45Utilities Commission to monitor and advise on system

45 Utilities Commission to monitor and advise on system capacity (1) The Utilities Commission must: (a) develop forecasts of overall electricity load and generating capacity in consultation with participants in the electricity supply industry and report the forecasts to the Minister and electricity entities;

Electricity Reform Act 2000 38 (b) review and report to the Minister on the performance of the Territory’s power system; (c) advise the Minister on matters relating to the future capacity and reliability of the Territory’s power system relative to forecast load; (d) advise the Minister, either on its own initiative or at the request of the Minister, on other electricity supply industry and market policy matters; and (e) submit to the Minister, and publish, an annual review of the prospective trends in the capacity and reliability of the Territory's power system relative to projected load growth. (2) Electricity entities operating in the Territory's power system are to provide information and technical assistance that the Utilities Commission reasonably requires to perform its responsibilities under this section. (3) In addition to subsection (2), the Utilities Commission may require a network user or customer to provide information to the Utilities Commission to enable it to perform its responsibilities under this section. (4) A network user or customer who is required to provide information under subsection (3) must provide the information as and when required by the Utilities Commission. (5) For the purposes of this section, Territory's power system means the power systems specified by the Minister for the purposes of this section.