1Electricity Supply Fees Determination (Jervis Bay Territory) 2026

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Electricity Supply Fees Determination (Jervis Bay Territory) 2026

I, Kim Forbes, First Assistant Secretary, Territories Division, as delegate of the Minister under item 5.1 of the Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Jervis Bay Territory Delegation Instrument 2012 (No.2), make the following determination under subsection 3B (1) of the Administration Ordinance 1990 (Jervis Bay Territory). 

Dated: 23 March 2026

 

KIM FORBES

First Assistant Secretary, Territories Division

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts

 

 

 

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedules

5  Definitions

6  Fees for supply of electricity

7  Fees – miscellaneous

8  11kV time-of-use demand supply

9  LV industrial supply

10  Period for payment

11  Non-payment of fees

12  Refund of security deposit

13  Transitional provision

Schedule 1—Repeals

Schedule 2—Fees for supply of electricity

Part 1  Date of application

1  Date of application

Part 2  Domestic supply

2  Domestic supply

Part 3  Domestic supply controlled off-peak

3  Domestic controlled off‑peak supply

Part 4  Domestic rebates

4  Domestic rebates

Part 5  General supply

5  General supply

Part 6  General supply controlled off-peak

6  General controlled off‑peak supply

Part 7  LV industrial supply

7  LV industrial supply

Part 8  11kV time-of-use demand supply

8  11kV time‑of‑use demand supply

Schedule 3—Miscellaneous fees

Part 1    Date of application

1  Date of application

2  Fees for miscellaneous services

 

1  Name

  This instrument is the Electricity Supply Fees Determination (Jervis Bay Territory) 2026.

2  Commencement

 (1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

• Commencement information
• Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
• Provisions Commencement Date/Details
• The whole of this instrument. 1 April 2026.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under subsection 3B(1) of the Administration Ordinance 1990 (Jervis Bay Territory).

 Note: The Administration Ordinance 1990 is made under the Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms

5  Definitions

   In this instrument:  

11kV time‑of‑use demand supply means an 11kV electricity supply, on a time‑of‑use demand basis, to a customer in relation to whom a minimum demand of 200 kVA of electricity consumption per month is anticipated.

Note: Fees for 11kV time‑of‑use demand supply are set out in clause 8 of Schedule 2.

  12-month period means the period of time from 1 April to 31 March each year.

  billing period means each successive period during which a customer is billed for electricity consumed.

controlled off‑peak supply means a supply of electricity to a customer’s residence or premises that is periodically switched on and off for load control reasons.

customer, means

(a)    a person for whom the service is provided under a customer contract; or

(b)    a person who has applied, orally or in writing, for the service to be provided under a customer contract.

Note: A person may be an individual, a body corporate or a body politic (a government body): see section 2C of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

  domestic supply means the supply in a controlled manner to a residence.

domestic supply controlled off-peak, for a domestic supply customer, means a supply that is periodically switched on and off for load control reasons by time switch controls located in the customer’s residence switchboard.

disconnection fee means

fee means an amount payable by a customer:

1.     for an electricity supply,
2.     for use by the customer of a service related to the electricity supply, or
3.     in connection with the electricity supply, or a service related to the electricity supply,

at the rate mentioned in this instrument for the supply or service or in connection with the supply or service.  For the avoidance of doubt, a fee in this instrument includes an amount charged in relation to disconnection or reconnection of the electricity supply.

general supply means a supply of electricity to a customer that is not:

1.     a domestic supply; or
2.     an 11kV time-of-use demand supply; or
3.     a LV industrial supply.

  general supply controlled off-peak, for a general supply customer, means a supply that is periodically switched on and off for load control reasons by time switch controls located in the customer’s premises switchboard.

  GST has the meaning given by section 195-1 of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999.

LV industrial supply means a supply of low voltage electricity to a customer who has consumed more than 160,000 kWh of electricity in a previous 12‑month period.

Note: Fees for LV industrial supply of electricity are set out in clause 7 of Schedule 2.

  off-peak period means a period that is not a peak period or a shoulder period.

  old instrument has the meaning given by section 13.

  peak period means:

  (a) 7 am to 9 am on a week day; or

  (b) 5 pm to 8 pm on a week day.

  shoulder period means:

  (a) 9 am to 5 pm on a week day; or

  (b) 8 pm to 10 pm on a week day.

supply of electricity includes the provision of services related to the supply of electricity.

week day means a day that is not a Saturday or a Sunday.

6  Fees for supply of electricity

 (1) The fees for supply of electricity are set out in:

 (a) for domestic supply in a billing period — Part 2 of Schedule 2; and

 (b) for domestic supply controlled off-peak in a billing period — Part 3 of Schedule 2; and

 (c) for general supply in a billing period — Part 5 of Schedule 2; and

 (d) for general supply controlled off-peak in a billing period — Part 6 of Schedule 2; and

 (e) for LV industrial supply in a billing period — Part 7 of Schedule 2; and

 (f) for an 11kV time-of-use demand supply — Part 8 of Schedule 2.

Note: A general supply customer is normally a business customer who is not a domestic customer or a large industrial customer.

 (2) If a customer is a pensioner, the fees for domestic supply are subject to a rebate of $0.82 for each day, to be applied before the application of GST to the customer’s account.

 (3) If a customer is dependent on life support or constant positive airway pressure respirators, the fees for domestic supply are subject to a rebate of $0.95 for each day, to be applied before the application of GST to the customer’s account.

7  Fees – miscellaneous

  A fee or charge for an item mentioned in Schedule 3 is the amount mentioned in Schedule 3for the item.

8  11kV time-of-use demand supply

  If a customer has a minimum use of 200 kVA of electricity per month, the customer may be connected to 11kV time-of-use demand supply.

9  LV industrial supply

  A customer may be connected to a LV industrial supply of electricity if:

 (a) the customer has consumed more than 160,000 kWh of electricity in a previous 12‑month period; and

 (b) the customer requests low voltage industrial supply.

10  Period for payment

  A fee or charge for the supply of an item mentioned in Schedule 2 or 3, must be paid within 21 days of the day a bill is issued for the amount of the fee or charge.

11  Non-payment of fees

 (1) The notice of disconnection fee mentioned in item 6 of Part 3 of Schedule 3 is payable if a fee for supply of electricity is not paid by a customer within 18 days after the expiry of the period mentioned in section 10.

 (2) If a fee is not paid by a customer within 10 days after the delivery of a notice of disconnection, the supply of electricity to the customer may be disconnected and the combined disconnection/reconnection fee mentioned in item 1 or 2 of Part 3 of Schedule 3 is payable.

 (3) If a supply of electricity is disconnected under subsection (2), the customer must not be reconnected until the customer pays the outstanding amount of the electricity fees and any fees payable under subsections (1) and (2).

12  Refund of security deposit

 (1) This section applies if:

 (a) a customer has paid a security deposit for a supply of electricity; and

 (b) the customer requests that the supply of electricity be disconnected; and

 (b) the customer receives a final account for the supply of electricity.

 (2) If the customer pays the final account in full, the Department will refund the security deposit in full to the customer.

 (3) If the customer does not pay the final account in full, the Department will retain the amount owing on the final account and refund the balance of the security deposit to the customer.

13  Transitional provision

  (1) If:

  (a) a thing was done for a particular purpose under the old instrument as in force immediately before the instrument was repealed; and

  (b) the thing could be done for that purpose under this instrument;

the thing has effect for the purposes of this instrument as if it had been done for that purpose under this instrument.

 (2) Without limiting subsection (1), a reference in that subsection to a thing being done includes a reference to a notice, application or other instrument being given or made.

 (3) In this section:

  old instrument means Electricity Supply Fees Determination 2019 (Jervis Bay Territory)

 

Schedule 1—Repeals

Electricity Supply Fees Determination 2019 (Jervis Bay Territory)

1.  The whole instrument

Repeal the instrument.

 

Schedule 2—Fees for supply of electricity

Note: See section 6.

Part 1  Date of application

1  Date of application

  The fees and rebates set out in this Schedule apply from 1 April 2026.

Part 2  Domestic supply

2  Domestic supply

 (1) The fee for domestic supply described in column 1 of an item in the following table is the amount mentioned in column 2 of the item for each unit mentioned in column 3 of the item.

 

  (2) For the purposes of items 2, 3 and 4 of the table in subclause (1), fees are to be worked out on the basis of average daily usage over the period covered by the relevant invoice.

Part 3  Domestic supply controlled off-peak

3  Domestic controlled off‑peak supply

1.     The fee for controlled off‑peak supply described in column 1 of an item in the following table is the amount mentioned in column 3 of the item for each unit mentioned in column 2 of the item.

 

Part 4  Domestic rebates

4  Domestic rebates

 (1) A customer to whom column 1 of an item in the following table applies is eligible for the rebate of the amount mentioned in column 3 of the item for each unit mentioned in column 2 of the item.

 

• Domestic rebates
• Item Column 1Eligible customer Column 2Unit of supply Column 3Rebate ($)
• 1 A pensioner Per day 0.78
• 2 Life support Per day 0.71

 (2) A customer may be eligible for a rebate under both items 1 and 2 of the table.

 (3) In this clause:

pensioner means a person entitled to hold a Pensioner Concession Card issued by the Commonwealth.

Part 5  General supply

5  General supply

 (1) The fee for general supply described in column 1 of an item in the following table is the amount mentioned in column 3 of the item for each unit mentioned in column 2 of the item.

 (2) For the purposes of items 2 and 3 of the table in subclause (1), fees are to be worked out on the basis of average daily usage over the period covered by the relevant invoice.

Part 6  General supply controlled off-peak

6  General controlled off‑peak supply

  The fee for controlled off‑peak supply described in column 1 of an item in the following table is the amount mentioned in column 3 of the item for each unit mentioned in column 2 of the item.

 

Part 7  LV industrial supply

7  LV industrial supply

  The fee for LV industrial supply described in column 1 of an item in the following table is the amount mentioned in column 3 of the item for each unit mentioned in column 2 of the item.

Part 8  11kV time-of-use demand supply

8  11kV time‑of‑use demand supply

 (1) The fee for 11kV time‑of‑use demand supply described in column 1 of an item in the following table is the amount mentioned in column 3 of the item for each unit mentioned in column 2 of the item.

 

 (2) If a customer has a maximum demand of less than 200 kVA in a month, the monthly fee for 200 kVA applies.

 (3) In this clause:

off‑peak period means a period of a day that is not a peak period or a shoulder period.

peak period means:

 (a) 7 am to 9 am on a weekday; or

 (b) 5 pm to 8 pm on a weekday.

shoulder period means:

 (a) 9 am to 5 pm on a weekday; or

 (b) 8 pm to 10 pm on a weekday.

weekday means a day that is not a Saturday or a Sunday.

Schedule 3—Miscellaneous fees

Note: See section 7.

 

Part 1    Date of application

1  Date of application

  The fees set out in this Schedule apply from 1 April 2026.

Part 2 Connection of electricity supply — fees payable before connection

2  Fees for miscellaneous services

  The fee for a service described in column 1 of an item in the following table is the amount mentioned in column 2 of the item.

 

 

Part 3 Other fees

• Item Column 1Description Column 2Fee ($) including GST
• 1 Disconnection fee at the meter board 132.00
• 2 Reconnection fee at the meter board 132.00
• 3 Combined disconnection/reconnection fee — at the pole or distribution pillar 583.00
• 4 Meter test requested by a customer — fixed charge 240.00
• 5 Extraordinary meter reading due to no access 132.00
• 6 Notice of disconnection delivery fee under section 12 19.80
• 7 Customer requested change of off-peak pricing option in excess of once in a 12‑month period 132.00

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