118ADMandatory operation direction

118AD Mandatory operation direction

118AD Mandatory operation direction

(1) The Minister may issue a mandatory operation direction requiring a Registered participant to operate 1 or more relevant generating units if the Minister is satisfied that giving the direction is necessary—

(a) for the national electricity system or a region within the national electricity system—

(i) to maintain power system security; or

(ii) to maintain system reliability; or

(b) for reasons of public safety.

(2) A mandatory operation direction must be given in writing and include the following—

(a) the Registered participant to whom the direction applies;

(b) the relevant generating units to which the direction applies;

(c) the way the relevant generating units must be operated;

(d) the generating capacity that must be supplied by a relevant generating unit or a group of specified units;

(e) the period (a mandatory operation period) for which a relevant generating unit must be operated, being—

(i) if the Registered participant submitted an early closure proposal for the generating unit prior to the commencement of this Part— a period of not more than 3 years after the closure date specified in the early closure proposal; or

(ii) if the Registered participant submitted an early closure proposal for the generating unit after the commencement of this Part—a period ending no later than the expected closure date previously notified to AEMO;

(f) the date the mandatory operation period commences;

(g) the circumstances in which the Minister must consider amending the direction.

(3) The Rules may—

(a) prescribe additional matters that must be included in a mandatory operation direction; and

(b) prescribe the circumstances, or the types of circumstance, that may be specified under subsection (2)(g); and

(c) prescribe obligations that must be complied with by a Registered participant who receives a mandatory operation direction; and