6BRegulated stand-alone power systems

6B Regulated stand-alone power systems

6B Regulated stand-alone power systems

(1) The regulations under the application Act of a participating jurisdiction (a local regulation) may provide that the following form part of the national electricity system (a regulated stand-alone power system)—

(a) a particular stand-alone power system, which consists of a distribution system owned, controlled or operated, or proposed to be owned, controlled or operated, by a regulated distribution system operator;

(b) a stand-alone power system, which consists of a distribution system owned, controlled or operated, or proposed to be owned, controlled or operated, by a regulated distribution system operator, that belongs to a particular class of stand-alone power systems.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the local regulation may provide that a particular stand-alone power system, or a class of stand-alone power systems, forms part of the national electricity system by reference to—

(a) the particular geographic area in which the stand-alone power system, or class of stand-alone power systems, is or will be located; or

(b) the regulated distribution system operator that owns, controls or operates, or proposes to own, control or operate, the stand-alone power system or class of stand-alone power systems; or

(c) whether the stand-alone power system, or class of stand-alone power systems, complies with any requirements specified by the Rules.

(3) The local regulation may modify the application of a specified provision of this Law or the Rules for and with respect to a regulated stand-alone power system or a class of regulated stand-alone power systems.

(4) A regulated distribution system operator that owns, controls or operates a regulated stand-alone power system—

(a) must comply with the Rules to the extent that the Rules are applied by the local regulation to the regulated stand-alone power system; and

(b) may, to the extent that the Rules apply to the regulated stand-alone power system, be proceeded against under this Law for any breach of those Rules.

(5) The Minister responsible for administering the application Act (other than the application Act of South Australia) under which a local regulation referred to in this section is made is to make arrangements for notice of the making and publication of the regulation to be published for information in the South Australian Government Gazette.