsequent calendar year this Part no longer applies to the retailer as a result of the operation of regulation 22(1),\nthe retailer must undertake energy productivity activities in the subsequent year to account for its energy productivity shortfall from the previous year.\n\t(6)\tIf—\n\t(a)\ta retailer fails to achieve its EPT with respect to any year; and\n\t(b)\tthe retailer—\n\t(i)\tpays a shortfall penalty in accordance with the requirements of section 94B of the Act with respect to that failure; or\n\t(ii)\tis subject to a penalty on account of a prosecution in respect of that failure,\nthe energy productivity shortfall to which the shortfall penalty or prosecution relates will no longer apply to the retailer.\n\t(7)\tIn this regulation—\nenergy productivity shortfall means the difference between the EPT that applies to the retailer for a year and the amount of normalised gigajoules actually achieved (in accordance with this Part) by that retailer in that year through the conduct of energy productivity activities.\n27—Energy productivity activities—subtargets\n\t(1)\tA retailer must, subject to subregulation (2), undertake energy productivity activities sufficient to achieve each primary subtarget and secondary subtarget applying to the retailer for a year (as adjusted to take into account any shortfall added under subregulation (3)).\n\t(2)\tA retailer will be taken not to have failed to achieve a primary subtarget or secondary subtarget applying to the retailer for a year if the retailer undertakes energy productivity activities in the year sufficient to achieve at least 90% of the primary subtarget or secondary subtarget (as the case requires).\n\t(3)\tDespite subregulation (2)—\n\t(a)\tif a retailer fails to achieve a primary subtarget in a year, the Commission must ensure that the energy productivity shortfall is added—\n\t(i)\tif an equivalent primary subtarget applies to the retailer in the subsequent year—to that primary subtarget; or\n\t(ii)\tin any other case—to the EPT that applies to the retailer in a subsequent year; and\n\t(b)\tif a retailer fails to achieve a secondary subtarget in a year, the Commission must ensure that the energy productivity shortfall is added—\n\t(i)\tif an equivalent secondary subtarget applies to the retailer in the subsequent year—to that secondary subtarget; or\n\t(ii)\tin any other case—to the EPT that applies to the retailer in a subsequent year.\n\t(4)\tIf—\n\t(a)\ta retailer undertakes energy productivity activities in a year sufficient to achieve at least 90% of a primary subtarget or secondary subtarget for that year but does not achieve the primary subtarget or secondary subtarget (as the case requires); and\n\t(b)\tin the subsequent calendar year this Part no longer applies to the retailer as a result of the operation of regulation 22(1),\nthe retailer must undertake energy productivity activities in the subsequent year to account for its energy productivity shortfall (for the relevant primary subtarget or secondary subtarget) from the previous year.\n\t(a)\ta retailer fails to achieve a primary subtarget or secondary subtarget that applies to the retailer for a year; and\n\t(b)\tthe retailer—\n\t(i)\tpays a shortfall penalty in accordance with the requirements of section 94B of the Act with respect to that failure; or\n\t(ii)\tis subject to a penalty on account of a prosecution in respect of that failure,\nthe energy productivity shortfall to which the shortfall penalty or prosecution relates will no longer apply to the retailer.\n\t(6)\tIn this regulation—\nenergy productivity shortfall means—\n\t(a)\tin the case of a failure by a retailer to achieve a primary subtarget applying to the retailer in a year—the difference between the primary subtarget and the amount of normalised gigajoules actually achieved by that retailer in that year by undertaking energy productivity activities to achieve that primary subtarget; or\n\t(b)\tin the case of a failure by a retailer to achieve a secondary subtarget applying to the retailer in a year—the difference between the secondary subtarget and the amount of normalised gigajoules actually achieved by that retailer in that year by undertaking energy productivity activities to achieve that secondary subtarget.\n28—Determination of activities or measures that constitute energy productivity activities\n\t(1)\tThe Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, on the Minister's own initiative or by application, determine 1 or more activities or measures that may be undertaken by retailers to be energy productivity activities for the purposes of this Part.\n\t(2)\tAn application under subregulation (1) must be made in a manner and form determined by the Minister.\n\t(3)\tA determination may be of general application or limited (according to criteria determined by the Minister) in its application to a particular retailer or particular retailers.\n\t(4)\tA notice published under this regulation must set out relevant information relating to an activity or measure that constitutes an energy productivity activity, including—\n\t(a)\ta description of the activity or measure that constitutes the energy productivity activity; and\n\t(b)\tthe minimum specification in accordance with which the activity or measure that constitutes the energy productivity activity must be performed; and\n\t(c)\tthe amount of normalised gigajoules taken to be achieved, or the method of calculating such an amount, if the activity or measure that constitutes the energy productivity activity is undertaken; and\n\t(d)\tany other matter the Minister thinks fit.\n\t(5)\tThe Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, vary or revoke a determination made under this regulation.\n","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"Div 3","sectionType":"division","heading":"Other matters","content":"Division 3—Other matters\n29—Administration\n\t(1)\tThe Commission has such functions and powers as are necessary or expedient to give effect to the retailer energy productivity scheme including the following functions:\n\t(a)\tto administer the scheme;\n\t(b)\tto ensure that retailers comply with the relevant requirements of this Part;\n\t(c)\tto report to the Minister—\n\t(i)\tat the end of each year as to the administration of the scheme and the progress of retailers in achieving the targets set by this Part; and\n\t(ii)\tfrom time to time on any other matter relating to this Part as required by the Minister;\n\t(d)\tto include the following information in its annual report under the Essential Services Commission Act 2002:\n\t(i)\tinformation relating to energy productivity activities and measures being undertaken under this Part, including the kind, number and average cost of such activities and measures;\n\t(ii)\tany other information required by the Minister or considered relevant by the Commission.\n\t(2)\tThe Commission (in the case of a relevant electricity retailer required to hold a licence under the Act)—\n\t(a)\tis required to impose a condition on the licence of the retailer under the Act that the retailer comply with the relevant provisions of this Part, pursuant to section 21(2) of the Act (so that a failure to comply with a relevant provision of this Part will constitute a contravention of a condition of the licence); and\n\t(b)\tis to vary conditions of the licence of the retailer under the Act to ensure that the retailer complies with the relevant provisions of this Part as required from time to time, pursuant to section 27(1) of the Act (so that a failure to comply with a relevant provision of this Part will constitute a contravention of a condition of the licence).\n30—Notification and adjustment of targets\n\t(1)\tThe Commission must, in relation to each calendar year in which the retailer energy productivity scheme is to apply, notify in writing each retailer of any annual—\n\t(a)\tEPT; and\n\t(b)\tprimary subtarget; and\n\t(c)\tsecondary subtarget,\nthat applies to the retailer for that year.\n\t(2)\tThe Commission may adjust a target that would otherwise apply to a retailer after taking into account any energy productivity shortfall under regulation 26 or 27 from a previous year that must be added to the target in accordance with regulation 26 or 27 (as the case requires).\n\t(3)\tThe Commission may, in accordance with any requirements of the Minister, also adjust a target that would otherwise apply to a retailer in 2021 to reflect any amount to be added to the target under a notice published by the Minister under old regulation 35A (approving an alternative arrangement relating to the retailer).\n\t(4)\tIf the customers of 1 retailer (in this regulation referred to as the first retailer) are transferred during a year to another retailer (in this regulation referred to as the acquiring retailer) by the sale, transmission or assignment of the whole or part of the business or undertaking of the first retailer, the Commission may adjust the targets of both the first retailer and the acquiring retailer for that year on a pro rata basis taking into account the date on which the customers were transferred.\n\t(a)\tthis Part and Part 4 of the Gas Regulations 2012 did not apply to the acquiring retailer before the transfer of customers to the acquiring retailer as a result of the operation of regulation 22(1); and\n\t(b)\tas a result of the transfer of customers the acquiring retailer has at least the threshold number of customers set for the purposes of regulation 22(1)(a) or the threshold amount set for the purposes of regulation 22(1)(b),\nthis Part and Part 4 of the Gas Regulations 2012 apply with immediate effect to the acquiring retailer and the Commission must—\n\t(c)\tin accordance with subregulation (1), notify the acquiring retailer of its targets under this Part; and\n\t(d)\tadjust the targets that apply to both the first retailer and the acquiring retailer for that year on a pro rata basis taking into account the date on which the transfer of customers occurred.\n\t(6)\tSubject to subregulation (7), if a retailer accrues an energy credit in a year and does not transfer the credit under regulation 31, the Commission must, on application by the relevant retailer, take the credit into account in determining whether the retailer has met a target that applies to the retailer in any subsequent year.\n\t(7)\tThe Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, determine the maximum energy credit that a retailer may apply to have taken into account in determining whether the retailer has met a target that applies to the retailer in the subsequent year.\n\t(8)\tThe Minister must publish a notice under subregulation (7) in the Gazette on or before 31 December in the year preceding the year in which the energy credit may be accrued.\nExample—\nThe Minister publishes a notice in December 2021 determining the maximum energy credit that a retailer may apply in 2023 to have taken into account in determining whether the retailer has met a target applying to the retailer (in 2023).\n\t(9)\tIn this regulation—\nold regulation 35A means regulation 35A of these regulations as in force immediately before 1 January 2021.\n31—Retailers may enter into arrangements\n\t(1)\tIf a retailer accrues an energy credit, the retailer may, at any time, transfer the credit to another retailer.\n\t(2)\tA retailer may enter into an arrangement with another person (including another retailer) for that person to undertake energy productivity activities on its behalf.\n\t(3)\tDespite any arrangement entered into under subregulation (2), a retailer remains liable for any offence or penalty arising from a failure to meet an EPT, primary subtarget or secondary subtarget that applies to the retailer under this Part.\n32—Energy productivity activities acquisition scheme\n\t(1)\tThe Minister may adopt a scheme providing for—\n\t(a)\tenergy productivity activities to be performed by persons or bodies in accordance with the scheme; and\n\t(b)\tretailers to acquire energy productivity activities performed by such persons or bodies under the scheme in connection with achieving targets under this Part; and\n\t(c)\tprocedural and other matters related to the operation of the scheme.\n\t(2)\tA scheme adopted under this regulation must be published by the Minister in the manner determined by the Minister.\n\t(3)\tA reference in this regulation to an energy productivity activity includes a reference to any activity or measure relating to energy productivity determined by the Minister for the purposes of this regulation (in addition to an activity or measure determined by the Minister under regulation 28).\n33—Compliance and reporting\n\t(1)\tA retailer must, as required from time to time by the Commission, submit to the Commission a compliance plan for the purposes of this Part in accordance with a code published by the Commission under Part 4 of the Essential Services Commission Act 2002.\n\t(2)\tA retailer must, as required from time to time by the Commission, report on compliance with this Part in accordance with a code published by the Commission under Part 4 of the Essential Services Commission Act 2002.\n\t(3)\tA code published under this regulation must comply with any requirements of the Minister.\n34—Energy productivity shortfalls\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 94B of the Act, a relevant electricity retailer is a retailer who is subject to the application of this Part (including on account of regulation 26(5) or 27(4)).\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of section 94B(13)(a) of the Act, the requirements imposed under this Part on a retailer—\n\t(a)\tto undertake energy productivity activities under regulation 26 sufficient to achieve the relevant EPT; and\n\t(b)\tto undertake energy productivity activities under regulation 27 sufficient to achieve any relevant primary subtarget or secondary subtarget,\nconstitute the activities relating to energy productivity in which a relevant electricity retailer must engage, and for the purposes of that section the retailer must engage in those activities to the extent necessary to achieve compliance with regulation 26(2) or 27(2) (as the case requires).\n\t(3)\tFor the purposes of section 94B(13)(b) of the Act, the extent of an energy productivity shortfall with respect to a particular year—\n\t(a)\twill be determined in relation to each of the activities referred to in subregulation (2)(a) and (b); and\n\t(b)\twill be as follows:\n\t(i)\tin relation to energy productivity activities under regulation 26—an amount equal to the energy productivity shortfall applying to the retailer for that year;\n\t(ii)\tin relation to energy productivity activities under regulation 27 relating to a primary subtarget or secondary subtarget—an amount equal to the energy productivity shortfall for the primary subtarget or secondary subtarget (as the case requires) applying to the retailer for that year.\n\t(4)\tFor the purposes of section 94B(2)(a) of the Act, the prescribed base penalty is $10 000 for each category of shortfall identified under subregulation (3).\n\t(5)\tFor the purposes of subsection (2)(b) of section 94B of the Act, the amount payable under that subsection will be—\n\t(a)\tin the case of an energy productivity shortfall under subregulation (3)(b)(i)—the amount constituting the energy productivity shortfall (expressed in normalised gigajoules) multiplied by $21.45; or\n\t(b)\tin the case of an energy productivity shortfall under subregulation (3)(b)(ii)—the amount constituting the energy productivity shortfall for the relevant primary subtarget or secondary subtarget (expressed in normalised gigajoules) multiplied by $21.45.\n35—Review\n\t(1)\tThe Minister must cause a review of the operation of this Part to be conducted and a report on the results of the review to be submitted to the Minister before 31 December 2029.\n\t(2)\tThe review must consider whether the scheme should continue and any other matter the Minister considers should be considered in the review.\n\t(3)\tThe Minister must, within 12 sitting days after receiving the report, cause copies of the report to be laid before both Houses of Parliament.\n36—Expiry\nThis Part will expire on 31 December 2030.\n","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"Part 5","sectionType":"part","heading":"System controller","content":"Part 5—System controller\n38—Functions and powers of system controller\n\t(1)\tPursuant to section 31 of the Act, the functions of a system controller for a power system operated in the National Electricity Market are limited to the following:\n\t(a)\twhen required to do so under the National Electricity (South Australia) Law or any Act, giving appropriate directions to regulated entities that are engaged in the operation of the power system, or contribute electricity to, or take electricity from, the system, for the purposes of maintaining the system in, or restoring it to, a safe and reliable state of operation;\n\t(b)\tfunctions or powers performed or exercised as an agent employed by, or pursuant to a contractual arrangement with, AEMO under the National Electricity Rules;\n\t(c)\twhen required to do so under the National Electricity Rules, under an agency or contractual arrangement of a kind referred to in paragraph (b) or under any other agreement—\n\t(i)\tundertaking action to protect such parts of the transmission network as are necessary to maintain the security of the power system;\n\t(ii)\tmanaging the interruption of, and coordinating the restoration of, loads placed on the power system;\n\t(iii)\ttaking specified steps to restore the power system to a safe and reliable state of operation;\n\t(iv)\tmonitoring the operation of the power system with a view to ensuring that the system operates safely and reliably;\n\t(v)\tmaintaining voltage control throughout the power system;\n\t(vi)\tshedding loads placed on the power system to the extent necessary during emergency situations.\n\t(2)\tA system controller for a power system operated in the National Electricity Market has all powers necessary for, or incidental to, the proper performance of the functions set out in subregulation (1).\nNational Electricity Market means the market regulated by the National Electricity Law.\n","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"Part 6","sectionType":"part","heading":"Standard terms and conditions for sale or supply","content":"Part 6—Standard terms and conditions for sale or supply\n39—Prescribed classes of customers\nFor the purposes of sections 23(1)(n)(iv) and 36(1) of the Act—\n\t(a)\teach customer whose annual electricity consumption level for a metered connection point equals or exceeds 160 MW.h is a customer of a prescribed class in relation to electricity supply to the customer through the connection point;\n\t(b)\teach customer whose annual electricity consumption level for a metered connection point equals or exceeds 30 MW.h but is less than 160 MW.h is a customer of a prescribed class in relation to electricity supply to the customer through the connection point.\n","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"Part 6A","sectionType":"part","heading":"Contestable services","content":"Part 6A—Contestable services\n39A—Contestable services\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 36AF(3)(a) of the Act, a connection service—\n\t(a)\twhich is provided to a standard—\n\t(i)\tthat is of a higher or lower quality or reliability than the standard of quality or reliability required by the National Electricity Rules, any code made by the Commission under the Essential Services Commission Act 2002 relating to electricity distribution or any other relevant instrument; or\n\t(ii)\tthat exceeds the levels of service or plant ratings required by the connection assets of the operator of the distribution network to which the connection relates; and\n\t(b)\tto which a customer is required to contribute to the cost of providing the service,\nis prescribed.\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of section 36AF(3)(b) of the Act, the following requirements are specified and must be applied in relation to the provision of a contestable service prescribed under subregulation (1):\n\t(a)\ta customer may request the operator of a distribution network to prepare technical specifications for the construction of connection assets or an extension to the network (assets or an extension);\n\t(b)\tif a request is made under paragraph (a), the operator must only prepare technical specifications if the customer—\n\t(i)\tsupplies the operator with the information that is reasonably required to allow the preparation of the specifications; and\n\t(ii)\tpays a reasonable fee (which must not exceed an amount approved by the Commission) to the operator for the preparation of the specifications;\n\t(c)\tthe technical specifications prepared by the operator must set out the general design parameters and operating requirements for the assets or an extension to enable connection to the network and must—\n\t(i)\tcontain sufficient details to allow the customer to call for tenders from third parties for the design and construction of the assets or an extension; and\n\t(ii)\tcontain details of the voltage of the connection, required current rating, minimum transformer sizes, and other equipment requirements; and\n\t(iii)\tcontain details of the operator's technical and maintenance requirements, to ensure the works, when designed and completed—\n\t(A)\tare compatible with the network; and\n\t(B)\tare capable of being operated and maintained by the operator in accordance with its operations and maintenance procedures; and\n\t(C)\tdo not adversely affect the network or other persons connected to the network; and\n\t(iv)\tinform the customer that tenderers must submit separate amounts for designing and constructing the connection assets or designing and undertaking an extension; and\n\t(v)\tinform the customer of a reasonable period for conducting the tender, given the nature of the works and the technical specifications;\n\t(d)\tthe operator must prepare the technical specifications as requested by the customer—\n\t(i)\tif the preparation of the specifications involves complex work—within a reasonable period agreed with the customer after receipt of the request (and that period must not exceed 20 business days); or\n\t(ii)\tin any other case—within the period of 10 business days after receipt of the request;\n\t(e)\ta customer may call for tenders for the design and construction of the assets or an extension, based on the technical specifications prepared by the operator;\n\t(f)\tif, within the period specified under paragraph (c)(v), the customer notifies the operator that it has selected a successful tenderer, the operator must liaise, in a reasonable manner having regard to paragraph (g), with the customer and the successful tenderer about the following matters:\n\t(i)\tthe design and construction of the assets or an extension;\n\t(ii)\tpayments from the customer and payments to the successful tenderer;\n\t(iii)\twarranties in relation to the work performed and the equipment installed;\n\t(iv)\tthe program for undertaking the works;\n\t(v)\thanding over the assets or an extension to the operator on completion of the works;\n\t(g)\tthe operator is not obliged to accept the design and construction of the assets or an extension by a successful tenderer if the operator considers on reasonable grounds that—\n\t(i)\tthe successful tenderer does not have the requisite skill and competence to undertake the design and construction of the works in accordance with the technical specifications; or\n\t(ii)\tthe proposed design and construction does not meet the technical specifications, in particular, the matters referred to in paragraph (c)(iii);\n\t(h)\tif a dispute between a customer and an operator arises under paragraph (g), the customer or operator may refer the dispute to the Technical Regulator for resolution.\nconnection means a physical link between a distribution network and a customer's premises to allow the flow of electricity;\nconnection alteration means an alteration to an existing connection including an addition, upgrade, extension, expansion, augmentation or any other kind of alteration;\nconnection assets means those components of a distribution system which are used to provide a connection service;\nconnection service means the design and construction of connection assets that may be built separate to, or in isolation from, the existing distribution network relating to either or both of the following:\n\t(a)\ta service relating to a new connection for premises;\n\t(b)\ta service relating to a connection alteration;\nextension means works (outside the boundaries of the operator's distribution network (as it existed before the construction of any connection assets or an extension on behalf of a customer in accordance with this regulation)) required for the connection requested by the customer;\nnew connection means a connection established or to be established in accordance with Chapter 5A of the National Electricity Rules and relevant energy laws, where there is no existing connection.\n","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"Part 7","sectionType":"part","heading":"Special provisions relating to small customers","content":"Part 7—Special provisions relating to small customers\n40—Interpretation\nIn this Part—\nbusiness day means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday;\ndefault contract means a retail contract under which an electricity entity to which section 36AB of the Act applies sells electricity at the entity's default contract price and subject to the entity's default contract terms and conditions;\ndefault contract price and default contract terms and conditions have the same respective meanings as in section 36AB of the Act;\nexcluded area means an area—\n\t(a)\tthat is not served by the same continuous network for the transmission and distribution of electricity that serves Adelaide; or\n\t(b)\tthat is for the time being determined by the Minister to be an excluded area;\nmarket contract means a retail contract other than a standing contract or default contract;\nstanding contract means a retail contract under which an electricity entity to which section 36AA of the Act applies sells electricity at the entity's standing contract price and subject to the entity's standing contract terms and conditions;\nstanding contract price and standing contract terms and conditions have the same respective meanings as in section 36AA of the Act.\n41—Exemption from standing contract condition\nAn electricity entity to which section 36AA of the Act applies is exempt from the application of subsection (2) of that section in relation to the sale of electricity to be supplied through a particular connection point if—\n\t(a)\tthe connection point is situated within an excluded area; or\n\t(b)\tthe customer is bound to receive electricity supply through the connection point under a market contract.\n42—Provisions relating to default contracts\n\t(1)\tIf a person receives electricity supply through a connection point otherwise than under a retail contract—\n\t(a)\tthat person; and\n\t(b)\tthe electricity entity that was last a party to a retail contract in relation to that connection point,\nbecome parties to a default contract in relation to that connection point for the purposes of section 36AB(2) of the Act.\n\t(2)\tSubregulation (1) does not apply in relation to a connection point situated within an excluded area.\n\t(3)\tThe default contract continues until—\n\t(a)\tthe customer becomes a party to a market contract or standing contract (whether with the same entity or some other electricity entity) in relation to the connection point; or\n\t(b)\tsome other person becomes a party to a retail contract in relation to the connection point.\n\t(4)\tOn the electricity entity becoming aware that it has become a party to the default contract, the entity must, within 5 business days, give the customer a written notice setting out the terms and conditions of the default contract and describing, in general terms, the other contractual options that may be available to the customer for the purchase of electricity.\n\t(5)\tThe electricity entity must, in giving notice under subregulation (4), comply with any requirements imposed by a code made by the Commission under the Essential Services Commission Act 2002, relating to the contents of the notice or the manner in which the notice is to be given.\n\t(6)\tFor the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of default contract price in section 36AB(3) of the Act, the prescribed period is—\n\t(a)\tif the price fixed as the default contract price by the entity by the notice referred to in that paragraph is the same as the price that will be in force as the standing contract price (whether or not for the same entity) 14 days from the date of publication of that notice—14 days; or\n\t(b)\tin any other case—28 days.\n","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"Part 8","sectionType":"part","heading":"Electricity entities' powers and duties","content":"Part 8—Electricity entities' powers and duties\n43—Carrying out certain work on public land\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 47(5) of the Act, prior notice and agreement are not required under section 47(3) of the Act for—\n\t(a)\twork in an emergency; or\n\t(b)\tmaintenance or repairs of existing electricity infrastructure, including any necessary excavation or removal of obstructions; or\n\t(c)\tminor works to connect electricity supply from a transmission or distribution network to an electrical installation or proposed electrical installation.\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of section 47(6) of the Act, agreement is not required under section 47(3) of the Act for—\n\t(a)\terection of padmount transformers and switching cubicles in connection with the installation of underground lines; or\n\t(b)\tinstallation or relocation of electricity infrastructure as a part of road reconstruction; or\n\t(c)\talterations or additions to existing electricity infrastructure not involving any significant enlargement of the area of public land occupied by the infrastructure or any significant change in appearance; or\n\t(d)\trelocation of a pole or supporting structure in an existing electricity cable system.\n","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"Part 9","sectionType":"part","heading":"Undergrounding of powerlines","content":"Part 9—Undergrounding of powerlines\n44—Prescribed amount for undergrounding work\nFor the purposes of section 58A(3) of the Act, the amount is—\n\t(a)\tfor the financial year 2011/2012—$6.093 million;\n\t(b)\tfor each subsequent financial year—the amount determined by the Minister in accordance with the following formula:\n\nCPIx is the Consumer Price Index, All Groups Index Number (All Cities) published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, for the March quarter preceding the financial year concerned;\nCPI1 is the Consumer Price Index, All Groups Index Number (All Cities) published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, for the March quarter 2011;\nAx is the amount (in dollars) determined by the Minister under this regulation for the purposes of section 58A(3) of the Act for the previous financial year;\nTCx is the total cost (in dollars) of the undergrounding work undertaken in the previous financial year in accordance with programs prepared under section 58A of the Act;\nGSTx is the amount (in dollars) determined by the Minister as being the total GST (within the meaning of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 of the Commonwealth, as amended from time to time) paid in respect of all undergrounding work undertaken in the previous financial year in accordance with programs prepared under section 58A of the Act.\n","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"Part 9A","sectionType":"part","heading":"Regulation of NERL retailers","content":"Part 9A—Regulation of NERL retailers\n44A—NERL retailers to comply with code provisions and other requirements\nFor the purposes of section 63AB(1) of the Act, a NERL retailer must comply with—\n\t(a)\ta code made by the Commission under the Essential Services Commission Act 2002 relating to electricity metering; and\n\t(b)\tif the scheme under Part 4 of these regulations applies to the retailer, a code made by the Commission under the Essential Services Commission Act 2002 relating to energy productivity; and\n\t(c)\tthe technical and safety requirements or standards prescribed under Parts 10, 11 and 12 of these regulations; and\n\t(d)\tclause 8.2 (as amended from time to time) of the electricity pricing order under section 35B of the Act.\nRegulation 22 provides for the application of a scheme relating to energy efficiency to NERL retailers.\n44B—Inset networks\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 63AB(1)(c) of the Act, an exempt seller within the meaning of the National Energy Retail Law (South Australia) may only carry on operations as an inset network operator or inset network retailer if the exempt seller ensures that an inset customer has an effective right of access to a NERL retailer of the customer's choice.\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of this regulation, an inset customer has an effective right of access to a NERL retailer of the customer's choice only if the customer may—\n\t(a)\thave access to and use the inset network for the purpose of consuming electricity purchased by the customer from a NERL retailer of the customer's choice; and\n\t(b)\tinstall, maintain and use meters and other equipment necessary for that purpose,\nwithout any charge being payable by the customer (other than to the NERL retailer) or by the NERL retailer.\ninset customer, inset network, inset network operator and inset network retailer have the same respective meanings as in regulation 15.\n44C—Sale of electricity to small customers—early termination fees prohibited\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 63AB(1)(e) of the Act, a NERL retailer must not offer a market retail contract to small customers if a term or condition of the contract provides for the payment of a fee or charge (however described) for early termination of the contract.\n\t(2)\tNothing in subregulation (1) prevents a NERL retailer from offering to small customers a fixed term contract that provides for the payment of—\n\t(a)\ta fee or charge for early termination of a fixed benefit period under the contract by the small customer (whether or not the contract is terminated at the same time); or\n\t(b)\ta fee or charge for early termination of the contract if the fee or charge only involves the NERL retailer recovering its reasonable costs for the installation or provision of designated equipment to the small customer (and accounts for, in the event of early termination of the contract, any payments towards those costs made by the small customer before the termination).\n\t(3)\tHowever, subregulation (2) only applies if—\n\t(a)\tthe NERL retailer provides information to the small customer before the small customer enters into the contract that clearly specifies—\n\t(i)\tthe nature and amount of the relevant fee or charge referred to in that subregulation; and\n\t(ii)\tthe consequences of early termination of the contract by the small customer; and\n\t(b)\ta fee or charge for early termination provided for under that subregulation complies with the relevant requirements applying under the National Energy Retail Rules.\ndesignated equipment means a meter or other equipment related to the provision of electricity at the premises of the small customer that is fixed to the premises and intended to remain at those premises (whether or not any contract relating to the provision of electricity at the premises is terminated early);\nExamples—\n\t(a)\ta solar photovoltaic system;\n\t(b)\ta battery storage system.\nfixed benefit period means a period of a fixed term contract during which pricing is fixed;\nfixed term contract means a market retail contract for a fixed term.\n\t(5)\tUnless the contrary intention appears, terms used in this regulation and in the National Energy Retail Law or the National Energy Retail Rules have the same respective meaning in this regulation as they have in the National Energy Retail Law or National Energy Retail Rules.\n44D—Participation in ombudsman scheme\nFor the purposes of section 63AC(1) of the Act, the prescribed level is 750 MW.h.\n44E—Annual administration fee\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 63AE(2) of the Act, the annual administration fee is to be calculated in accordance with the following formula:\n\nX is the annual administration fee for a NERL retailer;\nEA is the costs determined by the Minister of the administration of the Act;\nESC is the costs determined by the Minister of the administration by the Commission of the Essential Services Commission Act 2002 attributable to the retailing of electricity to small customers;\nAEMC is the costs referred to in subregulation (2)(a);\nAEAP is the costs referred to in subregulation (2)(b);\nQ is the amount determined by the Minister to adjust the annual administration fee based on events that occurred during the period to which the previous annual administration fee related (such as a new entrant to the market for the retailing of electricity) or such other matter relating to that previous period that the Minister thinks fit;\nY is the number of NERL retailers that retail electricity to small customers at the commencement of the period to which the annual administration fee relates.\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of section 63AE(7)(c) of the Act, the following costs are prescribed:\n\t(a)\tthe costs determined by the Minister of the administration in relation to retailing of electricity in South Australia of Part 9 of the National Energy Retail Law (South Australia) by the Australian Energy Market Commission established by the Australian Energy Market Commission Establishment Act 2004;\n\t(b)\tthe costs determined by the Minister of the administration in relation to retailing of electricity in South Australia of the Energy Advisory Panel, being the body (formerly known as the Energy Security Board) identified by the Energy and Climate Change Ministerial Council as responsible for giving advice on issues relating to the security, reliability, and affordability of energy.\n\t(3)\tIf a NERL retailer commences retailing electricity to small customers as a NERL retailer during a period to which an annual administration fee relates, the annual administration fee for the NERL retailer is to be adjusted by multiplying—\n\t(a)\tthe annual administration fee that would have been payable by the NERL retailer had it been retailing electricity as a NERL retailer during the whole of the relevant period; and\n\t(b)\tthe proportion that the number of whole months between the commencement of retailing and the end of the relevant period bears to 12 months.\n\t(4)\tIf a relevant entity within the meaning of section 33 of the National Energy Retail Law (South Australia) Act 2011 had, before 1 February 2013, paid (as an electricity entity under the Electricity Act 1996) to the Commission a licence fee under section 20 of the Act in respect of the whole or any part of the period commencing on 1 February 2013 and ending on 1 February 2014, the Commission must determine an amount in relation to the licence fee that is to be offset against the annual administration fee that applies to the entity, or credited or refunded to the entity (as determined by the Commission).\n","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"Part 10","sectionType":"part","heading":"Safety and technical issues","content":"Part 10—Safety and technical issues\nDivision A1—Preliminary\n44F—Preliminary\nIn this Part—\ncontractor, in relation to an employed worker, means a licensed electrical contractor or licensed building work contractor (as the case requires) by whom the employed worker is employed or engaged to carry out the work or examinations and tests related to the issue of an electronic certificate of compliance;\ncontractor's duly authorised agent means a person acting as the contractor's duly authorised agent who has or had a supervisory role in relation to the employed worker;\ndesignated employer means an employer designated by the Technical Regulator for the purposes of this Part;\ndesignated registered electrical worker means a registered electrical worker employed or engaged by a designated employer;\nelectronic certificate of compliance means a certificate of compliance issued under this Part in electronic form in accordance with any requirements of the Technical Regulator under regulation 57;\nemployed worker, in relation to an electronic certificate of compliance issued in relation to an electrical installation, means a registered electrical worker employed or engaged to carry out work or examinations and tests related to the issue of the certificate (whether or not together with other work or examinations and tests on the installation) by a contractor.\nDivision 1—Safety and technical requirements\n45—Purpose of Division\nThe requirements contained in this Division and related Schedules are safety or technical requirements for the purposes of sections 59 and 60 of the Act.\n46—Quality of electricity supply\nThe operator of a distribution network must ensure that the network is designed, constructed, operated and maintained so that at a customer's point of supply—\n\t(a)\tthe voltage is as set out in AS 60038; and\n\t(b)\tthe voltage fluctuations that occur are contained within the limits set out in Parts 3.3 and 3.5 of AS/NZS 61000 or Part 4 of AS 2279 (as in force immediately before it was superseded); and\n\t(c)\tthe harmonic voltage distortions do not exceed the values set out in Part 3.2 of AS/NZS 61000 or Part 2 of AS 2279 (as in force immediately before it was superseded).\n47—General requirements for electricity infrastructure\n\t(1)\tNo circuit in electricity infrastructure may be allowed to remain in service unless every part of the circuit functions in a safe manner.\n\t(2)\tEach active conductor of a high voltage powerline or other high voltage equipment must be protected by an automatic disconnecting device.\n\t(3)\tMetal components of electricity infrastructure not normally conducting electricity that may become energised must be connected to earth.\n\t(4)\tElectricity infrastructure must be adequately protected against earth faults.\n48—Aerial lines\n\t(1)\tAerial lines (including service lines) must be designed, installed, operated and maintained to be safe for the electrical service conditions and the physical environment in which they will operate.\n\t(2)\tWithout limiting the effect of subregulation (1), line construction in a bushfire risk area must be suitable for the levels of hazard in the area.\n\t(3)\tSchedule 1 applies in relation to aerial lines (including service lines) installed after 1 July 1997.\n49—Underground lines\n\t(1)\tUnderground lines (including service lines) must be designed, installed, operated and maintained to be safe for the electrical service conditions and the physical environment in which they will operate.\n\t(2)\tSchedule 2 applies in relation to underground lines (including service lines) installed after 1 July 1997.\n50—Powerlines other than aerial or underground lines\n\t(1)\tPowerlines, other than aerial lines or underground lines, must be designed, installed, operated and maintained to be safe for the electrical service conditions and the physical environment in which they will operate.\n\t(2)\tSchedule 2 (other than clauses 6, 7 and 9) applies in relation to such powerlines installed after 1 July 1997 in the same way as to underground lines.\n51—Substations\n\t(1)\tSubstations must be designed, installed, operated and maintained to be safe for the electrical service conditions and the physical environment in which they will operate.\n\t(2)\tSchedule 3 applies in relation to substations installed after 1 July 1997.\n52—Earthing and electrical protection systems\n\t(1)\tEarthing and electrical protection systems must be designed, installed, operated and maintained to safely manage abnormal electricity network conditions likely to significantly increase the risk of personal injury or significant property damage.\n\t(2)\tSchedule 4 applies in relation to earthing and electrical protection systems installed after 1 July 1997.\n53—Electrical installations\n\t(1)\tElectrical installations must comply with AS/NZS 3000 and any other Australian Standard or Australian/New Zealand Standard called up by AS/NZS 3000.\n\t(2)\tDespite any other regulation—\n\t(a)\taerial lines, underground lines or other powerlines; and\n\t(b)\tearthing and electrical protection systems,\nthat form part of an electrical installation and that comply with AS/NZS 3000 and any other Australian Standard or Australian/New Zealand Standard called up by AS/NZS 3000, will be taken to comply with these regulations.\n54—Connection testing and inspection procedures\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 59(1b)(b), (1d)(d) and (1g)(b) of the Act, electricity supply from a transmission or distribution network must not be connected to an electrical installation unless the connection testing and inspection procedures of the operator of the network have been complied with.\n\t(2)\tThe connection testing and inspection procedures of a network operator relating to the connection of electricity supply from powerlines designed to operate at a voltage of less than 11 kV must be procedures that have been approved by the Technical Regulator.\n\t(3)\tFor the purposes of section 59(1g)(a) of the Act, the work of installing or replacing a meter, or examinations and tests relating to such work, must be carried out in accordance with—\n\t(a)\tthe metering installation procedures of the metering provider; or\n\t(b)\tthe metering installation procedures published by the Technical Regulator.\n\t(4)\tA person who personally carries out the work of connecting electricity supply from a transmission or distribution network to an electrical installation must—\n\t(a)\tmake and sign a written record that—\n\t(i)\tspecifies the place and date at which the work has been carried out and sets out the person's full name; and\n\t(ii)\tstates that the person has complied with the connection testing and inspection procedures of the network operator relating to the work; and\n\t(b)\tprovide the record—\n\t(i)\tto the network operator; or\n\t(ii)\tin the case of work carried out on behalf of a prescribed person (as defined in section 59 of the Act) other than the network operator, to that prescribed person.\nMaximum penalty: $2 500.\nExpiation fee: $210.\n\t(5)\tA network operator or other prescribed person who receives a record referred to in subregulation (4) must keep the record for at least 2 years.\nMaximum penalty: $2 500.\nExpiation fee: $210.\n55—General requirements for electrical installation\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 60(1) of the Act, an electrical installation must be designed, installed, operated and maintained so as to comply with any applicable requirements of—\n\t(a)\tin all cases—AS/NZS 3000 and any Australian Standard or Australian/New Zealand Standard called up by AS/NZS 3000; and\n\t(b)\tif the installation is, or is to be, connected to a distribution network—the technical installation rules of the operator of the network.\n55A—Electronic certificates of compliance\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 60(2) of the Act, an electronic certificate of compliance may only be relied on if—\n\t(a)\tthe certificate certifies that—\n\t(i)\tthe electrical installation to which the certificate relates complies with any applicable requirements set out in AS/NZS 3000 and any Australian Standard or Australian/New Zealand Standard called up by AS/NZS 3000; and\n\t(ii)\tthe electrical installation to which the certificate relates has been examined and tested in accordance with the standards and requirements referred to in regulation 56; and\n\t(b)\tthe certificate records the results of that examination and testing; and\n\t(c)\tthe certificate is issued by a registered electrical worker.\n\t(2)\tSubject to subregulations (3) and (4), the following requirements apply to an electronic certificate of compliance issued under this regulation:\n\t(a)\tin the case of an electronic certificate of compliance issued by a registered electrical worker who is an employed worker—\n\t(i)\tthe registered electrical worker must, before the electrical installation is made available for energisation, complete the electronic certificate of compliance to the extent required by the Technical Regulator under regulation 57 and issue the certificate to—\n\t(A)\tthe contractor; or\n\t(B)\tthe contractor's duly authorised agent; and\n\t(ii)\tthe contractor or the contractor's duly authorised agent (as the case may be), if satisfied that the work or examinations and tests have been carried out in accordance with the standards and requirements referred to in subregulation (1), must—\n\t(A)\tcomplete the electronic certificate of compliance; and\n\t(B)\twithin 30 days after the electrical installation was made available for energisation, provide the electronic certificate of compliance to the Technical Regulator and the owner or operator of the installation;\n\t(b)\tin any other case—the registered electrical worker must—\n\t(i)\tbefore the electrical installation is made available for energisation, complete the electronic certificate of compliance to the extent required by the Technical Regulator under regulation 57; and\n\t(ii)\twithin 30 days after the electrical installation was made available for energisation, provide the electronic certificate of compliance to—\n\t(A)\tthe Technical Regulator; and\n\t(B)\tthe owner or operator of the installation.\n\t(3)\tDespite subregulations (1) and (2), for the purposes of this regulation, a designated registered electrical worker must issue to the designated employer a hard copy certificate of compliance approved by the Technical Regulator that certifies that work or examinations and tests have been carried out in accordance with the standards and requirements referred to in subregulation (1).\n\t(4)\tDespite subregulation (2), a registered electrical worker—\n\t(a)\tis not required to complete, or complete and issue, (as the case requires) an electronic certificate of compliance before an electrical installation is made available for energisation if it is not reasonably practicable to do so (for example, because the worker's electronic device cannot connect to a telecommunications network in the relevant location); but\n\t(b)\tmust instead complete, or complete and issue, (as the case requires) the electronic certificate of compliance as soon as is reasonably practicable after the electrical installation is made available for energisation.\n55B—Remote disconnection and reconnection of electricity generating plant\n\t(1)\tThis regulation applies to a designated electricity generating plant that is, or is to be, connected to a relevant distribution network and that—\n\t(a)\tis installed on or after the relevant day; or\n\t(b)\twas installed before the relevant day if a declared component of electricity infrastructure or an electrical installation associated with the plant is replaced on or after that day.\n\t(2)\tFrom the prescribed day, the owner or operator of a designated electricity generating plant to which this regulation applies must ensure that the following requirements are complied with in relation to the plant:\n\t(a)\tthe plant must be capable of being remotely disconnected from, and reconnected to, the relevant distribution network;\n\t(b)\tthe owner or operator must give a relevant agent written authorisation to remotely disconnect the plant from, and reconnect the plant to, the relevant distribution network in circumstances where the owner or operator of the plant is lawfully directed to disconnect or reconnect the plant.\n\t(3)\tIn addition, from 1 January 2021, the owner or operator of a designated electricity generating plant to which this regulation applies must ensure that the plant is capable of being remotely disconnected from, and reconnected to, the network by the relevant agent of the owner or operator of the plant.\n\t(4)\tThe owner or operator of a designated electricity generating plant to which this regulation applies must notify their relevant agent if there is, or is to be, a change in the owner or operator of the plant as soon as practicable after becoming aware of the change (and in any event within 7 days after the change).\n\t(5)\tA designated electricity generating plant to which this regulation applies must not be connected to a relevant distribution network unless the requirements under subregulations (2) and (3) (as relevant) are complied with in relation to the plant.\n\t(6)\tThe Technical Regulator may prepare and publish guidelines that set out methods for ensuring that a designated electricity generating plant is capable of being remotely disconnected from, and reconnected to, a relevant distribution network.\n\t(7)\tGuidelines published under subregulation (6) may indicate that a method is, or is not, appropriate for designated electricity generating plant with particular nameplate capacity.\n\t(8)\tFor the purposes of this regulation, a particular designated electricity generating plant (installed plant) will be taken to be capable of being remotely disconnected from, and reconnected to, a relevant distribution network if the installed plant complies with a method that is appropriate for designated electricity generating plant with nameplate capacity of the installed plant set out in guidelines published under subregulation (6).\n\t(9)\tThe Technical Regulator must maintain an up to date list of declared components for the purposes of subregulation (1)(b) on a website determined by the Technical Regulator.\n\t(10)\tThe Minister may—\n\t(a)\tby notice in the Gazette, designate an electricity generating plant as a designated electricity generating plant for the purposes of this regulation; and\n\t(11)\tThe Technical Regulator may—\n\t(a)\tby notice in the Gazette, declare that a distribution network is an excluded distribution network for the purposes of this regulation; and\n\t(12)\tIn this regulation and regulations 55C and 55D—\ndeclared component—see subregulation (9);\ndesignated electricity generating plant—see subregulation (10);\nexcluded distribution network—see subregulation (11);\nprescribed day means a day specified by the Minister by notice in the Gazette for the purposes of subregulation (2);\nrelevant agent means a person who is authorised by the owner or operator of the designated electricity generating plant to be their relevant agent and who meets the requirements set out in regulation 55C;\nrelevant day, in relation to a designated electricity generating plant, means—\n\t(a)\tthe day on which the Minister publishes the first notice under subregulation (10)(a); or\n\t(b)\tin the case of an electricity generating plant that is designated as a designated electricity generating plant after the day referred to in paragraph (a)—the day on which the electricity generating plant is so designated;\nrelevant distribution network means a distribution network other than an excluded distribution network.\n55C—Relevant agents\n\t(1)\tA person may be authorised, on or before 31 December 2020, to be a relevant agent by an owner or operator of a designated electricity generating plant to which regulation 55B applies if the person—\n\t(a)\tis suitably qualified in accordance with the requirements set out in any guidelines under subregulation (4); and\n\t(b)\tnominates, in accordance with any guidelines under subregulation (4), the technology they will use to remotely disconnect plant from, and reconnect plant to, the relevant distribution network; and\n\t(c)\tgives a written undertaking to the Technical Regulator, in the form determined by the Technical Regulator, that the person will—\n\t(i)\tcomplete, on or before 31 December 2020, all actions necessary to allow the person to remotely disconnect plant from, and reconnect plant to, the network; and\n\t(ii)\tdemonstrate, on or before 31 December 2020, that the technology nominated by them under paragraph (b) is capable of remotely disconnecting plant from, and reconnecting plant to, a relevant distribution network to the satisfaction of the Technical Regulator.\n\t(2)\tA person may be authorised, on or after 1 January 2021, to be a relevant agent by an owner or operator of a designated electricity generating plant to which regulation 55B applies if the person—\n\t(a)\tis suitably qualified in accordance with the requirements set out in any guidelines under subregulation (4); and\n\t(b)\thas nominated, in accordance with any guidelines under subregulation (4), the technology they will use to remotely disconnect plant from, and reconnect plant to, the relevant distribution network; and\n\t(c)\thas completed all actions necessary to allow the person to remotely disconnect plant from, and reconnect plant to, the network; and\n\t(d)\thas demonstrated that the technology nominated by them under paragraph (b) is capable of remotely disconnecting plant from, and reconnecting plant to, a relevant distribution network to the satisfaction of the Technical Regulator.\n\t(3)\tA person must not act contrary to, or fail to comply with, a written undertaking given under subregulation (1)(c).\n\t(4)\tThe Technical Regulator may prepare and publish guidelines that set out the requirements for, and role and responsibilities of, a relevant agent.\n55D—Register of relevant agents\n\t(1)\tThe Technical Regulator must keep and maintain a register of relevant agents for the purposes of regulations 55B and 55C.\n\t(2)\tThe requirement under subregulation (1) will be taken to be satisfied if the Technical Regulator adopts a register maintained by another person or body that the Technical Regulator is satisfied contains the information specified by subregulation (3).\n\t(3)\tThe register must contain the following information:\n\t(a)\tthe location and size of each designated electricity generating plant to which regulation 55B applies;\n\t(b)\tthe name and contact details of the relevant agent for each designated electricity generating plant to which regulation 55B applies.\n\t(4)\tInformation contained in the register may be provided to the following persons:\n\t(a)\ta person with lawful authority to direct that a designated electricity generating plant be disconnected from, or reconnected to, a relevant distribution network;\n\t(b)\tthe operator of a relevant distribution network.\n55E—Export limits for electricity generating plant\n\t(1)\tThis regulation applies to a designated electricity generating plant that is, or is to be, connected to a relevant distribution network and that—\n\t(a)\tis installed on or after the relevant day; or\n\t(b)\twas installed before the relevant day if a declared component of electricity infrastructure or an electrical installation associated with the plant is replaced on or after that day.\n\t(2)\tThe owner or operator of a designated electricity generating plant to which this regulation applies must ensure that the following requirements are complied with in relation to the plant:\n\t(a)\tthe plant's inverter is remote communications capable;\n\t(b)\ton or after the prescribed day—\n\t(i)\tthe plant is capable of being export limited; and\n\t(ii)\tthe export limits of the plant are capable of being updated remotely.\n\t(3)\tA designated electricity generating plant to which this regulation applies must not be connected to a relevant distribution network unless the requirements under subregulation (2) are complied with in relation to the plant.\n\t(4)\tThe Technical Regulator must prepare and publish guidelines that set out the requirements for ensuring that an inverter is remote communications capable.\n\t(5)\tThe Technical Regulator may prepare and publish guidelines that set out methods for ensuring that—\n\t(a)\ta designated electricity generating plant is capable of being export limited (export limiting methods); and\n\t(b)\tthe export limits of a designated electricity generating plant are capable of being updated remotely (without a person being required to attend the site of the designated electricity generating plant) (remote updating methods).\n\t(6)\tGuidelines published under subregulation (5) may indicate that a method is, or is not, appropriate for designated electricity generating plant with particular nameplate capacity.\n\t(7)\tFor the purposes of this regulation—\n\t(a)\ta designated electricity generating plant (generally) is capable of being export limited if the electricity exported to a relevant distribution network from the plant can be programmed to not exceed thresholds (export limits), which may vary at different times of the day; and\n\t(b)\ta particular designated electricity generating plant (installed plant) will be taken to be capable of being export limited if the installed plant complies with an export limiting method that is appropriate for designated electricity generating plant with nameplate capacity of the installed plant set out in guidelines published under subregulation (5); and\n\t(c)\tthe export limits of a designated electricity generating plant (installed plant) will be taken to be capable of being updated remotely if the installed plant complies with a remote updating method that is appropriate for designated electricity generating plant with nameplate capacity of the installed plant set out in guidelines published under subregulation (5).\n\t(8)\tThe Technical Regulator must maintain an up to date list of declared components for the purposes of subregulation (1)(b) on a website determined by the Technical Regulator.\n\t(9)\tThe Minister may—\n\t(a)\tby notice in the Gazette, designate an electricity generating plant as a designated electricity generating plant for the purposes of this regulation; and\n\t(10)\tThe Technical Regulator may—\n\t(a)\tby notice in the Gazette, declare that a distribution network is an excluded distribution network for the purposes of this regulation; and\n\t(11)\tIn this regulation—\ndeclared component—see subregulation (8);\ndesignated electricity generating plant—see subregulation (9);\nexcluded distribution network—see subregulation (10);\nprescribed day means a day specified by the Minister by notice in the Gazette for the purposes of subregulation (2)(b);\nrelevant day, in relation to a designated electricity generating plant, means—\n\t(a)\tthe day on which these regulations come into operation; or\n\t(b)\tin the case of an electricity generating plant that is designated as a designated electricity generating plant after the day referred to in paragraph (a)—the day on which the electricity generating plant is so designated;\nrelevant distribution network means a distribution network other than an excluded distribution network.\n55F—Voltage ride through for low voltage inverters of electricity generating plant\n\t(1)\tSubject to subregulation (2), this regulation applies to an electricity generating plant that is, or is to be, connected to a distribution network through a low voltage inverter and that—\n\t(a)\tis installed after the commencement of this regulation; or\n\t(b)\twas installed before the commencement of this regulation if the plant's inverter is replaced after the commencement of this regulation, unless the inverter is replaced under warranty.\n\t(2)\tDespite subregulation (1)(a), this regulation—\n\t(a)\tdoes not apply to an electricity generating plant installed after the commencement of this regulation where a written application to connect the plant to the distribution network was received by the operator of the distribution network on or before 10 August 2020; but\n\t(b)\tdoes apply to such an electricity generating plant if the plant's inverter is subsequently replaced, unless the inverter is replaced under warranty.\n\t(3)\tThe owner or operator of an electricity generating plant to which this regulation applies must ensure that the low voltage inverter of the plant—\n\t(a)\ton or before 31 March 2021—is a designated inverter; or\n\t(b)\thas been tested in accordance with both of the following procedures relating to voltage ride through:\n\t(i)\ta procedure published from time to time by AEMO;\n\t(ii)\ta procedure in Australian Standard AS/NZS4777.2.\n\t(4)\tAn electricity generating plant to which this regulation applies must not be connected to a distribution network unless the requirements under subregulation (3) are complied with in relation to the plant.\n\t(5)\tThe Technical Regulator must, from the commencement of this regulation until 31 March 2021, keep and maintain a publicly available register of designated inverters, being inverters that meet the following requirements:\n\t(a)\tthe manufacturer of the inverter has provided the Technical Regulator with a test report that demonstrates that the inverter meets a procedure published from time to time by AEMO relating to voltage ride through, excluding any requirement in the procedure that the test be conducted at an appropriate testing facility;\n\t(b)\tthe manufacturer of the inverter has given a written undertaking to the Technical Regulator, in the form determined by the Technical Regulator, that—\n\t(i)\tthey will complete the testing referred to in subregulation (3)(b) through an appropriate testing facility on or before 31 March 2021; and\n\t(ii)\tif the inverter fails to pass a test referred to in subregulation (3)(b) through an appropriate testing facility, they will—\n\t(A)\treplace any such inverter supplied after the commencement of this regulation with an inverter that passes the tests referred to in subregulation (3)(b) through an appropriate testing facility; or\n\t(B)\tupgrade any such inverter supplied after the commencement of this regulation so that the inverter passes the tests referred to in subregulation (3)(b) through an appropriate testing facility;\n\t(c)\tthe importer of the inverter (if any) has given a written undertaking to the Technical Regulator, in the form determined by the Technical Regulator, that, if the inverter fails to pass a test referred to in subregulation (3)(b) through an appropriate testing facility, they will—\n\t(i)\treplace any such inverter supplied after the commencement of this regulation with an inverter that passes the tests referred to in subregulation (3)(b) through an appropriate testing facility; or\n\t(ii)\tupgrade any such inverter supplied after the commencement of this regulation so that the inverter passes the tests referred to in subregulation (3)(b) through an appropriate testing facility.\n\t(6)\tA person must not act contrary to, or fail to comply with, a written undertaking given under subregulation (5)(b) or (c).\n\t(7)\tIn this regulation—\nappropriate testing facility means a testing facility that meets any requirements set out in a procedure published from time to time by AEMO relating to voltage ride through;\ndesignated inverter—see subregulation (5);\nimporter means a person who imports an inverter into Australia.\n55G—Meters\nA meter installed at premises on or after the commencement of this regulation must—\n\t(a)\tbe capable of separately measuring and controlling an electricity generating plant and controllable load from essential load (whether or not there is electricity generating plant or controllable load at the premises); and\n\t(b)\tbe installed in accordance with any guideline prepared and published by the Technical Regulator in respect of wiring, meter configurations and other installation requirements.\n","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"Div 1A","sectionType":"division","heading":"Technical Regulator to publish emergency standards","content":"Division 1A—Technical Regulator to publish emergency standards\n55H—Technical Regulator to publish emergency standards\n\t(1)\tThe Technical Regulator may prepare and publish technical and operational standards that must be applied so that electricity infrastructure and electrical installations are installed, maintained and operated in a manner that facilitates the taking of effective emergency action (emergency standards).\n\t(2)\tWithout limiting subregulation (1), emergency standards may—\n\t(a)\tspecify requirements and standards for electricity infrastructure and electrical installations, including in relation to the nature or operation of such infrastructure or installations; and\n\t(b)\tprovide for monitoring and enforcing compliance with the emergency standards, including by specifying requirements relating to—\n\t(i)\tactivities a relevant entity must undertake in order to comply with the emergency standards (including timeframes for completion of such activities); and\n\t(ii)\treporting by a relevant entity on the implementation or performance of activities for the purposes of complying with the emergency standards; and\n\t(c)\tprovide for the Technical Regulator to determine—\n\t(i)\tthat activities undertaken by a relevant entity comply with a provision of the emergency standards, including activities commenced or completed before the commencement of the provision; and\n\t(ii)\tthat activities undertaken by a relevant entity were undertaken solely for the purposes of compliance with a provision of the emergency standards and, in the case of activities commenced or completed before the commencement of the provision, that such activities will be treated as having been undertaken after that commencement.\n\t(3)\tThe provisions of the emergency standards may be of general, limited or varied application according to—\n\t(a)\tthe class of relevant entity; or\n\t(b)\tthe circumstances; or\n\t(c)\tany other specified factor,\nto which the provision is expressed to apply.\n\t(4)\tA relevant entity must—\n\t(a)\tcomply with the provisions of the emergency standards applying to the entity; and\n\t(b)\tprovide, in accordance with any requirements of the emergency standards, information and assistance to the Technical Regulator for the purpose of preparing and maintaining the emergency standards.\n\t(5)\tThe Commission—\n\t(a)\tis required to impose a condition on a relevant licence that the licence holder comply with the requirements in subregulation (4), in accordance with section 21(2) of the Act (so that a failure to do so will constitute a contravention of a condition of the licence); and\n\t(b)\tis to vary conditions of a relevant licence to ensure that the licence holder comply with the requirements in subregulation (4), in accordance with section 27(1) of the Act (so that a failure to do so will constitute a contravention of a condition of the licence).\n\t(6)\tThe Technical Regulator may vary or substitute the emergency standards.\n\t(7)\tThe Technical Regulator must, before publishing the emergency standards, undertake consultation (in such manner as the Technical Regulator thinks fit) with AEMO on the emergency standards, including on whether the emergency standards are necessary, whether the content of the standards is appropriate in that context and whether the emergency standards are consistent with the national electricity objective.\n\t(8)\tWithout limiting subregulation (7), the Technical Regulator must, before publishing, varying or substituting the emergency standards, undertake consultation (in such manner as the Technical Regulator thinks fit) with persons or bodies that the Technical Regulator is satisfied represent the interests of relevant entities affected by the emergency standards, variation or substituted emergency standards.\n\t(9)\tIn this regulation—\nemergency action means action (whether by the Minister, AEMO or any other person or body) for the purposes of preventing or responding to significant disruptions (or risks of significant disruptions) to the supply of electricity to part of or all of South Australia;\nemergency standards—see subregulation (1);\nnational electricity objective has the same meaning as in the National Electricity (South Australia) Law;\nrelevant entity means the holder of a relevant licence or a person exempted from the requirement to hold such a licence;\nrelevant licence means any of the following licences under the Act:\n\t(a)\ta licence authorising the generation of electricity;\n\t(b)\ta licence authorising the operation of a transmission or distribution network;\n\t(c)\ta licence authorising system control over a power system.\nDivision 2—Certain electrical installation work\n56—Certain electrical installation work and electronic certificates of compliance\n\t(1)\tThe following provisions apply for the purposes of section 61(1) of the Act:\n\t(a)\twork on an electrical installation or proposed electrical installation that is work of any kind referred to in AS/NZS 3000 or another Australian Standard or Australian/New Zealand Standard called up by AS/NZS 3000 must be carried out, and the installation must be examined and tested—\n\t(i)\tin accordance with AS/NZS 3000 and any Australian Standard or Australian/New Zealand Standard called up by AS/NZS 3000 and so that the installation complies with any other technical and safety requirements under these regulations; and\n\t(ii)\tin accordance with the technical installation rules of the operator of the distribution network to which the installation is or is to be connected;\n\t(ab)\tthe results of any examinations and testing conducted in accordance with paragraph (a) must be recorded on an electronic certificate of compliance issued by a registered electrical worker;\n\t(b)\tsubject to subregulation (1a)—\n\t(i)\tif an electronic certificate of compliance is issued by a registered electrical worker who is an employed worker—\n\t(A)\tthe registered electrical worker must, before the electrical installation is made available for energisation, complete the electronic certificate of compliance to the extent required by the Technical Regulator under regulation 57 and issue the certificate to—\n\t•\tthe contractor; or\n\t•\tthe contractor's duly authorised agent; and\n\t(B)\tthe contractor or the contractor's duly authorised agent (as the case may be), if satisfied that the work or examinations and tests have been carried out in accordance with the standards and requirements referred to in subregulation (1), must—\n\t•\tcomplete the electronic certificate of compliance; and\n\t•\twithin 30 days after the electrical installation was made available for energisation, provide the electronic certificate of compliance to the Technical Regulator and the owner or operator of the installation; or\n\t(ii)\tif an electronic certificate of compliance is issued by a registered electrical worker other than under subparagraph (i), the registered electrical worker must—\n\t(A)\tbefore the electrical installation is made available for energisation, complete the electronic certificate of compliance to the extent required by the Technical Regulator under regulation 57; and\n\t(B)\twithin 30 days after the electrical installation was made available for energisation, provide the electronic certificate of compliance to—\n\t•\tthe Technical Regulator; and\n\t•\tthe owner or operator of the installation;\n\t(d)\tif the work is associated with the making of a connection to a transmission or distribution network, the electronic certificate of compliance (completed in accordance with paragraph (b)) must be furnished to the operator of the network before the energisation of the work or a part of the work;\n\t(e)\tif the work was, or examinations and tests were, carried out on behalf of the owner or occupier of the premises concerned (whether under a contract or arrangement made directly between the owner or occupier and the person to whom section 61(1) of the Act applies, under a subcontract or otherwise), the electronic certificate of compliance (completed in accordance with paragraph (b)) must be furnished to the owner or occupier within 30 days after the installation was made available for energisation;\n\t(f)\tthe electronic certificate of compliance (completed in accordance with paragraphs (b) and (c)) must be stored at the business premises of the person to whom section 61(1) of the Act applies or, if that person does not have business premises, at that person's residence for at least 5 years after the installation was made available for energisation.\n\t(1a)\tDespite subregulations (1) and (2), a designated registered electrical worker must issue a hard copy certificate of compliance approved by the Technical Regulator that certifies that work or examinations and tests have been carried out in accordance with the standards and requirements referred to in subregulation (1) for the purposes of this regulation in accordance with any requirements of the Technical Regulator under regulation 57.\n\t(1b)\tDespite subregulation (1)(b), a registered electrical worker—\n\t(a)\tis not required to complete, or complete and issue, (as the case requires) an electronic certificate of compliance before an electrical installation is made available for energisation if it is not reasonably practicable to do so (for example, because the worker's electronic device cannot connect to a telecommunications network in the relevant location); but\n\t(b)\tmust instead complete, or complete and issue, (as the case requires) the electronic certificate of compliance as soon as is reasonably practicable after the electrical installation is made available for energisation.\n\t(2)\tAn electronic certificate of compliance may not be relied on by an owner or operator of an electrical installation under section 60(2) of the Act if the certificate has been issued in relation to the installation by a registered electrical worker who is an employee of the owner or occupier.\n57—Electronic certificates of compliance—Technical Regulator may publish requirements etc\n\t(1)\tThe Technical Regulator may prepare and publish requirements relating to electronic certificates of compliance under this Part.\n\t(2)\tRequirements prepared and published under subregulation (1) may include—\n\t(a)\trequirements as to the use of the official format for electronic certificates of compliance determined by the Technical Regulator; and\n\t(b)\trequirements as to the issuing, providing and certifying of electronic certificates of compliance, including as to the electronic provision of certificates; and\n\t(c)\tother requirements determined by the Technical Regulator.\n\t(3)\tIn addition, the Technical Regulator may prepare and publish requirements relating to the hard copy certificates of compliance under this Part.\n\t(4)\tThe Technical Regulator may exempt a person, or persons of a specified class, from a requirement under this regulation on conditions determined by the Technical Regulator.\n\t(5)\tFor the purposes of the definition of designated employer in regulation 44F, the Technical Regulator may designate an employer as a designated employer for the purposes of this Part.\n\t(6)\tThe Technical Regulator must maintain an up to date list of designated employers on a website determined by the Technical Regulator.\n58—Prescribed work (section 61(4))\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 61(4) of the Act, work of a kind referred to in AS/NZS 3000 or any other Australian Standard or Australian/New Zealand Standard called up by AS/NZS 3000 is prescribed.\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of section 61(4) of the Act, work on an electrical installation or proposed electrical installation that is work of a kind prescribed by subregulation (1) must be carried out—\n\t(a)\tin accordance with AS/NZS 3000 and any other Australian Standard or Australian/New Zealand Standard called up by AS/NZS 3000; and\n\t(b)\tin accordance with the technical installation rules of the operator of the distribution network to which the installation is or is to be connected.\n","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"Div 2A","sectionType":"division","heading":"Technical requirements for electrical equipment","content":"Division 2A—Technical requirements for electrical equipment\n58A—Designated electrical equipment must comply with demand response capability requirements\n\t(1)\tDesignated electrical equipment must not be connected to a distribution network on or after the relevant day unless it complies with the demand response capability requirements set out in guidelines published by the Technical Regulator.\nMaximum penalty: $10 000.\n\t(2)\tThe Technical Regulator must maintain an up to date list of designated electrical equipment on a website determined by the Technical Regulator.\ndesignated electrical equipment means electrical equipment designated by the Technical Regulator for the purposes of this regulation;\nrelevant day, in relation to the connection of designated electrical equipment to a distribution network, means 1 January 2022.\nDivision 3—Safeguarding persons working with conductors or electrical equipment\n","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"Subdiv 1","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"General","content":"Subdivision 1—General\n59—Basic safety principle\nPersons engaging or preparing to engage in work on or near electricity infrastructure or an electrical installation must treat exposed conductors as live until they are—\n\t(a)\tisolated from all sources of electricity supply and proved to be de‑energised; and\n\t(b)\tif they are high voltage conductors—earthed.\n60—Compliance with provisions of Division\n\t(1)\tPersons carrying out work on or near electricity infrastructure or an electrical installation must comply with the provisions of this Division.\n\t(2)\tElectricity infrastructure operators, electrical installation operators and employers must ensure compliance with the provisions of this Division with respect to their employees and contractors.\n","sortOrder":17},{"sectionNumber":"Subdiv 2","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"Work on or near live electric conductors or electrical equipment","content":"Subdivision 2—Work on or near live electric conductors or electrical equipment\n61—Application of Subdivision\nThis Subdivision applies to work carried out—\n\t(a)\tin proximity to exposed live high or low voltage conductors, exposed live parts of high or low voltage electrical equipment or other conductors or electrical equipment; or\n\t(b)\tby direct contact with exposed live high or low voltage conductors or exposed live parts of high or low voltage electrical equipment; or\n\t(c)\ton de‑energised exposed conductors or exposed parts of electrical equipment if there is a possibility of the conductors or parts becoming live,\nunless the work is necessary to avoid a possible danger to life or serious personal injury.\n62—Safe work practices\nAll reasonable steps must be taken to ensure safety in work to which this Subdivision applies through—\n\t(a)\tthe provision of suitable protection from adjacent live electrical conductors or adjacent live parts of electrical equipment; and\n\t(b)\tthe use of insulated tools and equipment; and\n\t(c)\tthe use of equipment and plant designed and made in accordance with recognised electricity industry practice; and\n\t(d)\tthe use of safe work practices.\n63—Work involving danger of direct contact with live conductors etc\nIn the case of work involving a danger of accidental direct contact with exposed live conductors or exposed live parts of electrical equipment—\n\t(a)\tthe work must only be carried out by a person who is competent and qualified to carry out the work; and\n\t(b)\texcept where the contrary is shown by reference to generally accepted industry practices or the particular circumstances of the case, it will be presumed that safe work practices require the person to carry out the work with a competent assistant suitably trained in the work and—\n\t(i)\tin resuscitation; and\n\t(ii)\tin releasing persons from live electrical apparatus; and\n\t(iii)\tif appropriate, in rescuing persons from poles, structures, elevated work platforms or confined spaces.\n64—Work in proximity to conductors etc\n\t(1)\tWork must not be carried out in proximity to conductors or electrical equipment unless—\n\t(a)\tit is carried out—\n\t(i)\tby a person who is suitably trained and qualified for such work beyond the approach limits set out in this regulation for such persons; or\n\t(ii)\tby a person who has been instructed in the identification of high and low voltage overhead conductors and the safety aspects of work near live powerlines beyond the approach limits set out in this regulation for such persons; and\n\t(b)\tit is carried out beyond the approach limits set out in this regulation that are applicable in the circumstances.\n\t(2)\tHowever, a person may work within the approach limits if—\n\t(a)\tthe work can be carried out safely in any of the following circumstances:\n\t(i)\tthere are installed suitable barriers or earthed metal shields between the person carrying out the work and the conductors or electrical equipment;\n\t(ii)\tthe work to be carried out is testing of equipment and the equipment is designed such that the approach limits cannot be complied with;\n\t(iii)\tthe work to be carried out is earthing of the conductors or equipment and is carried out after the conductors have been isolated and proved to be de‑energised; and\n\t(b)\twritten instructions have been given, either generally or in a particular case, about the work and the precautions to be taken.\n\t(2a)\tIn addition, an employee or contractor engaged by ElectraNet Pty Ltd (ACN 094 428 416) may work within the approach limits if they comply with the requirements relating to safe approach distances between persons and electrical apparatus set out in the ENA NENS 04-2006—National guidelines for safe access to electrical and mechanical apparatus (as in force from time to time) published by Standards Australia.\n\t(3)\tFor the purposes of this regulation, the approach limits for a person, including an article of clothing worn by a person, or a conductive object held or carried by the person, are set out below—\n\nVoltage of conductor or equipment\nApproach limit A\nApproach limit B\nApproach limit C\nApproach limit D\n\n(Distance in metres)\nInsulated aerial line, not more than 1 000 V\n0.6\n0.1\nNot more than 1 000 V\n3.0\n1.0\n0.3\nMore than 1 000 V but not more than 11 kV\n3.0\n2.0\n0.6\n0.3\nMore than 11 kV but not more than 33 kV\n3.0\n3.0\n0.9\n0.45\n66 kV\n4.0\n4.0\n1.4\n0.7\n132 kV\n5.0\n5.0\n2.4\n1.5\n275 kV\n6.0\n6.0\n4.0\n2.6\n330 kV\n7.0\n7.0\n5.0\n3.7\n\t(a)\tapproach limit A applies to a person to whom none of approach limits B, C or D applies;\n\t(b)\tapproach limit B applies to a person who has conducted a risk assessment before carrying out the work;\n\t(c)\tapproach limit C applies to a person who has been instructed in the identification of high and low voltage overhead conductors and the safety aspects of work near live powerlines and who has conducted a risk assessment before carrying out the work;\n\t(d)\tapproach limit D applies to a person suitably qualified and trained to work in proximity to exposed high and low voltage conductors or exposed parts of high and low voltage electrical equipment and who has conducted a risk assessment before carrying out the work.\nrisk assessment, in relation to work to which this regulation applies, means an assessment of the risks involved in carrying out the work, taking into account the potential for movement of tools, materials and structures during the work.\n","sortOrder":18},{"sectionNumber":"Subdiv 3","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"Work on or near exposed high voltage conductors or electrical equipment","content":"Subdivision 3—Work on or near exposed high voltage conductors or electrical equipment\n65—Work above exposed high voltage conductors etc\nWork must not be carried out and equipment must not be positioned above exposed high voltage conductors or exposed parts of high voltage electrical equipment unless the work or positioning of the equipment is authorised in writing by the operator of the electricity infrastructure or electrical installation concerned.\n66—Work by direct contact with exposed high voltage conductors etc\n\t(1)\tWork must not be carried out by direct contact with exposed high voltage conductors or exposed parts of high voltage electrical equipment unless the exposed high voltage conductors or exposed parts of high voltage electrical equipment are—\n\t(a)\tisolated, and shown by testing to be isolated, from all sources of electricity supply; and\n\t(b)\tearthed.\n\t(2)\tIf any such conductor or equipment cannot be directly contacted to prove isolation from all sources of electricity supply, it is sufficient if—\n\t(a)\twritten instructions have been given for the isolation of the conductor or equipment from all sources of electricity supply; and\n\t(b)\tthe conductor or equipment is earthed by a lockable earthing switch designed to be safely operated if the high voltage conductor or equipment has not been isolated from all sources of supply.\n67—Live high voltage line work\n\t(1)\tElectrical work on exposed live high voltage conductors or exposed live parts of high voltage electrical equipment (live line work) must not be carried out unless authorised in writing by the operator of the electricity infrastructure or electrical installation on which the work will be carried out.\n\t(2)\tAn electricity infrastructure operator or electrical installation operator may authorise a person to carry out live line work if satisfied the person—\n\t(a)\thas successfully finished a course of training approved by the Technical Regulator and provided by a training provider approved by the Technical Regulator; and\n\t(b)\thas been assessed by the training provider as competent to carry out the work.\n\t(3)\tThe voltage of the powerlines on which live line work is carried out must be as stated by the relevant operator in the authorisation.\n\t(4)\tThe relevant operator must take reasonable steps to satisfy itself as to the continuing competency of a person authorised by the operator to carry out live line work.\n","sortOrder":19},{"sectionNumber":"Subdiv 4","sectionType":"subdivision","heading":"Miscellaneous","content":"Subdivision 4—Miscellaneous\n68—Rescue and resuscitation training\nPersons required to carry out, or to help in carrying out, electrical work must undergo suitable training annually to ensure their continued competency in rescue and resuscitation.\n69—Suitability of testing instruments\n\t(1)\tIf tests are required to be performed on electricity infrastructure, an electrical installation or safety equipment under the Act—\n\t(a)\tthe testing instruments used must be designed for and capable of correctly performing the required tests; and\n\t(b)\teach testing instrument must be tested and calibrated to ensure it is in proper working order.\n\t(2)\tThe records of tests performed on, and calibration of, testing instruments must be kept—\n\t(a)\tin the case of testing instruments purchased before the commencement of this subregulation—for at least 2 years;\n\t(b)\tin any other case—for at least 5 years.\n","sortOrder":20},{"sectionNumber":"Div 4","sectionType":"division","heading":"Reporting and investigation of accidents","content":"Division 4—Reporting and investigation of accidents\n70—Reporting of accidents\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 63 of the Act, a report must be made to the Technical Regulator of the details of the accident—\n\t(a)\tin the case of a death resulting from the accident—immediately by telephone;\n\t(b)\tin the case of a person requiring medical assistance resulting from the accident—within 1 working day of the accident;\n\t(c)\tin any other case—within 10 working days of the accident.\n\t(2)\tAn electricity entity or person who is required to report an accident in accordance with section 63 of the Act must provide the Technical Regulator with such further details of the accident as the Technical Regulator reasonably requires.\n\t(3)\tAn electricity entity that operates a transmission or distribution network must—\n\t(a)\tpromptly investigate any accident that involves electric shock or electrical burns that may have been caused by the operation or condition of the transmission or distribution network or an electrical installation connected to the network and report the results of the investigation to the Technical Regulator in the form, and containing the details, required by the Technical Regulator; and\n\t(b)\tcomply with any direction given by the Technical Regulator relating to the investigation of an accident to which section 63 of the Act relates, including a direction to conduct such examinations and tests as are required by the Technical Regulator.\n\t(4)\tIf in the course of an investigation under subregulation (3) it is determined that the electric shock or electrical burns were caused by an electrical installation connected to the network, the electricity entity must report that result to the Technical Regulator and need not proceed further with the investigation.\n","sortOrder":21},{"sectionNumber":"Div 5","sectionType":"division","heading":"Safety, reliability, maintenance and technical management plans and reports","content":"Division 5—Safety, reliability, maintenance and technical management plans and reports\n71—Application of Division\n\t(1)\tThis Division applies to a licensee holding a licence authorising the generation of electricity or the operation of a transmission or distribution network or a person exempted from the requirement to hold such a licence.\n\t(2)\tHowever, the Technical Regulator may grant an exemption from this Division, or specified provisions of this Division, on terms and conditions the Technical Regulator considers appropriate.\n72—Safety, reliability, maintenance and technical management plans\n\t(1)\tA person to whom this Division applies who is exempted from the requirement to hold a licence must, if so required by the Technical Regulator by notice in writing—\n\t(a)\tprepare, maintain and periodically revise a safety, reliability, maintenance and technical management plan—\n\t(i)\tin the case of an exemption which authorises the operation of solely generating plant to which AS 5577 does not apply—dealing with matters prescribed by subregulation (2); or\n\t(ii)\tin any other case—dealing with matters prescribed by subregulation (2a);\n\t(b)\tobtain the approval of the Technical Regulator to the plan and any revision;\n\t(c)\tcomply with the plan as approved from time to time;\n\t(d)\taudit from time to time the person's compliance with the plan and report the results of those audits to the Technical Regulator.\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of section 22(1)(c) of the Act, the following are matters that must be dealt with by a safety, reliability, maintenance and technical management plan of a person to whom this Division applies in relation to a licence or exemption which authorises the operation of solely generating plant to which AS 5577 does not apply:\n\t(a)\tthe safe design, installation, commissioning, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of electricity infrastructure owned or operated by the person;\n\t(b)\tthe maintenance of a supply of electricity of the quality required to be maintained by or under the Act, these regulations, the person's licence or the conditions of any exemption granted to the person;\n\t(c)\tthe implementation and conduct of safety measures and training programs for the purpose of—\n\t(i)\treducing the risk of death or injury, or damage to property, arising out of the operation of electricity infrastructure owned or operated by the person;\n\t(ii)\tensuring that employees performing work in respect of electricity infrastructure owned or operated by the person are competent and properly trained, perform their work safely and are provided with a safe system of work;\n\t(d)\tensuring that contractors performing work in respect of electricity infrastructure owned or operated by the person have processes and procedures for ensuring that the persons personally performing the work are competent and properly trained, perform their work safely and are provided with a safe system of work;\n\t(e)\tthe manner in which accidents and unsafe situations are to be dealt with, reported and investigated;\n\t(f)\tmonitoring compliance with safety and technical requirements imposed by or under the Act, these regulations, the person's licence or the conditions of any exemption granted to the person;\n\t(fa)\tthe preparation and maintenance of an internal switching manual that complies with the switching manual prepared by the Technical Regulator under regulation 13A;\n\t(g)\tmonitoring electricity infrastructure owned or operated by the person for the purposes of identifying infrastructure that is unsafe or at risk of failing or malfunctioning;\n\t(h)\tmonitoring and inspecting aerial lines owned or operated by the person in a bushfire risk area for the purpose of identifying risks posed by the aerial lines relating to bushfires;\n\t(i)\tin the case of a person who operates a transmission or distribution network—\n\t(i)\tmonitoring compliance with requirements for vegetation clearance;\n\t(ii)\tthe communication of information to the public for the purpose of reducing the risk of death or injury, or damage to property, arising out of the operation of electricity infrastructure owned or operated by the person;\n\t(iii)\tthe communication of information to existing and potential customers about the facilities that customers must provide for connection to the network and procedures that customers must follow in order to prevent damage to or interference with the network.\n\t(2a)\tFor the purposes of sections 22(1)(c) and 23(1)(c) of the Act, the following are matters that must be dealt with by a safety, reliability, maintenance and technical management plan of a person to whom this Division applies (other than a person to whom this Division applies in relation to a licence or exemption which authorises the operation of solely generating plant to which AS 5577 does not apply): \n\t(a)\tthe preparation and maintenance of an Electricity Network Safety Management System in accordance with the requirements of AS 5577;\n\t(b)\tthe matters prescribed in paragraphs (b), (f), (fa), (h) and (i) of subregulation (2).\n\t(3)\tA person to whom this Division applies must, at the request of the Technical Regulator, provide the Technical Regulator with such information and access to such officers, employees and contractors as the Technical Regulator reasonably requires for the purposes of determining whether a safety, reliability, maintenance and technical management plan prepared by the person is operating effectively and whether that person is complying with the plan.\n73—Safety, reliability, maintenance and technical management reports\n\t(1)\tSubject to subregulation (4), a person who operates a transmission or distribution network must, within 21 working days after the end of each month, lodge with the Technical Regulator a report—\n\t(a)\tstating in relation to each unplanned interruption to the supply of electricity during that month that—\n\t(i)\taffected the supply of electricity to customers such that the aggregate of the periods for which the customers' supply was affected exceeded 120 000 minutes; or\n\t(ii)\taffected for 30 minutes or more the supply of electricity to 1 or more customers with a demand of greater than 1 MVA,\nthe following:\n\t(iii)\tthe date, time and cause of the interruption;\n\t(iv)\tthe number of customers affected by the interruption;\n\t(v)\tthe time taken to restore supply to all of the customers affected;\n\t(vi)\tthe time taken to restore supply to the majority of the customers affected;\n\t(b)\tstating in relation to all unplanned interruptions to the supply of electricity during that month and in relation to each region as defined by the Technical Regulator—\n\t(i)\tthe aggregate of the periods for which customers' supply was affected by the interruptions; and\n\t(ii)\tthe average time taken to restore supply to all of the customers affected.\n\t(2)\tSubregulation (1) does not apply in relation to—\n\t(a)\tan interruption to the supply of electricity to a customer if the interruption was in accordance with an interruptible or curtailable supply contract with the customer; or\n\t(b)\tan interruption to the supply of electricity to a customer that occurred at the request of the customer or that was caused by the customer; or\n\t(c)\tan interruption that was rectified by an automatic supply restoration operation.\n\t(3)\tSubject to subregulation (4), a person who owns or operates electricity infrastructure must, on or before 31 August in each year, lodge with the Technical Regulator a report relating to the previous financial year containing the following information:\n\t(a)\ta general description of the circumstances in which electricity infrastructure owned or operated by the person has failed or malfunctioned or been found to be unsafe and of the action taken to rectify, or to prevent or minimise the risk or recurrence of, the failure, malfunction or unsafe situation;\n\t(b)\tthe total costs actually incurred to maintain, repair and replace electricity infrastructure owned or operated by the person, together with an estimate of the total costs likely to be incurred for those purposes in the financial year following that to which the report relates;\n\t(c)\twhether the person has been able to comply with all aspects of the person's safety, reliability, maintenance and technical management plan and whether the person considers the plan to have been operating effectively.\n\t(4)\tThis regulation applies to a person exempted from the requirement to hold a licence under section 23 of the Act only to the extent specified by the Technical Regulator by notice in writing to the person (but nothing in this subregulation affects the application of this regulation (according to its terms) to a person to whom this Division applies).\n","sortOrder":22},{"sectionNumber":"Part 11","sectionType":"part","heading":"Cathodic protection systems","content":"Part 11—Cathodic protection systems\n74—Application of Part\nThis Part does not apply to a cathodic protection system—\n\t(a)\tinstalled on any floating mobile structure, fishing equipment, fixed off shore structure (not connected with land above sea level) or internal surface of any apparatus, equipment or structure; or\n\t(b)\tusing only galvanic anodes.\n75—Tests before operating cathodic protection system\n\t(1)\tThe person who owns or operates a cathodic protection system must ensure that it does not adversely affect the integrity or safety of any electricity infrastructure or supply system through corrosion.\n\t(2)\tThe person who owns or operates a cathodic protection system that has an anode immersed in water or a marine environment must, within 90 days before starting to operate the system, perform tests to ensure that the potential difference between any 2 accessible points spaced 1 metre apart in the water or marine environment is not more than 3 V when the system is energised.\n","sortOrder":23},{"sectionNumber":"Part 12","sectionType":"part","heading":"Miscellaneous","content":"Part 12—Miscellaneous\n76—Preparation, approval, publication and purchase of technical installation rules\nThe operator of a distribution network must—\n\t(a)\tprepare, maintain and periodically revise technical installation rules; and\n\t(b)\tobtain the approval of the Technical Regulator to the rules and any revision; and\n\t(c)\tpublish the rules on an internet site to which the public has access free of charge; and\n\t(d)\tmake copies of the rules available for purchase by the public for a reasonable fee (which must not exceed an amount fixed by the Commission).\n76A—Preparation and approval of metering installation procedures\nA metering provider must—\n\t(a)\tprepare, maintain and periodically revise metering installation procedures in relation to meters installed by or on behalf of the metering provider; and\n\t(b)\tobtain the approval of the Technical Regulator to the procedures and any revision.\n77—Register of underground lines\n\t(1)\tAn electricity entity authorised to operate a transmission or distribution network must keep and maintain a register describing the nature and location of each line installed underground that is under the control of the entity.\n\t(2)\tThe transmission or distribution network operator in an area must be notified by any other electricity entity of the nature and location of any line installed underground in the area by that other entity and that information must be recorded in the register kept by the network operator under subregulation (1).\n\t(3)\tInformation contained in the register must be made available on request by a member of the public during normal business hours.\n78—Protection of underground lines\nA person must not—\n\t(a)\tplace or maintain, or cause to be placed or maintained, any corrosive, abrasive, heavy or deleterious material or substance above any underground line; or\n\t(b)\tcarry out any operation on, or make any opening in, the ground surface that may endanger any underground line; or\n\t(c)\tremove, tamper with or cover any underground line marker,\nwithout the written authority of the operator of the electricity infrastructure of which the line forms part.\n79—Entangled objects\nA person must not, without the authority of the operator of the electricity infrastructure or electrical installation, pull or interfere with any object resting on or entangled in electricity infrastructure or the electrical installation unless the action is reasonably necessary to prevent or reduce injury to a person or property.\n80—Altering ground levels near infrastructure\n\t(1)\tA person must not, without the written authority of the electricity infrastructure operator—\n\t(a)\tcut away, excavate or remove, or cause to be cut away, excavated or removed, earth or material supporting electricity infrastructure so as to endanger the stability of the infrastructure; or\n\t(b)\tmake an excavation deeper than 0.3 metre within 3 metres of—\n\t(i)\ta pole structure or stand, not being a tower or tower structure supporting electricity infrastructure; or\n\t(ii)\tany pole or bed log to which is affixed a staywire used to support electricity infrastructure; or\n\t(c)\tmake an excavation deeper than 0.5 metre within 10 metres of any tower or tower structure supporting electricity infrastructure; or\n\t(d)\tmake an excavation deeper than 0.3 metre within 0.6 metre of any wall, fence or foundation of a substation; or\n\t(e)\tplace any material, construct any artificial surface above ground level, smooth the ground or remove vegetation—\n\t(i)\tbelow an electric line or within the vertical projection of any points to which a conductor of the electric line may sway; or\n\t(ii)\tadjacent to electricity infrastructure,\nin a manner that may—\n\t(iii)\tin any case—alter the level of the ground at any place so as to infringe any permissible clearance distance under these regulations; or\n\t(iv)\tin the case of smoothing of ground or removal of vegetation—allow the ground to be used in a manner that was not possible before the smoothing or removal.\n\t(2)\tThe allowable depth of an excavation under subregulation (1) is, if the ground level unaffected by previous works is known, to be determined by reference to that level, but is otherwise to be determined by reference to the current ground level.\n81—Erection of buildings in proximity to aerial lines\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 86 of the Act, a person must not, except as approved by the Technical Regulator, erect a building or structure in proximity to an aerial line as follows:\n\t(a)\tin the case of an aerial line (other than a facade mounted line) constructed to operate at a voltage of more than 66 kV—\n\t(i)\tunder the aerial line; or\n\t(ii)\tso that the horizontal distance from any part of the building or structure to the centre‑line of any such aerial line is less than the relevant distance as set out in Table 1 in Schedule 1;\n\t(b)\tin the case of an aerial line (other than a facade mounted line) or other cable system constructed to operate at a voltage of 66 kV or less—so that the vertical or horizontal distance from any part of the building or structure to any position to which a conductor in the aerial line or other cable system may sag at maximum design temperature, or move as a result of normal prevailing wind pressures, is less than the relevant distance as set out in Table 1 in Schedule 1.\nThe figures following Table 1 in Schedule 1 are to be used to assist in understanding the information contained in the Table.\n\t(2)\tDespite regulation 48(3), for the purposes of subregulation (1) the distances set out in Table 1 in Schedule 1 apply in relation to aerial lines whether installed before, on or after 1 July 1997.\n\t(3)\tThe Technical Regulator may only approve the construction or reconstruction (including reconstruction in a different form) of a building or structure in proximity to an aerial line that is not situated on a public road and is constructed to operate at a voltage of more than 66 kV if—\n\t(a)\tthe Technical Regulator has consulted with the entity responsible for the aerial line; and\n\t(b)\tthe Technical Regulator is satisfied that the entity will be able to access the aerial line if the building or structure is constructed or reconstructed.\n\t(4)\tThe requirements of this regulation do not apply in relation to—\n\t(a)\ta fence, sign or notice that is less than 2.0 metres in height and is not designed for a person to stand on; or\n\t(b)\ta service line installed specifically to supply electricity to the building or structure by the operator of the transmission or distribution network from which the electricity is being supplied.\n82—Erection of buildings in proximity to underground lines\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of section 86 of the Act, a person must not, except as approved by the Technical Regulator, erect a building or structure—\n\t(a)\tabove or below an underground powerline that forms part of a transmission or distribution network; or\n\t(b)\twithin the prescribed distance of an underground powerline that forms part of a transmission or distribution network measured from vertical planes extending above and below each outer edge of the conductor comprising the powerline or, in the case of a powerline that consists of more than 1 conductor, each outer edge of each outer conductor.\n\t(2)\tBefore giving approval under subregulation (1), the Technical Regulator must consult with the electricity entity operating the underground powerline.\nprescribed distance means—\n\t(a)\tin relation to an underground powerline designed to operate at a voltage of 33 kV or less—2 metres;\n\t(b)\tin any other case—3 metres.\n83—Prohibition of certain activities in proximity to aerial lines and other cable systems\nA person must not, without the written authority of the electricity infrastructure operator—\n\t(a)\tplace or maintain any material closer than the relevant distance set out in Table 1 in Schedule 5 to any point to which an aerial line (including a service line) or other cable system may swing or sag; or\n\t(b)\toperate a machine, vehicle or vessel equipped with an elevating component or shear legs so that any part of the machine, vehicle, vessel or its load comes within the relevant distance set out in Table 2 in Schedule 5 to any point to which an aerial line (including a service line) or other cable system may swing or sag; or\n\t(c)\tattach or keep attached to electricity infrastructure any conductors of circuits or other cable system.\n84—Erection of conductors or other cable systems so as to cross or be attached to existing aerial lines or their supports etc\n\t(1)\tA person must not erect any conductors of circuits, or other cable system—\n\t(a)\tso as to cross the circuit of any existing aerial line, or other cable system (whether or not they are to be attached to the same support as the existing aerial line or other cable system); or\n\t(b)\tso as to be attached to the same support as, or share any portion of the same span as, any existing aerial line, or other cable system,\nunless—\n\t(c)\tthe clearances specified in the Energy Networks Association Limited Guidelines for design and maintenance of overhead distribution and transmission lines C(b)1, as published from time to time, will be achieved and maintained; and\n\t(d)\tthe reasonable operational requirements of the operator of the existing aerial line or other cable system will not be adversely affected; and\n\t(e)\tthe person has, before erecting the conductors of circuits, or other cable system, lodged detailed work proposals with the operator of the existing aerial line or other cable system and the operator has approved the proposals as indicating that the work would, if carried out in accordance with the proposals, meet the requirements of paragraphs (c) and (d).\n\t(2)\tThe operator must, on receipt of detailed work proposals from the person (the proponent), consider the proposals and decide within a reasonable period whether or not to approve the proposals.\n\t(3)\tIf the operator decides that the proposals should not be approved, the operator must, if requested to do so by the proponent—\n\t(a)\tprepare written reasons for that decision; and\n\t(b)\tprovide the reasons to the proponent; and\n\t(c)\tprovide the reasons and the proponent's detailed work proposals to the Technical Regulator.\n\t(4)\tThe Technical Regulator must, on receipt of the proponent's proposals and the operator's reasons, review the operator's decision.\n\t(5)\tIf, on reviewing the operator's decision, the Technical Regulator decides that the proponent's proposals should be approved (with or without the imposition of conditions by the Technical Regulator), the proponent will be taken to have the approval required under subregulation (1)(e), subject to compliance with the conditions (if any) imposed by the Technical Regulator.\n\t(6)\tThe Technical Regulator must allow the operator and the proponent a reasonable opportunity to make written or oral submissions before deciding on the review whether or not the proponent's proposals should be approved.\n85—Placement of materials near supporting structures etc\nA person must not, without the written authority of the electricity infrastructure operator, place or maintain any material closer than the relevant distance set out in Table 1 in Schedule 5 to electricity infrastructure consisting of supporting or protective structure or equipment for aerial lines.\n86—Placement of materials in proximity to substations\n\t(1)\tA person must not, without the written authority of the electricity infrastructure operator—\n\t(a)\tplace or maintain any timber or flammable material within 3 metres in any direction of a wall or fence surrounding a substation; or\n\t(b)\timpede access to any door, gate or entrance of a substation or interfere in any way with the free flow of air through any openings or fittings used for ventilation in the walls of a substation; or\n\t(c)\t—\n\t(i)\tplace or maintain any material adjacent to a wall or fence of a substation; or\n\t(ii)\tplant or nurture vegetation near or adjacent to a wall or fence of a substation,\nso as to enable unauthorised access to the substation.\n87—Transportation\n\t(1)\tA person who drives a vehicle carrying a load or equipment on the vehicle or on any trailer attached to the vehicle that exceeds the height limit established under the Road Traffic Act 1961 or the Heavy Vehicle National Law (South Australia) Act 2013 must ensure—\n\t(a)\tthat the distance between the load being transported and any aerial line along the route taken is greater than the relevant distance set out in Table 3 in Schedule 5; and\n\t(b)\tthat arrangements approved by the operator of the electricity infrastructure of which the aerial line is part have been made before, and are observed during, transportation.\n\t(2)\tThe person must give written notice of the proposal to transport the load to the electricity infrastructure operator at least 3 clear business days before the commencement of the transportation with the notice clearly stating—\n\t(a)\tthe nature of the vehicle and the load; and\n\t(b)\tthe height and width of the load; and\n\t(c)\tthe date and the time of the proposed transportation; and\n\t(d)\tthe starting point and finishing point of the transportation; and\n\t(e)\tthe proposed route; and\n\t(f)\tthe name and contact address of the person; and\n\t(g)\tthat the person agrees to pay the reasonable costs that are incurred by the operator in considering the proposal, approving the transportation arrangements or facilitating the transportation; and\n\t(h)\tany other particulars that the operator may in the circumstances require.\n\t(3)\tThe electricity infrastructure operator may charge in advance or bring proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover as a debt the reasonable costs referred to in subregulation (2)(g).\n88—Interference and obstruction\n\t(1)\tA person must not obstruct any road under the control of an electricity infrastructure operator or otherwise do anything to prevent or impede access to the electricity infrastructure.\n\t(2)\tA person must not interfere with or damage the surface of a road made by an electricity infrastructure operator that is used for the purposes of works.\n\t(3)\tAn electricity infrastructure operator may, without notice to the owner, remove anything which causes or may cause a danger to people or property using or on the road.\n88A—Provision of limit advice\n\t(1)\tThe relevant transmission network service provider must, from time to time, provide to AEMO information on the limitations of the Heywood Interconnector, for the purpose of AEMO's power system security responsibilities under the National Electricity Rules, in order to maintain the expected Rate of Change of Frequency of the South Australian power system, in relation to the non‑credible coincident trip of both circuits of the Heywood Interconnector when the power system is in a secure operating state as defined in the National Electricity Rules, at or below 3Hz per second.\nrelevant transmission network service provider means ElectraNet Pty Ltd (ACN 094 428 416).\n89—Technical Regulator may grant exemption from Part 10, Part 11 or this Part\n\t(1)\tThe Technical Regulator may grant an exemption from a specified provision or provisions of Part 10, Part 11 or this Part on terms and conditions the Technical Regulator considers appropriate.\n\t(2)\tAn exemption under subregulation (1) may be varied or revoked by the Technical Regulator by notice in writing.\n90—Exemption of operations associated with electrified railway and tramway\nElectricity operations related to the construction, installation, alteration, maintenance or operation of—\n\t(a)\taerial lines; and\n\t(b)\tunderground lines; and\n\t(c)\tearthing and bonding; and\n\t(d)\tany other related electricity infrastructure, electrical installation or electrical equipment,\ndirectly associated with an electrified railway and tramway are exempt from the application of Part 6 and section 86 of the Act.\n92—General penalty\nA person who contravenes or fails to comply with a provision of these regulations for which a specific penalty is not provided is guilty of an offence.\nMaximum penalty: $5 000.\nExpiation fee: $315.\n93—Fees for reinspection etc\n\t(1)\tA person to whom a direction has been given under section 62, 70 or 72 of the Act is liable to pay a fee of an amount equal to the reasonable costs of any reinspection or reattendance by an authorised officer for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the direction or approving reconnection of the electricity supply.\n\t(2)\tThe Technical Regulator may recover a fee payable under subregulation (1) as a debt by action in a court of competent jurisdiction.\n","sortOrder":24},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 1","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Requirements for aerial lines","content":"Schedule 1—Requirements for aerial lines\n(regulation 48)\nlisted standards means the standards (both national and international), codes, guides and other documents, as published from time to time, listed in the Appendix at the end of this Schedule;\nmaximum design temperature means the maximum temperature that conductors may reach under the influence of load current (excluding fault current), ambient temperature of the air and solar radiation.\n2—Design\nAerial lines must be designed so that the lines—\n\t(a)\thave safe levels of electrical insulation; and\n\t(b)\twill carry the electrical load currents for which they are designed without failure; and\n\t(c)\twill allow the passage of electrical short circuit currents which will enable the correct operation of protective devices; and\n\t(d)\tare structurally secure for the environmental and service conditions for which they are designed; and\n\t(e)\tmaintain safe clearances,\nso as to comply with the listed standards or achieve, to the satisfaction of the Technical Regulator, the same or better safety and technical outcomes.\n3—Materials\nAerial line structures, their components, conductors, cables and accessories must, so as to ensure safe operational performance, conform to the listed standards or achieve, to the satisfaction of the Technical Regulator, the same or better safety and technical outcomes.\n4—Thermal ratings\n\t(1)\tThe thermal capacity of a conductor must be sufficient to pass the electrical load for which it is designed without losing any mechanical properties that would affect the safety of the line.\n\t(2)\tThermal ratings of conductors must be determined in accordance with the guidelines set out in the listed standards.\n5—Short circuit ratings\n\t(1)\tThe conductors of aerial lines must be of sufficient size to pass short circuit currents so as to enable the correct operation of protective devices without losing any mechanical properties that would affect the safety of the line.\n\t(2)\tShort circuit capacity of conductors must be determined in accordance with the guidelines set out in the listed standards.\n6—Mechanical loading conditions\n\t(1)\tThe mechanical loads used for the design of aerial lines must be based on the local environment and electrical service conditions.\n\t(2)\tIn determining electrical service conditions and the physical environment under which the line will operate, due care must be given to the consideration of extremes that may occur, the likelihood of their occurrence and the associated risks.\n\t(3)\tMechanical loading conditions must be determined in accordance with the guidelines set out in the listed standards.\n7—Conductor tensions\n\t(1)\tThe conductors for use with aerial lines must be designed to withstand the mechanical loads determined for their operation over the designed operational life of the line.\n\t(2)\tConductors for lines must be designed so as to comply with the listed standards or achieve, to the satisfaction of the Technical Regulator, the same or better safety and technical outcomes.\n8—Structures and footings\n\t(1)\tThe structures and footings for use with aerial lines must be designed to withstand the mechanical loads determined for their operation over the designed operational life of the line.\n\t(2)\tStructures and footings for lines must be designed so as to comply with the listed standards or achieve, to the satisfaction of the Technical Regulator, the same or better safety and technical outcomes.\n9—Facade mounted cables\n\t(1)\tCables and accessories designed for facade mounting must be constructed with suitable insulated conductors and be manufactured to be durable for the environment and service conditions for which they are designed.\n\t(2)\tIn determining electrical service conditions and the physical environment under which the line will operate, due care must be given to the consideration of extremes that may occur, the likelihood of their occurrence and the associated risks.\n\t(3)\tMechanical loading conditions must be determined in accordance with the guidelines set out in the listed standards.\n10—Safety clearances\n\t(1)\tAerial lines must be designed to maintain safety clearances to the ground and other buildings or structures under the environmental and electrical service conditions determined for the line.\n\t(2)\tIn determining circuit arrangement, electrical service conditions and the physical environment under which the line will operate, due care must be given to the consideration of extremes that may occur, the likelihood of their occurrence and the associated risks.\n\t(3)\tThe environmental and electrical conditions for the determination of clearances to lines must be determined in accordance with the listed standards.\n\t(4)\tAerial lines must be designed so that safety clearances are as follows:\n\t(a)\tfor an aerial line (other than a facade mounted line) constructed to operate at a voltage of 66 kV or less—so that the vertical or horizontal distance from any building or structure (other than a support to which the aerial line is attached or a support of another overhead line which crosses the aerial line) to any position to which a conductor in the aerial line may sag at maximum design temperature, or move as a result of normal prevailing wind pressures, is not less than the relevant distance as set out in Table 1;\nThe figures following Table 1 are to be used to assist in understanding the information contained in the Table.\n\t(b)\tfor an aerial line (other than a facade mounted line) constructed to operate at a voltage of more than 66 kV—so that the horizontal distance from any building or structure (other than a support to which the aerial line is attached or a support of another overhead line which crosses the aerial line) to the centre‑line of the aerial line is not less than the relevant distance as set out in Table 1;\nThe figures following Table 1 are to be used to assist in understanding the information contained in the Table.\n\t(c)\tfor an aerial line (other than a service line, other cable system or aerial line within a substation)—so that the distance to the ground in any direction from a position to which any part of the aerial line may sag at maximum design temperature, or move as a result of normal prevailing wind pressures, is not less than the relevant distance as set out in Table 2; \n\t(d)\tfor a service line or other cable system—so that the distance to the ground in any direction from a position to which any part of the service line or cable system may sag at maximum design temperature, or move as a result of normal prevailing wind pressures, is not less than the relevant distance as set out in Table 3;\n\t(e)\tfor a facade mounted line—\n\t(i)\tso that the distance from any part of the facade of the building which supports a line to any position to which the line may sag at maximum design temperature is not less than the relevant distance set out in Table 4;\n\t(ii)\twhere it is designed so the line is more than 0.3 m from the facade of the building supporting it—so that the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (d) are complied with.\n\t(5)\tThe arrangement of and clearances between circuits, either attached to a common structure, unattached, in shared spans or crossing, must be designed to be safe for the environmental and electrical service conditions for which they are designed and so as to comply with the listed standards or achieve, to the satisfaction of the Technical Regulator, the same or better safety and technical outcomes.\n\t(6)\tAerial lines operating at a voltage greater than 66 kV must not be installed above any building or structure.\n11—Installation of aerial lines\nAerial lines must be installed in accordance with the guidelines set out in the listed standards.\n12—Maintenance of aerial lines\n\t(1)\tAerial lines, their structures and components must be maintained to be in a safe operating condition.\n\t(2)\tA system of maintenance must be instituted for aerial lines, their structures and their components, including—\n\t(a)\tpredetermined processes to confirm the safe state of components;\n13—Tables\n\nTABLE 1: Clearance distances between aerial lines (other than facade mounted lines) and buildings or structures\nDirection\nDistance measured from nearest conductor (in metres)\nDistance measured from centre‑line of aerial line (in metres)\n\nU ≤ 1 000 V\nU > 1 000 V\nU > 1 000 V\nU ≤ 66 kV\nU > 66 kV\n\nInsulated\nBare\nInsulated\nBare or covered\nBare\nBare\nBare\nBare\nBare\n\nneutral\nactive\nwith earthed screen\nwithout earthed screen\n\nsingle pole\nother\n\nVertically above those parts of a building or structure normally accessible to persons (A)\n2.7\n2.7\n3.7\n2.7\n3.7\n5.5\n6.7\nN/A\nN/A\nN/A\nN/A\nN/A\nVertically above those parts of a building or structure not normally accessible to persons but on which a person can stand (B)\n0.1\n2.7\n2.7\n2.7\n2.7\n4.7\n5.5\nN/A\nN/A\nN/A\nN/A\nN/A\nHorizontally from those parts of a building or structure normally accessible to persons or that is not normally accessible to persons but on which a person can stand (C)\n0.1\n0.9\n1.5\n1.5\n1.5\n3.1\n5.5\n15.0\n20.0\n25.0\n30.0\n38.0\nIn any direction from those parts of a building or structure not normally accessible to persons (D)\n0.1*\n0.3*\n0.6*\n0.1\n0.6\n2.5\n4.5\n15.0\n20.0\n25.0\n30.0\n38.0\nIn any direction from ground\nRefer to Table 2 or 3\nRefer to Table 2\n* This clearance can be further reduced to allow for termination at the point of attachment.\nTable 1 figures—\n\t(1)\tFigures (a) and (b) will assist in understanding the required minimum safety clearance for aerial lines constructed to operate at a voltage of more than 66 kV.\n\t(2)\tFigure (c) will assist in understanding the required minimum safety clearance for aerial lines constructed to operate at a voltage of 66 kV or less (that is, minimum safety clearance from nearest conductor (maximum swing and sag)).\n\t(a)\t\n\n\t(b)\t\n\n\t(c)\t\n\nVertical dimension (A) applies for example to:\n· Balconies\n· Terraces\n· Walkways\n· Bridges\n· Scaffolds\nVertical dimension (B) applies in relation to things such as:\n· Roofs with a slope of less than 45°\n· Parapets wider than 0.1 m\n· Pergolas\n· Carports\nHorizontal dimension (C) applies to the same as (A) and (B)\nHorizontal dimension (D) applies in relation to things such as:\n· Roofs with a slope of 45° or more\n· Poles\n· Light Poles\n\nTABLE 2: Clearance distance for aerial lines (excluding service lines, other cable systems and aerial lines within substations)\nClearance distance (in metres)\n\nOver carriageway of road\nOver land other than carriageway of road\nOver land not traversable by vehicles\nBare or insulated conductor\n5.5\n5.5\n4.5\nInsulated conductor with earthed screen\n5.5\n5.5\n4.5\nInsulated conductor without earthed screen\n6.0\n5.5\n4.5\nBare or covered conductor\n1 kV < U ≤ 33 kV\n33 kV < U ≤ 132 kV\n132 kV < U ≤ 275 kV\n275 kV < U ≤ 330 kV\n330 kV < U ≤ 500 kV\n6.7\n6.7\n7.5\n8.0\n9.0\n6.0\n6.7\n7.5\n8.0\n9.0\n4.5\n5.5\n6.0\n6.7\n7.5\n\nTABLE 3: Clearance distances for aerial service lines and other cable systems\nLocation of line\nClearance distance (in metres)\nOver a road or part of a road specified by the Technical Regulator as being a preferred route for vehicles with loads exceeding the height restrictions established under the Road Traffic Act 1961 or the Heavy Vehicle National Law (South Australia) Act 2013\n6.5\nOver any part of a main road within the meaning of the Highways Act 1926\n5.5\nOver the centre of each carriageway of a public road\n5.5\nOver any other part of a road\n4.6\nOver any part of a driveway\n3.0\nElsewhere\n2.7\n\nTABLE 4: Facade mounted lines\n\nFacade situation\nClearance distances (in metres)\nA\nClearance vertically from ground at footway level\n2.5*\nB\nAbove windows and doors\n0.3*\nC\nEach side and below windows\n0.5*\nD\nEach side of doors and balconies\n1.0*\nE\nFrom metallic parts of buildings eg downpipes\n0.05*\n*\tThis clearance may be reduced based on a proper risk assessment in any case where additional mechanical protection is provided to the cable.\nTable 4 figures—\n\nThe following figures will assist in understanding the information in Table 4.\n\nAppendix—Standards, codes, guides and other documents relating to aerial lines\n\t(a)\tENA means Energy Networks Association Limited.\n\nConductors\n\nConductor - Bare overhead - Hard - drawn copper\t\nAS 1746\nConductor - Bare overhead - Aluminium and aluminium alloy\t\nAS 1531\nConductor - Bare overhead, aluminium and aluminium alloy - Steel reinforced\t\nAS 3607\nSteel conductors and stays - Bare overhead - Galvanised (SC/GZ)\t\nAS 1222\nSteel conductors and stays - Bare overhead - Aluminium clad (SC/AC)\t\nAS 1222\nGalvanised steel wire strand\t\nAS 2841\nInsulated cables\n\nElectric cables - Polymeric insulated - For working voltages up to and including 0.6/1(1.2) kV\t\nAS/NZS 5000\nElectric cables - Polymeric insulated - For distribution and service applications\t\nAS/NZS 4961\nElectric cables - Cross‑linked polyethylene insulated - Aerial bundled - For working voltages up to and including 0.6/1(1.2) kV\t\nAS/NZS 3560\nMechanical fittings for low voltage aerial bundled cable\t\nAS 3766\nElectric cables - Aerial bundled - Polymeric insulated - Voltages 6.35/11(12) kV and 12.7/22(24) kV - Metallic screened\t\nAS/NZS 3599\nElectric cables - Aerial bundled - Polymeric insulated - Voltages 6.35/11(12) kV and 12.7/22(24) kV - Non‑metallic screened\t\nAS/NZS 3599\nConductors - Covered overhead - For working voltages 6.35/11(12) kV up to and including 19/33(36) kV\t\nAS/NZS 3675\nInsulators\n\nInsulators - Ceramic or glass - Station post for indoor and outdoor use - Voltages greater than 1 000 V ac\t\nAS 4398\nInsulators - Porcelain and glass for overhead powerlines - Voltages greater than 1 000 V ac - Test methods - Insulator units\t\nInsulators - Porcelain and glass for overhead powerlines - Voltages greater than 1 000 V ac\t\nInsulators - Porcelain and glass for overhead powerlines - Voltages greater than 1 000 V ac - Couplings\t\nAS 2947\nInsulators - Porcelain and glass for overhead powerlines - Voltages greater than 1 000 V ac - Test methods - Insulator strings and insulator sets\t\nInsulators - Porcelain and glass, pin and shackle type - Voltages not exceeding 1 000 V ac\t\nAS 3608\nInsulators - Porcelain stay type - Voltages greater than 1 000 V ac\t\nAS 3609\n\n\t(a)\tSelection\t\nInsulator and conductor fittings\n\nInsulator and conductor fittings for overhead powerlines - Performance, material, general requirements and dimensions\t\nAS 1154\nInsulator and conductor fittings for overhead powerlines - Performance and general requirements for helical fittings\t\nAS 1154\nThermal limits\n\n\t(a)\tThermal limits\t\nCurrent rating of bare overhead line conductors\t\nENA D(b)5\nShort circuit capacity\n\n\t(a)\tFault ratings\t\nMechanical loading conditions\n\n\t(a)\tMechanical loading conditions\t\nStructural design actions - General principles\t\nStructural design actions - Permanent, imposed and other actions\t\nStructural design actions - Wind actions\t\nMinimum design loads on structures (known as the SAA Loading Code) - Earthquake loads\t\nAS 1170\nConductor tensions\n\n\t(a)\tGeneral\t\n\t(b)\tCalculations\t\nStructures and footings\n\n\t(a)\tGeneral\t\nMethods of testing soils for engineering purposes\t\nAS 1289\nPiling - Design and installation\t\nAS 2159\nDesign of steel lattice towers and masts\t\nAS 3995\nSteel structures\t\nAS 4100\nConcrete structures\t\nAS 3600\nClearances from ground\n\n\t(a)\tEnvironmental and loading conditions\t\nClearances from structures\n\n\t(a)\tEnvironmental and loading conditions\t\nSpacing of conductors\n\n\t(a)\tClearances\t\n\t(b)\tEnvironmental and loading conditions\t\n\n\t(a)\tMaintenance and inspection procedures\t\n","sortOrder":25},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 2","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Requirements for underground lines and certain other powerlines","content":"Schedule 2—Requirements for underground lines and certain other powerlines\n(regulations 49 and 50)\nlisted standards means the standards (both national and international), codes, guides and other documents listed in the Appendix at the end of this Schedule as published as referred to in the Appendix or, if no such reference is included in the Appendix, as published from time to time.\n2—Design—general\n\t(1)\tUnderground lines must be designed so that—\n\t(a)\tcables have safe levels of electrical insulation; and\n\t(b)\tcables will carry load currents for which they are designed without failure; and\n\t(c)\tcables will pass short circuit current which will enable the correct operation of protective devices; and\n\t(d)\tthe required clearances between a building or structure and an underground powerline as prescribed by regulation 82 are maintained,\nand so as to comply with the listed standards or achieve, to the satisfaction of the Technical Regulator, the same or better safety and technical outcomes.\n\t(2)\tIn determining electrical service conditions and the physical environment under which the line will operate, due care must be given to the consideration of extremes that may occur, the likelihood of their occurrence and the associated risks.\n3—Cables and accessories\nCables and their accessories must, so as to ensure safe operational performance, conform to the listed standards or achieve, to the satisfaction of the Technical Regulator, the same or better safety and technical outcomes.\n4—Cable ratings\n\t(1)\tThe rating of a cable must be sufficient to pass the electrical load for which it is designed without failure or excessive heating.\n\t(2)\tRating of cables must be determined in accordance with the listed standards.\n5—Short circuit rating of conductors and cable screens\n\t(1)\tThe cable conductors and cable screens must be of sufficient size to pass short circuit currents without overheating for the time taken for the operation of the protective device.\n\t(2)\tThe short circuit capacity of cable must be determined in accordance with the listed standards.\n6—Installation—general\nUnderground lines must be installed in a safe manner in accordance with this Schedule and the listed standards or so as to achieve, to the satisfaction of the Technical Regulator, the same or better safety and technical outcomes.\n7—Installation of underground lines\n\t(1)\tAn underground line must be installed in accordance with Table 1 below and, subject to this clause, at the depth fixed for the designated voltage and cable type.\n\t(2)\tFor the mechanical cover and enclosures referred to in Table 1 below, 1 of the following must be used:\n\t(a)\ta layer of concrete at least 50 mm thick with a characteristic strength defined by AS 3600 and AS 1012 and determined to be not less than 15 MPa at 28 days placed not less than 50 mm and not more than 150 mm above the cable and overlapping the cable by at least 40 mm on each side; or\n\t(b)\tconcrete slabs of at least 40 mm thickness with a characteristic strength defined as AS 3600 and AS 1012 and determined to be not less than 15 MPa at 28 days with—\n\t(i)\teach slab touching the next so that there are no spaces left between slabs; and\n\t(ii)\tthe slabs being placed not less than 50 mm and not more than 150 mm above the cable and overlapping the cable by at least 40 mm on each side of the cable; or\n\t(c)\ta plastic or composite material that offers comparable protection (depending on depth of installation).\n\t(3)\tThe enclosure referred to in the last column of Table 1 must be a medium or heavy galvanised steel tube conforming to AS 1074 or a non‑metallic heavy duty conduit conforming to AS/NZS 2053 (depending on depth of installation).\n\t(4)\tIf it is impractical to lay an underground line at a depth which complies with Table 1 then they may be laid at a lesser depth provided that additional covers or enclosures are installed to provide equivalent protection to that prescribed.\n\t(5)\tThe underground line, from where it enters the ground to a position where it complies with the requirements of depth and protection in Table 1, must be protected by a cover or enclosure described above.\n\t(6)\tTable\n\nTABLE 1: Minimum depth of burial from surface of ground to top of cable or enclosure\nMethod of burial and burial depth (in metres)\n\nDirect buried\nDirect buried and covered by mechanical cover\nEnclosed in conduit or pipe\n\nSingle core type\n\t(a)\tFor a single insulated single core type—1;\n0.6\n0.45\n\n\t(b)\tFor a double insulated single core type—0.75;\n\nMulti core type\nFor a double insulated multi core type—0.75\n0.45\n0.45\n1 kV < U ≤ 22 kV\nBoth cable types\n0.75\n0.6\n0.6\n22 kV < U ≤ 66 kV\nBoth cable types\n0.75\n0.75\n8—Part of underground line installed on or above ground\n\t(1)\tIf an underground line is located on the surface of the ground or attached above the surface of the ground, it must be mechanically protected to a height of 2.4 m from any surface on which a person can stand to the point where it enters the ground.\n\t(2)\tThe mechanical protection must be provided—\n\t(a)\tby a cable guard made of mild steel of 2.5 mm thickness for HV cables and 1.6 mm thickness for LV cables, galvanised to AS/NZS 4680, AS/NZS 4791 or AS/NZS 4792; or\n\t(b)\ta galvanised steel tube conforming to AS 1074; or\n\t(c)\tsome other material giving equivalent mechanical protection.\n\t(3)\tIf the attachment of the underground line is more than 2.4 m from a surface on which a person can stand, the cable need not be mechanically protected provided that—\n\t(a)\tthe cable is beyond reach (determined in accordance with AS 2067 Appendix G) from windows or other accessible parts of the building; or\n\t(b)\tthe cable is less than or equal to 1 000 volts; or\n\t(c)\tthe cable is more than 1 000 volts but is metallic screened; or\n\t(d)\tthe cable is within a substation.\n\t(4)\tIf the cable is high voltage, it must be enclosed in metallic piping or casing which is earthed in accordance with these regulations.\n9—Shared trenches\nSeparation between cables and service lines of other utilities laid parallel must comply with the listed standards.\n10—Maintenance\n\t(1)\tUnderground lines must be maintained to be in a safe operating condition.\n\t(2)\tA system of maintenance must be instituted for underground lines and their components, including—\n\t(a)\tpredetermined processes to confirm the safe state of components;\n\nAppendix—Standards, codes, guides and other documents relating to underground lines\n\t(a)\tANSI means American National Standards Institute;\n\t(b)\tIEC means International Electrotechnical Commission;\n\t(c)\tIEEE means Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.\n\nHigh voltage cables\n\nElectric cables - Polymeric insulated - For working voltages 1.9/3.3(3.6) kV up to and including 19/33(36) kV\t\nAS/NZS 1429\nElectric cables - Impregnated paper insulated - For working voltages up to and including 19/33(36) kV\t\nAS/NZS 1026\nElectric cables - For underground residential distribution systems\t\nAS/NZS 4026\nPower cables with extruded insulation and their accessories for rated voltages from 1 kV up to 30 kV\t\nIEC 60502\nPower cables with extruded insulation and their accessories for rated voltages above 30 kV up to 150 kV - Test methods and requirements\t\nIEC 60840\nLow voltage cables\n\nElectric cables - Impregnated paper insulated - For working voltages up to and including 19/33(36) kV\t\nAS/NZS 1026\nConductors in insulated electric cables and flexible cords\t\nAS/NZS 1125\nElectric cables - Polymeric insulated - For distribution and service applications\t\nAS/NZS 4961\nElectric cables - Polymeric insulated - For working voltages up to and including 0.6/1(1.2) kV\t\nAS/NZS 5000\nElectric cables - For underground residential distribution systems\t\nAS/NZS 4026\nHigh voltage cable accessories\n\nHigh Voltage Cable Terminations\t\nANSI/IEEE 48\nHigh Voltage Cable Joints\t\nANSI/IEEE 404\nSeparable insulated connectors for power distribution systems above 1 kV\t\nAS 2629\nContinuous cable ratings\n\nElectric cables - Calculation of the current rating\t\nIEC 60287\nElectrical installations - Selection of cables - Cables for alternating voltages up to and including 0.6/1 kV\t\nAS/NZS 3008\nShort circuit currents\n\nCalculation of short circuit currents\t\nIEC 60949\nInstallation\n\nServices in Streets—A Code for the Placement of Infrastructure Services in New and Existing Streets (prepared for PUACC and published September 1997)\n\n","sortOrder":26},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 3","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Requirements for substations","content":"Schedule 3—Requirements for substations\n(regulation 51)\nBuilding Code of Australia means the Building Code of Australia as published from time to time;\nground type substation means a substation that is a semi‑enclosed, free‑standing substation connected to a high voltage aerial line or underground line;\nkiosk padmount type substation means a substation that is a totally enclosed, free‑standing, self‑contained substation not designed for bodily entry, generally operated from door openings;\nlisted standards means the standards (both national and international), codes, guides and other documents, as published from time to time, listed in the Appendix at the end of this Schedule.\n2—Design\n\t(1)\tSubstations must be designed so that—\n\t(a)\tbuildings and enclosures are secure; and\n\t(b)\tplant, equipment and lines have safe levels of electrical insulation; and\n\t(c)\tplant, equipment and lines will carry electrical load currents for which they are designed without failure; and\n\t(d)\tplant, equipment and lines will carry short circuit currents which will enable the correct operation of protective devices,\nso as to comply with the listed standards or achieve, to the satisfaction of the Technical Regulator, the same or better safety and technical outcomes.\n\t(2)\tIn determining electrical service conditions and the physical environment under which the line will operate, due care must be given to the consideration of extremes that may occur, the likelihood of their occurrence and the associated risks.\n3—Plant and equipment\nAll substation plant and equipment must conform to the listed standards or achieve, to the satisfaction of the Technical Regulator, the same or better safety and technical outcomes.\n4—Clearances to live equipment and lines\n\t(1)\tSubstations must be designed to provide safe operating and working clearances from live equipment and lines.\n\t(2)\tClearances between live equipment to structures and buildings and the provision of safe operating and working clearances must be determined in accordance with the listed standards.\n5—Containment of insulating liquids\nBuildings must be designed in respect of the containment of insulating liquids in an enclosure or in an area in which the equipment is housed so as to comply with the listed standards or achieve, to the satisfaction of the Technical Regulator, the same or better safety and technical outcomes.\n6—Security of substation buildings and enclosures\n\t(1)\tBuildings and enclosures must be secured so as to prevent entry by unauthorised persons.\n\t(2)\tBuildings and enclosures must have signs on all entrances prohibiting unauthorised entry and warnings of the danger associated with unlawful entry.\n\t(3)\tThe ventilation system of buildings and enclosures must be designed so to prevent the intrusion of foreign objects into the building or enclosure likely to interfere with the safe operation of the electrical equipment.\n7—Kiosk padmount type substations\nThe installation design of a kiosk padmount type substation must ensure that no part of the kiosk enclosure is within 1.2 m of any part of a building or wall that has a fire rating less than 3 hours as determined by the Building Code of Australia.\n8—Ground type substations\n\t(1)\tThe calculations for the design of structures supporting aerial lines in ground type substations must, in addition to allowing for the maximum loading in accordance with Schedule 1, also allow for forces under short circuit conditions.\n\t(2)\tWalls and fences enclosing a ground type substation must be designed—\n\t(a)\tso that the minimum horizontal clearances from any building or structure (including fences or walls which are not solid) within the boundary, or forming the boundary of the ground type substation to any live and bare equipment is sufficient to ensure safe operating conditions;\n\t(b)\tto be constructed of a substantive material (such as brick, masonry, wood, sheet metal or galvanised chain‑wire mesh with an aperture dimension of not more than 0.05 m) and be a minimum height of 2.5 m.\n\t(3)\tThe top 0.5 m of a wall or fence enclosing a ground type substation may consist of securely supporting barbed wire, or razor wire, with a maximum separation of the strands of 0.15 m or tiger tape flat loops.\n\t(4)\tClearances between any building or structure within the boundary of the ground type substation and any live equipment must be determined so as to comply with the listed standards or achieve, to the satisfaction of the Technical Regulator, the same or better safety and technical outcomes.\n9—Pole mounted substations\nPole mounted substations must be designed so that—\n\t(a)\tthe calculations for the design of structures supporting aerial lines and busbars in substations, in addition to allowing for the maximum loading in accordance with Schedule 1, also allow for forces under short circuit conditions;\n\t(b)\tall parts of supporting platforms and equipment which are mounted on or attached to the pole or cross arms, except for conductors, are at height not less than that set out in Table 1;\n\t(c)\tany equipment mounted at a height less than that prescribed in paragraph (b), is less than 0.2 m from the surface of the pole and at least 0.5 m from the vertical projection of the kerb line of any road.\n\nTABLE 1: Heights of supporting platforms and mounted equipment\n\nOutside 0.5 m of the vertical projection of the kerbline (on the non road side) of any road\nElsewhere\nHeight above ground surface\n3.6 m\n4.6 m\n10—Installation\nSubstations must be installed to the requirements of a design that complies with the requirements of this Schedule.\n11—Maintenance\n\t(1)\tSubstations, substation enclosures, associated plant, components and lines must be maintained in a safe operating condition.\n\t(2)\tA system of maintenance must be instituted for substation buildings and enclosures and associated plant, equipment and lines, including—\n\t(a)\tpredetermined processes to confirm the safe state of components; and\n\nAppendix—Standards, codes, guides and other documents relating to substations\n\t(a)\tIEC means International Electrotechnical Commission;\n\t(b)\tIP Code means International Protection Code.\n\nElectrical design\n\nSwitchgear assemblies & ancillary equipment for alternating voltages above 1 kV\t\nCircuit breakers and ancillary equipment\n\nHigh voltage ac switchgear and controlgear - Circuit breakers for rated voltages above 1 000 V\t\nAS 2006\nSwitchgear assemblies and ancillary equipment\n\nHigh voltage switches - Switches for rated voltages above 1 kV and less than 52 kV\t\nAS/NZS 60265\nHigh voltage, ac switchgear and controlgear - Switches and switch‑disconnectors - For rated voltages of 52 kV and above\t\nAS 1025\nHigh voltage ac switchgear and controlgear - Disconnectors (isolators) and earthing switches\t\nAS 1306\nHigh voltage ac switchgear and controlgear - Switch‑fuse combinations\t\nAS 2024\nCommon specifications for high‑voltage switchgear and controlgear standards\t\nAS/NZS 2650\nAC metal‑enclosed switchgear and controlgear for rated voltages above 1 kV and up to and including 72.5 kV\t\nAS 2086\nAC insulation‑enclosed switchgear and controlgear for rated voltages above 1 kV and up to and including 38 kV\t\nAS 2264\nInsulating liquids - Specifications for unused mineral insulating oils for transformers and switchgear\t\nAS 1767\nControl equipment\n\nLow voltage switchgear and controlgear - General rules\t\nLow voltage switchgear and controlgear - Switches, disconnectors, switch‑disconnectors and fuse combination units\t\nAS/NZS 3947\nLow voltage switchgear and controlgear - Contactors and motor starters: Electromechanical contactors and motor starters\t\nLow voltage switchgear and controlgear - Circuit control devices and switching elements - Electromechanical control circuit devices\t\nLow voltage switchgear and controlgear - Control circuit devices and switching elements - Proximity switches\t\nInsulating panels\n\nSheets and boards for electrical purposes - Classification and general requirements\t\nAS 1795\nSheets and boards for electrical purposes - Dimensions of switchboard panels\t\nAS 1795\nPower transformers\n\nPower transformers - General\t\nPower transformers - Temperature rise\t\nPower transformers - Insulation levels and dielectric tests - General requirements\t\nPower transformers - Insulation levels and dialectric tests - External clearances in air\t\nPower transformers - Ability to withstand short circuit\t\nPower transformers - Determination of transformer and reactor sound levels\t\nInsulating liquids - Specification for unused mineral insulating oils for transformers and switchgear\t\nAS 1767\nBushings\n\nBushings for alternating voltages above 1 000 V\t\nAS 1265\nSurge arresters\n\nSurge arresters (diverters) - Silicon carbide type for ac systems\t\nAS 1307\nSurge arresters - Metal‑oxide surge arresters without gaps for ac systems\t\nAS 1307\nBatteries\n\nStationary batteries - Lead‑acid - Vented type\t\nAS 4029\nStationary batteries - Lead‑acid - Valve‑regulated type\t\nAS/NZS 4029\nStationary batteries - Lead‑acid - Pure lead positive pasted plate type\t\nAS 4029\nInsulation coordination\n\nInsulation coordination - Definitions, principles and rules\t\nAS 1824\nInsulation coordination (phase‑to‑earth and phase‑to‑phase, above 1 kV) - Application Guide\t\nAS 1824\nInsulation coordination for equipment within Low Voltage systems: Principles, requirements and tests\t\nIEC 60664\nSafety clearances\n\nBuildings and enclosures\n\nBuilding Code of Australia\n\nFixed platforms, walkways, stairways and ladders: Design construction and installation\t\nAS 1657\nThe use of ventilation and air conditioning in buildings - Ventilation design for indoor air contaminant control\t\nAS 1668\nThe use of ventilation and air conditioning in buildings - Fire and smoke control in multi‑compartment buildings\t\nAS/NZS 1668\nThe storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids\t\nAS 1940\nOil containment\t\nEnvironment Protection Authority\nElectrical installations - Secondary batteries installed in buildings - Vented cells\t\nAS 3011\nElectrical installations - Secondary batteries installed in buildings - Sealed cells\t\nAS 3011\nSwitchyard structures, footings and foundations\n\nStructural design actions - General principles\t\nStructural design actions - Permanent, imposed and other actions\t\nStructural design actions - Wind actions\t\nMinimum design loads on structures (known as the SAA Loading Code) - Earthquake loads\t\nAS 1170\nDesign of steel lattice towers and masts\t\nAS 3995\nSteel structures\t\nAS 4100\nConcrete structures\t\nAS 3600\n\nGuide to maintenance and supervision of insulating oils in service\t\nAS 1883\nMaintenance of electrical switchgear\t\nAS 2467\nGuide to the installation, maintenance, testing and replacement of secondary batteries in buildings - Vented cells\t\nAS 2676\nGuide to the installation, maintenance, testing and replacement of secondary batteries in buildings - Sealed cells\t\nAS 2676\n","sortOrder":27},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 4","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Requirements for earthing and electrical protection systems","content":"Schedule 4—Requirements for earthing and electrical protection systems\n(regulation 52)\nENA means Energy Networks Association Limited;\nlisted standards means the standards (both national and international), codes, guides and other documents, as published from time to time, listed in the Appendix at the end of this Schedule;\nneutral conductor means a conductor or a group of conductors of a multi‑wired system of supply which is maintained at an intermediate and approximate uniform electrical potential in respect of the other conductors of the same circuit, or the conductor of a two‑wire system that is earthed at its origin;\nprotective devices or equipment means devices or equipment intended to isolate the active conductors of a circuit in the event of an electrical fault.\n2—Design—general\n\t(1)\tEarthing and protection systems must be designed to ensure—\n\t(a)\treliable passage of fault and Single Wire Earth Return (SWER) load currents to earth; and\n\t(b)\treliable and speedy operation of circuit protection devices; and\n\t(c)\tstep, touch and transfer potentials with respect to assets associated with the circuit are safe; and\n\t(d)\tdetection and isolation of electrical conditions likely to significantly increase risk to people or cause significant damage to property,\nand so as to comply with the listed standards or achieve, to the satisfaction of the Technical Regulator, the same or better safety and technical outcomes.\n\t(2)\tIn determining abnormal electrical service conditions, due care must be given to the consideration of extremes that may occur, the likelihood of their occurrence and the associated risks.\n3—Protection equipment\nAll protection equipment must, to ensure safe operational performance, conform to the listed standards or achieve, to the satisfaction of the Technical Regulator, the same or better outcomes.\n4—Earthing equipment and ancillaries\nEarthing systems must be designed to be constructed of material that is—\n\t(a)\tcopper, copper alloy, stainless steel or some other material having superior corrosion resistance; and\n\t(b)\telectrically conductive.\n5—Earthing of low voltage electrical supply networks\n\t(1)\tThe earthing of low voltage electrical networks of supply must be designed to be a MEN system, unless otherwise approved by the Technical Regulator.\n\t(2)\tA MEN system must be designed so that—\n\t(a)\ta continuous neutral conductor connects all customers' premises in accordance with AS/NZS 3000; and\n\t(b)\tthe neutral conductor is connected to earth at each distribution substation or generator.\n\t(3)\tA direct earthing system must be approved by the Technical Regulator and must be designed so that—\n\t(a)\ta continuous earthed conductor connects—\n\t(i)\tall customers' premises in accordance with AS/NZS 3000; and\n\t(ii)\tthe neutral conductor at the distribution substation or generator; and\n\t(iii)\tevery surge diverter,\nto earth at the generating station or distribution substation only; and\n\t(b)\tthe earthed conductor is formed from—\n\t(i)\tthe metallic sheath of an insulated cable providing the LV supply to the customers' premises; or\n\t(ii)\ta separate conductor of an insulated cable providing the LV supply to the customers' premises; or\n\t(iii)\ta separate earthing conductor affixed to structures supporting the LV supply circuit to the customers' premises; and\n\t(c)\tthe system is earthed at the substations or generating stations.\n6—Earthing of substations\nSubstations must be designed to have an earthing system that complies with the listed standards or achieves, to the satisfaction of the Technical Regulator, the same or better outcomes.\n7—Protection systems for low voltage aerial lines and underground lines\nEach of the aerial and underground service lines of a transmission or distribution network must form part of a circuit that is protected by protective equipment that can isolate each of the active conductors of the lines.\n8—Step and touch potentials and earth potential rise\nUninsulated metal or reinforced concrete that—\n\t(a)\tforms part of a circuit in a transmission or distribution network (excluding the current carrying conductors); and\n\t(b)\tis accessible to persons; and\n\t(c)\tmay, in the event of a primary insulation failure of the circuit, experience a rise in voltage,\nmust be effectively earthed to comply with the requirements of the ENA Guidelines for Design and Maintenance of Overhead Distribution and Transmission Lines  C(b)1, as published from time to time.\n9—Installation of earthing and protection systems—general\nEarthing and protection systems must be installed in accordance with design requirements set out in this Schedule and to conform with the listed standards or achieve, to the satisfaction of the Technical Regulator, the same or better outcomes.\n10—Connections and joints of earthing systems\nTerminations to earthing conductors and joints in earthing conductors must be of a type that utilises materials and techniques specifically developed for earthing electrical installations so as to comply with the listed standards or achieve, to the satisfaction of the Technical Regulator, the same or better outcomes.\n11—Mechanical strength and protection of earthing systems\nEarthing conductors and other components of an earthing system must be installed in a manner that provides protection against likely mechanical damage, inadvertent interference and chemical deterioration.\n12—Maintenance—general\n\t(1)\tProtection and earthing systems must be maintained to be in a safe operating condition.\n\t(2)\tA system of maintenance must be instituted for protection and earthing systems and their components, including—\n\t(a)\tpredetermined processes to confirm the safe state of components; and\n13—Inspection and testing of earthing systems\n\t(1)\tEarthing systems must be inspected and tested from time to time to ensure that the design requirements of—\n\t(a)\tresistance to the general mass of earth; and\n\t(b)\telectrical capacity; and\n\t(c)\tstep, touch and transfer potentials; and\n\t(d)\tcorrosion resistance,\nare being maintained.\n\t(2)\tThe condition of earthing systems must be verified by instruments designed for that purpose.\n14—Inspection and test results of earthing systems\nThe results of visual inspections and resistance readings must be recorded and audited to identify changes that would influence the frequency of inspections, tests and maintenance.\n15—Inspection and testing of protection systems\n\t(1)\tProtection systems must be inspected and tested from time to time as required according to the risk of damage to, or aging of, components or changes in the network electrical parameters, to ensure that—\n\t(a)\tdetection sensitivity; and\n\t(b)\tspeed of operation; and\n\t(c)\tdiscrimination of load currents; and\n\t(d)\tco‑ordination with other protection systems,\nof the systems are being maintained.\n\t(2)\tThe performance of protection systems must be verified by instruments designed for that purpose.\n16—Inspection and test results of protection systems\nThe results of visual inspections and performance tests must be recorded and audited to identify changes that would influence the frequency of inspections, tests, maintenance and replacements.\n\nAppendix—Standards, codes, guides and other documents relating to earthing and electrical protection systems\n\t(a)\tENA means Energy Networks Association Limited;\n\t(b)\tIEEE means Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.\n\nProtection\n\nAll or nothing relays\t\nAS 2481\nVoltage transformers for measurement and protection\t\nAS 1243\nCurrent transformers for measurement and protection\t\nAS 1675\nLow voltage switchgear and controlgear - General rules\t\nLow voltage switchgear and controlgear - Switches, disconnectors, switch‑disconnectors and fuse‑combination units\t\nAS/NZS 3947\nLow voltage switchgear and controlgear - Contactors and motor starters - Electromechanical contactors and motor starters\t\nLow voltage switchgear and controlgear - Control circuit devices and switching elements - Electromechanical control circuit devices\t\nLow voltage switchgear and controlgear - Control circuit devices and switching elements - Proximity switches\t\nEarthing\n\nGuide for safety in AC substation grounding\t\nElectrical installations\t\nRelocatable premises (including caravans and tents) and their site installations\t\nAS/NZS 3001\n\n\t(a)\tStay wires\t\n\t(b)\tStep and touch potentials\t\nAS/NZS 3835 Earth potential rise - Protection of telecommunications network users, personnel and plant\n\nElectrical installations\t\nGuide to safety in AC substation grounding\t\nENA Guidelines for design and maintenance of overhead distribution and transmission lines\t\nAS/NZS 3835 Earth potential rise - Protection of telecommunications network users, personnel and plant\n\nTesting\n\nElectrical installations - Earthing\t\nGuide for safety in AC substation grounding\t\nENA Guidelines for design and maintenance of overhead distribution and transmission lines\t\n","sortOrder":28},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 5","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Clearance from aerial lines","content":"Schedule 5—Clearance from aerial lines\n(regulations 83, 84 and 87)\n\nTABLE 1: Clearance distance between materials and aerial lines or supporting structures\nDirection of distance\nType and voltage of aerial line (clearance distance in metres)\n\nLow voltage aerial lines, service lines & other cable systems\nDistance between any material (other than flammable materials) and aerial lines—\n\n\t(a)\thorizontal distance\n1.5\n2.1\n3.0\n4.6\n5.5\n6.4\n\t(b)\tvertical distance\n3.7\n4.6\n4.6\n6.8\n8.0\n9.8\nDistance between flammable materials and aerial lines—\n\n\t(a)\thorizontal distances\n3.0\n3.0\n3.0\n4.6\n5.5\n6.4\n\t(b)\tvertical distances\n3.7\n4.6\n6.8\n6.8\n8.0\n9.8\nDistance between any material and supporting structure—\n\n\t(a)\thorizontal distances\n5.0\n10.0\n15.0\n15.0\n15.0\n15.0\n\t(b)\tvertical distances\nN/A\nN/A\nN/A\nN/A\nN/A\nN/A\n\nTABLE 2: Clearance distance between operation of machine, vehicle or vessel with elevating component or shear legs and aerial lines\nType and voltage or aerial line\nABC\nBare and covered conductor\nU >1 kV\nClearance distance in all directions in metres\n0.5\n1.0\n1.5\n3.0\n4.0\n6.0\n8.0\n\nTABLE 3: Clearance distance between load being transported and aerial lines\nClearance distance in all directions (in metres)\nLow voltage aerial lines, service lines or other cable systems U ≤ 1 kV\n0.33\n1 kV < U ≤ 11 kV\n0.6\n11 kV < U ≤ 33 kV\n0.9\n33 kV < U ≤ 66 kV\n1.4\n66 kV < U ≤ 132 kV\n2.4\n132 kV < U ≤ 275 kV\n3.2\n275 kV < U ≤ 330 kV\n4.6\n330 kV < U ≤ 500 kV\n5.5\n","sortOrder":29},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 6","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Transitional provisions","content":"Schedule 6—Transitional provisions\n2—Transitional provisions\n\t(1)\tDespite regulation 11 of these regulations, regulation 5AC of the revoked regulations as in force immediately before the commencement of this clause will continue to apply to work to be undertaken or underway (being work within the ambit of regulation 5AC) until 1 March 2013.\n\t(2)\tDespite regulation 68 of these regulations, regulation 29 of the revoked regulations as in force immediately before the commencement of this clause will continue to apply to persons required to carry out, or help in carrying out, electrical work until 1 September 2014.\n\t(3)\tDespite regulation 76 of these regulations, the technical installation rules published by an operator of a distribution network for the purposes of regulation 34 of the revoked regulations and in force immediately before the commencement of this clause will continue to apply for the purposes of these regulations until 1 March 2013.\n\t(4)\tIn this clause—\nrevoked regulations means the Electricity (General) Regulations 1997.\nLegislative history\nNotes\n\t•\tPlease note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.\n\t•\tEarlier versions of these regulations (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.\n\t•\tFor further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.\nLegislation revoked by principal regulations\nThe Electricity (General) Regulations 2012 revoked the following:\nElectricity (General) Regulations 1997\nPrincipal regulations and variations\nNew entries appear in bold.\nYear\nNo\nReference\nCommencement\nGazette 30.8.2012 p3982\n1.9.2012: r 2\nGazette 31.1.2013 p178\n1.2.2013: r 2\nGazette 19.12.2013 p5133\n10.2.2014: r 2\nGazette 6.11.2014 p6380\n1.1.2015: r 2\nGazette 12.10.2016 p3994\n12.10.2016: r 2\nGazette 8.12.2016 p4934\n1.1.2017: r 2\nGazette 17.10.2017 p4347\n17.10.2017: r 2\nGazette 26.9.2019 p3358\n30.12.2019: r 2\nGazette 9.7.2020 p3776\n9.7.2020: r 2\nGazette 24.9.2020 p4679\n28.9.2020: r 2\nGazette 26.11.2020 p5373\n1.1.2021: r 2\nGazette 4.11.2021 p3964\n4.11.2021: r 2\nGazette 9.12.2021 p4331\n1.7.2022: r 2\nGazette 16.12.2021 p4407\n1.1.2022: r 2\nGazette 24.11.2022 p6704\n24.11.2022: r 2\nGazette 29.6.2023 p2041\n1.7.2023 except rr 3, 4, 6 to 12 & Sch 1—18.9.2023: r 2\nGazette 14.3.2024 p447\n14.3.2024: r 2\nProvisions varied\nNew entries appear in bold.\nEntries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.\nProvision\nHow varied\nCommencement\nPt 1\n\nr 2\nomitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002\nr 3\n\nr 3(1)\n\nmetering provider\ninserted by 58/2023 r 3\nr 5\nsubstituted by 58/2023 r 4\nr 11\n\nr 11(5)\ninserted by 278/2020 r 4\n\nvaried by 164/2021 r 4\nPt 2\n\nr 12\n\nr 12(1)\nr 12 varied and redesignated as r 12(1) by 4/2013 r 4(1), (2)\nr 12(2)—(4)\ninserted by 4/2013 r 4(2)\nr 13\n\nr 13(3)\nvaried by 4/2013 r 5\nr 13A\ninserted by 292/2017 r 4\nr 13B\ninserted by 14/2024 r 3\n14.3.2024\nPt 3\n\nr 15\n\nr 15(3)\nsubstituted by 4/2013 r 6(1)\nr 15(4)\ndeleted by 4/2013 r 6(1)\nr 15(8)\n\ntransitional inset customer\ndeleted by 4/2013 r 6(2)\nr 17A\ninserted by 180/2021 r 4\nr 17B\ninserted by 106/2022 r 3\nr 20\nsubstituted by 4/2013 r 7\nr 21A\ninserted by 180/2021 r 5\n\namended by 106/2022 r 4\nr 21B\ninserted by 106/2022 r 5\nPt 4 before substitution by 262/2014\nwill expire: r 37\n(31.12.2014)\nr 22\n\nr 22(1)\nvaried by 4/2013 r 8(1)\nr 22(1a)\ninserted by 4/2013 r 8(2)\nr 22(2)\nvaried by 4/2013 r 8(3)\nr 23\n\nr 23(1)\n\nEEAT\ninserted by 4/2013 r 9(3)\nEGRT\nvaried by 4/2013 r 9(2)\nELEAT\ndeleted by 4/2013 r 9(3)\nenergy credit\nvaried by 4/2013 r 9(1)\nrelevant electricity retailer\nvaried by 4/2013 r 9(4)\nrelevant gas retailer\nvaried by 4/2013 r 9(5)\nr 23(3)\nvaried by 4/2013 r 9(6)\nr 28\n\nr 28(1)\nvaried by 4/2013 r 10\nr 29\n\nr 29(1)—(4)\nvaried by 4/2013 r 11\nr 29(5)\n\nenergy audit shortfall\nvaried by 4/2013 r 11\nr 33\n\nr 33(3)\nvaried by 4/2013 r 12\nPt 4 before substitution by 304/2020\nsubstituted by 262/2014 r 4\n\nwill expire: r 37\n(31.12.2020)\nr 35A\ninserted by 232/2020 r 4\n9.7.2020\nPt 4\nsubstituted by 304/2020 r 4\n\nwill expire: r 36\n(31.12.2030)\nPt 5\n\nr 38\n\nr 38(1)\nvaried by 4/2013 r 13\nPt 6\n\nr 39\n(c) and (d) deleted by 4/2013 r 14\nPt 6A\ninserted by 4/2013 r 15\nPt 9A\ninserted by 4/2013 r 16\nr 44A\nvaried by 262/2014 r 5\n\nvaried by 304/2020 r 5\nr 44C\nsubstituted by 209/2019 r 4\n30.12.2019\nr 44E\n\nr 44E(1)\namended by 58/2023 r 5(1)—(3)\nr 44E(2)\nsubstituted by 58/2023 r 5(4)\nPt 10 Div A1\ninserted by 279/2016 r 4\nDiv 1\n\nr 46\nvaried by 292/2017 r 5\nr 54\n\nr 54(3)\namended by 58/2023 r 6\nr 55\n\nr 55(2) and (3)\ndeleted by 279/2016 r 5\nr 55A\ninserted by 279/2016 r 6\nr 55A(1)\nsubstituted by 58/2023 r 7(1)\nr 55A(2)\namended by 58/2023 r 7(2)\nr 55A(4)\namended by 58/2023 r 7(3)—(5)\nrr 55B—55G\ninserted by 278/2020 r 5\nDiv 1A\ninserted by 164/2021 r 5\nDiv 2\n\nr 56\n\nr 56(1)\nvaried by 279/2016 r 7(1)—(5)\n\n(c) deleted by 279/2016 r 7(1)\n\namended by 58/2023 r 8(1)—(4)\nr 56(1a)\ninserted by 279/2016 r 7(6)\nr 56(1b)\ninserted by 279/2016 r 7(6)\n\namended by 58/2023 r 8(5)—(7)\nr 56(2)\nvaried by 279/2016 r 7(7)\nr 57\nsubstituted by 279/2016 r 8\nDiv 2A\ninserted by 185/2021 r 4\n1.1.2022\nDiv 3\n\nr 64\n\nr 64(2a)\ninserted by 58/2023 r 9(1)\nr 64(3)\nvaried by 292/2017 r 6 (1), (2)\n\namended by 58/2023 r 9(2)\nrr 68 and 69\nsubstituted by 58/2023 r 10\nDiv 5\n\nr 72\n\nr 72(1)\nvaried by 292/2017 r 7 (1)\nr 72(2)\nvaried by 292/2017 r 7 (2)—(4)\nr 72(2a)\ninserted by 292/2017 r 7(5)\nr 73\n\nr 73(1)\namended by 58/2023 r 11(1)\nr 73(3)\namended by 58/2023 r 11(2)\nr 73(4)\nsubstituted by 58/2023 r 11(3)\nPt 12\n\nr 76A\ninserted by 58/2023 r 12\nr 86\n\nr 86(2)\ndeleted by 292/2017 r 8\nr 87\n\nr 87(1)\nvaried by 308/2013 r 4\nr 88A\ninserted by 240/2016 r 4\n12.10.2016\nr 91\ndeleted by 4/2013 r 17\nSch 1\n\ncl 13\n\ntable 3\nvaried by 308/2013 r 5\nSch 6\n\ncl 1\nomitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002\nTransitional etc provisions associated with regulations or variations\nElectricity (General) Variation Regulations 2014 (No 262 of 2014), Sch 1—Transitional provisions\nnew Part 4 means Part 4 of the Electricity (General) Regulations 2012 (as substituted by these regulations);\nold Part 4 means Part 4 of the Electricity (General) Regulations 2012 as in force immediately before the commencement of these regulations.\n2—Energy credits\nDespite the revocation of old Part 4 by these regulations, an energy credit accrued by a retailer before that revocation (other than a credit transferred under regulation 33 of old Part 4) will, on the commencement of new Part 4, be taken to be an energy credit for the purposes of new Part 4.\n3—Energy efficiency activities and energy audits\nAn energy efficiency activity or an energy audit undertaken by a retailer immediately before the commencement of new Part 4 will only be taken to be an energy efficiency activity or an energy audit for the purposes of new Part 4 if the activity or audit is reported to the Commission before a day designated by the Commission by notice in the Gazette.\n4—Commission to convert energy savings\n\t(1)\tFor the purposes of clauses 2 and 3, the Commission must, in accordance with any requirements of the Minister, determine the manner in which—\n\t(a)\tan energy efficiency activity undertaken by a retailer; or\n\t(b)\tan energy credit accrued by a retailer,\nbefore the revocation of old Part 4 by these regulations and expressed in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent will be converted into an amount of energy taken to have been saved by the retailer for the purposes of new Part 4.\n\t(2)\tIn addition, the Commission must, in accordance with any requirements of the Minister, determine the manner in which any—\n\t(a)\tenergy efficiency shortfall; or\n\t(b)\tenergy efficiency shortfall for priority group households,\nwhich—\n\t(c)\tapplied to a retailer immediately before the revocation of old Part 4; and\n\t(d)\tmust be added to a target under new Part 4 (as a result of the operation of regulations 26(3) and 27(3)); and\n\t(e)\tis expressed in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent,\nwill be converted into an amount of energy required to be saved by the retailer for the purposes of new Part 4.\nElectricity (General) Variation Regulations 2016 (No 279 of 2016), Sch 1\n1—Transitional provisions\n\t(1)\tUntil the prescribed day, despite regulation 55A(1) and (2) of the Electricity (General) Regulations 2012 (as inserted by these regulations), a hard copy certificate of compliance may be issued in accordance with those subregulations (as in force immediately after the commencement of these regulations) using an official form in accordance with regulation 57 of the Electricity (General) Regulations 2012 as in force immediately before the commencement of these regulations.\n\t(2)\tIf a hard copy certificate of compliance is issued in accordance with subclause (1), regulations 44F and 55A(2) of the Electricity (General) Regulations 2012 (as inserted by these regulations) apply to the certificate of compliance with the following variations:\n\t(a)\ta reference in regulation 44F or 55A(2) to an electronic certificate of compliance will be taken to be a reference to the hard copy certificate of compliance;\n\t(b)\tthe hard copy certificate of compliance is not required to be provided to the Technical Regulator under regulation 55A(2).\n\t(3)\tUntil the prescribed day, despite the variations to regulation 56 of the Electricity (General) Regulations 2012 by regulation 7 of these regulations, a hard copy certificate of compliance may be issued in accordance with that regulation (as in force immediately after the commencement of these regulations) using an official form in accordance with regulation 57 of the Electricity (General) Regulations 2012 as in force immediately before the commencement of these regulations.\n\t(4)\tIf a hard copy certificate of compliance is issued in accordance with subclause (3), regulation 56 of the Electricity (General) Regulations 2012 (as varied by these regulations) applies to the certificate of compliance with the following variations:\n\t(a)\ta reference to an electronic certificate of compliance will be taken to be a reference to a hard copy certificate of compliance;\n\t(b)\tthe hard copy certificate of compliance is not to be provided to the Technical Regulator under regulation 56(1)(b).\n\t(5)\tIn this clause—\nprescribed day means 30 June 2018.\nElectricity (General) (Retailer Energy Productivity Scheme) Variation Regulations 2020, Sch 1—Transitional provisions\nnew Part 4 means Part 4 of the Electricity (General) Regulations 2012 (as substituted by these regulations);\nold Part 4 means Part 4 of the Electricity (General) Regulations 2012 as in force immediately before the commencement of these regulations.\n2—Energy credits\n\t(1)\tDespite the revocation of old Part 4 by these regulations, energy credits accrued by a retailer before that revocation (other than a credit transferred under regulation 33 of old Part 4) up to an amount equivalent to 20% of the energy efficiency target applying to the retailer for 2020 (under old Part 4) will, on the commencement of new Part 4, be taken to be an energy credit for the purposes of new Part 4.\n\t(2)\tThe Commission must, in accordance with any requirements of the Minister, apply an energy credit referred to in subclause (1) to a retailer's EPT, or (if relevant) a primary subtarget or secondary subtarget applying to the retailer, under new Part 4.\n3—Energy efficiency shortfalls from 2020\nFor the purposes of regulation 30(2) of new Part 4, the Commission may adjust a target that would otherwise apply to a retailer in 2021 after taking into account any energy efficiency shortfall of a retailer under regulation 26 or 27 of old Part 4.\nElectricity (General) (Miscellaneous) Amendment Regulations 2023 (No 58 of 2023), Sch 1\n1—Transitional provision\nDespite regulation 76A of the Electricity (General) Regulations 2012 (as inserted by regulation 12), a metering provider is not required to comply with that regulation until 6 months after the commencement of this clause.\nHistorical versions\n\n12.10.2016\n\n30.12.2019\n\n9.7.2020\n\n1.1.2022\n\n","sortOrder":30}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":9,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Since first made in 2012 the regulations have expanded beyond core safety, technical installation and licensing detail into active policy mechanisms that shape retailer behaviour and state energy security. Notable scope enlargements include: (1) the retailer energy productivity scheme (Part 4: rr 22–36) which imposes targets, trading and penalty regimes on retailers; (2) specific procurement/contractual conditions requiring payments to support Torrens Island Power Station Unit B2 (r 17B), and (3) technical obligations on distributed generation (remote disconnection, export‑limiting, inverter requirements — rr 55B–55F) and emergency standards (r 55H). These additions move the instrument from primarily a technical/safety regulation instrument to a mixed regulatory tool that combines technical regulation with market‑facing obligations and short‑term state procurement measures. The amendments introduced significant new compliance, commercial and administrative burdens on retailers, network operators and small generator owners."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive length: 90+ regulations plus 6 detailed Schedules covering technical design, clearances and installation standards","Many defined terms in r 3 and cross‑references to the Electricity Act 1996, National Energy Retail Law, National Electricity Rules and other Acts","Part 4 (Retailer Energy Productivity Scheme) contains multi‑layered target setting, primary/secondary subtargets, credits, trading, shortfalls and penalty calculations (rr 22–36)","Significant delegated powers: frequent Ministerial Gazette notices, Commission apportionments and Technical Regulator guidelines (creates contingent obligations scattered across instruments) (rr 22(2), 28, 55H, 57)","Technical complexity: numerous technical performance standards incorporated by reference to Australian Standards and industry guides (Schedules 1–4, rr 46–55)","Nested exceptions and transitional provisions (e.g. grandfathering for works started before standards changed; many transitional regs and historical amendments)","Specific, time‑bound, bespoke conditions inserted (eg regulation 17B: $19.5m designated services over 2023–25) creating non‑general commercial obligations","Operational compliance regime requiring electronic certificates, registers and monthly/yearly reporting (rr 55A–57, 55D, 73)","Multiple specialised sub‑divisions addressing safety (live‑line work, approach limits, rescue training), construction clearances, cathodic protection and metering — each with its own technical rules and penalties"],"plain_english_summary":"**What these regulations do (mechanics)\n\n- Set definitions and thresholds used by the Electricity Act (for example \"small customer\", \"electrical installation\", and what counts as annual electricity consumption) so other rules can be applied consistently (rr 3–11, 4–9).\n- Allocate functions and powers between the Essential Services Commission (the Commission) and the Technical Regulator, and give the Technical Regulator powers to publish operational manuals and emergency standards (rr 12–14, 13A, 55H).\n- Create licensing detail and narrow exemptions (who needs a licence, what small generators are exempt, inset network rules), and prescribe licence conditions the Commission must impose (including special conditions about prepayment meters and a short-term procurement obligation tied to Torrens Island Unit B2) (rr 15, 17A, 17B).\n- Introduce a retailer energy productivity (energy‑saving) scheme: the Minister sets annual energy productivity targets, apportioned to retailers by the Commission; retailers must deliver activities, can trade \"energy credits\", and face penalties and shortfall charges if they fail (Part 4: rr 22–36, 24–35).\n- Define safety, technical and installation requirements for lines, substations, earthing, meters and electrical installations; require compliance with Australian Standards and network technical installation rules; and create procedures for electronic certificates of compliance (Part 10: rr 45–76, 55A–57, Schedules 1–4).\n- Require new categories of distributed generators to be remote‑disconnectable, export‑limit capable, and to use inverters meeting ride‑through and communications requirements (rr 55B–55F, 55F).\n- Require reporting, safety plans, registers (underground lines, relevant agents, designated inverters), and monthly/yearly incident and maintenance reports from network operators (rr 72–73, 77, 55D, 55F(5)).\n- Prescribe operational details around siting clearances, excavation near poles, work and vehicle approach distances, contestable connection services, and penalties/fees for non‑compliance (Schedules 1–5; rr 76, 80–88, 92–93).\n\nWho is affected\n\n- Electricity retailers (both State‑licensed and NERL retailers): subject to energy productivity targets, reporting rules, licence conditions, and consumer protections (Part 4; rr 44A–44E).\n- Distribution and transmission network operators: must meet technical installation rules, prepare and publish rules, keep registers, maintain clearances, and submit reports (rr 46–54, 76, 77, 72–73).\n- Generators and owners of distributed generation (including rooftop solar and batteries): must meet inverter and remote‑control/export‑limit requirements and register with relevant agents (rr 55B–55F, 55G).\n- Registered electrical workers, contractors and metering providers: obliged to use the electronic certificate of compliance system and meet standards for prescribed work (rr 56–57, 76A).\n- Small customers and the general public: receive specific consumer protections (e.g. prohibition of early termination fees for small customers in market contracts in most cases) and additional account information requirements (rr 20, 44C).\n- The Commission, the Technical Regulator and the Minister: significant administrative, monitoring and discretional roles (rr 12, 13A, 13B, 55H).\n\nWhy it matters (official purpose claims and practical trade‑offs)\n\n- Officially the regulations promote safety and technical fitness of the electricity network and installations, protect consumers and require retailers to deliver energy productivity outcomes (rr 45–46; Part 4). Those aims are implemented by prescriptive technical standards, reporting obligations and target/penalty mechanisms.\n\n- Costs and incentives: compliance imposes costs on private parties — retailers face program costs to deliver energy productivity activities or buy credits and potential shortfall penalties (rr 24–35, 34); network operators and owners of generation must invest in hardware/controls (remote disconnect, export limiting, metering) and in administrative systems to support electronic certificates and registers (rr 55B–55G, 55A, 55D, 55E). The Commission and Technical Regulator have tools (guidelines, Gazetted notices) that allow detailed technical requirements to be changed without amending the regulations (rr 13A(8), 55H(6), 57(1)).\n\n- Trade‑offs and opportunity cost: the energy productivity scheme channels retailer resources towards specified activities (some apportioned by customer class or technology — rr 25–27). That focuses private spending on measurable energy savings but reduces retailers' freedom to allocate resources elsewhere. The scheme also creates a compliance market (transferable energy credits) which can reduce direct program delivery but requires market governance (rr 31, 30(6)–(8)).\n\n- Implementation risk and bureaucracy: many requirements depend on Ministerial notices, Commission apportionments and Technical Regulator guidelines published outside the regulations themselves (e.g. targets, designated equipment lists, registers). That delegation can speed technical updates but introduces regulatory uncertainty and administrative overhead for affected businesses (rr 22(2), 28(1), 55D(2), 58A(2)).\n\n- Compliance burden and enforcement: reporting schedules (monthly interruption reports, annual safety reports), mandatory electronic certificates, and inspection/maintenance plans create ongoing administrative tasks; failure attracts specific penalties and shortfall charges (rr 73, 56–57, 34, 92–93).\n\nWho pays, who decides, what changes in behaviour (plain sentences citing the rule):\n\n- Retailers pay to meet energy productivity targets or pay shortfall charges; the Minister sets overall targets and the Commission apportions them to retailers (rr 24–25, 33, 34(5)).\n- Distribution licence holders must, for the defined period, procure services to keep Torrens Island Power Station Unit B2 available and pay $19.5 million in instalments — the Commission must impose licence conditions to that effect (r 17B(1)–(2)).\n- Owners of newly designated generating plants must invest in inverters with remote communications and export‑limiting capability and give authorisations to relevant agents who can disconnect the plant (rr 55B–55E, 55E(2)).\n- Network operators and metering providers publish technical installation rules and metering procedures and approve internal switching manuals, and must inspect and keep records (rr 76, 76A, 13A(4), 54(4)).\n\nSpecific implementation levers and discretion: the Minister can set thresholds, targets, and lists by Gazette notice (rr 22(2), 24(1), 28(1), 44E(1)); the Technical Regulator issues technical manuals, emergency standards and guidelines that fill in operational details (rr 13A, 55H, 57); the Commission enforces licence conditions, publishes codes and apportions targets (rr 12, 29, 30)."},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"completionTokens":829},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":9,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The legislation has expanded significantly beyond its original 2012 scope. Major additions include: the Retailer Energy Productivity Scheme (Part 4, substantially revised in 2014 and 2020), extensive new requirements for distributed energy resources (regulations 55B-55G on remote disconnection, export limits, and voltage ride-through added 2020-2021), emergency standards powers (Division 1A, 2021), demand response capability requirements (Division 2A, 2022), and specific contractual arrangements for power station maintenance (regulation 17B, 2022). The original focus on basic safety and licensing has grown to encompass grid modernisation, energy efficiency obligations, and complex integration of renewable energy technologies."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-referencing to Australian Standards (AS/NZS) and other legislation that change over time","Multiple overlapping regulatory bodies (Commission, Technical Regulator, Minister, AEMO) with different functions","Nested conditional logic with numerous exceptions and exemptions (e.g., regulation 15 has 9 subsections with multiple conditions)","Technical schedules with detailed engineering specifications (Schedules 1-5 contain tables, formulas, and precise measurements)","Frequent amendments shown in legislative history (22 variations since 2012) creating layered transitional provisions","Defined terms scattered across multiple regulations with interdependent meanings","Complex formulae for calculating fees and undergrounding amounts (regulation 44)","Multiple schemes operating simultaneously (licensing, energy productivity, contestable services, NERL retailer regulation)","Temporal triggers and phased implementation dates throughout (e.g., regulations 55B-55G with multiple prescribed days)","Safety requirements with prescriptive distances, voltages, and conditions that must be read with accompanying tables and figures"],"plain_english_summary":"This is South Australia's main set of regulations governing electricity supply, covering everything from power poles in your street to the safety rules for electricians working on your home. **Who it affects:** Anyone who uses electricity (homes, businesses), electricity companies (generators, network operators, retailers), electricians, and property developers.\n\n**What it does:**\n\n- **Sets safety and technical standards** for all electricity infrastructure — powerlines (both overhead and underground), substations, and the equipment that connects homes and businesses to the grid. This includes detailed rules about how close buildings can be to powerlines, how deep underground cables must be buried, and how substations must be secured.\n\n- **Licenses and regulates electricity businesses** — companies need licences to generate, transmit, distribute or sell electricity, with specific conditions including fees, reporting requirements, and obligations to help customers (such as providing clear information on bills).\n\n- **Protects small customers** — people using less than 160 megawatt-hours per year (most households) get special protections including guaranteed access to basic supply contracts, limits on early termination fees, and requirements for retailers to participate in dispute resolution schemes.\n\n- **Runs the Retailer Energy Productivity Scheme** — requires larger electricity retailers to meet targets for helping customers use energy more efficiently, with penalties for falling short. This includes specific obligations to assist households in disadvantaged communities.\n\n- **Controls how new generators connect to the grid** — including solar panels and batteries, with requirements for remote disconnection capabilities, export limits, and technical standards to ensure grid stability.\n\n- **Sets workplace safety rules** — detailed requirements for how electrical workers must operate near live equipment, including approach distances, training requirements, and emergency procedures.\n\n- **Manages emergency responses** — gives the Technical Regulator power to set emergency standards and requires coordination with the national market operator (AEMO) during power system emergencies.\n\n**Why it matters:** These regulations keep the lights on safely and reliably, protect consumers from unfair practices, ensure the grid can handle new technologies like rooftop solar, and reduce the risk of electrocution or bushfires from electrical infrastructure."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Unable to assess scope change — no legislative text was provided or retrievable from the source URL. Any analysis of whether the Electricity (General) Regulations 2012 expanded or narrowed in scope over time would require access to the actual document."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was retrievable — the source URL returned a 404 Page Not Found error","A website migration on or around 24 March 2026 appears to have broken pre-existing hyperlinks to SA legislation","No substantive legal content exists to assess for complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"**No legislation content could be retrieved.**\n\nThe link provided for the *Electricity (General) Regulations 2012* (South Australia) returned a **Page Not Found** error from the South Australian legislation website. This appears to be a broken or outdated hyperlink, likely due to a website migration that occurred around **24 March 2026**.\n\n**What this means for you:** The actual content of the Electricity (General) Regulations 2012 — which would typically govern things like electrical safety standards, licensing of electricians, inspection requirements, and compliance obligations for electricity consumers and suppliers in South Australia — could not be analysed because no legislative text was available.\n\n**What you should do:** Visit [www.legislation.sa.gov.au](https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au) directly and search for *Electricity (General) Regulations 2012* to find the current version of this law."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/electricity-general-regulations-2012","history":"/api/acts/electricity-general-regulations-2012/history","analysis":"/api/acts/electricity-general-regulations-2012/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/electricity-general-regulations-2012/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/electricity-general-regulations-2012/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/electricity-general-regulations-2012/documents"}}