78Negotiated connection contracts

78 Negotiated connection contracts

78 Negotiated connection contracts

(1) This section applies where a distributor and a small customer negotiate and enter into a customer connection contract (a negotiated connection contract) in accordance with the relevant requirements of—

(a) in the case of electricity—Chapter 5A of the NER; or

(b) in the case of gas—Part 12A of the NGR,

including the requirements of the relevant negotiating framework.

(2) The distributor must provide—

(a) information relating to the small customer’s right to have a deemed standard connection contract under Division 4; and

(b) an explanation of—

(i) the differences between the terms and conditions of the proposed negotiated connection contract and the terms and conditions of a deemed standard connection contract; and

(ii) the implications of those differences.

(3) A negotiated connection contract operates to the exclusion of provisions of a deemed standard connection contract dealing with the same matters.

Note—

A retail customer may negotiate customer connection services for electricity (under Chapter 5A of the NER) and for gas (under Part 12A of the NGR).