Electricity Supply Act 1995

(Section 4)

accredited service provider —see section 31A.

AEMO has the same meaning as it has in Part 8A.

approved energy ombudsman scheme means a scheme approved under section 96B.

authorised electrician has the same meaning as it has in the Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2017.

authorised officer (except in Part 7A) means an authorised officer appointed under section 94.

complying generator —see section 15A (2).

connection point, in relation to the premises of a customer or a class of customers, means the point of connection to an electrical installation supplying electricity to the premises as determined in accordance with the Service and Installation Rules of New South Wales, as in force from time to time, published by the Department of Planning and Environment.

corrosion protection system means any appliances, wires, fittings or other apparatus designed, intended or used for the protection, by means of electrical currents, of metallic structures in contact with land, including water, from external corrosion and includes cathodic protection systems, drainage bonds, boosted drainage bonds and cross bonds.

council means the council of a local government area.

customer includes the following—

customer consultative group means a customer consultative group referred to in section 89.

cyber security direction —see section 94BA.

cyber security incident means acts, events or circumstances involving, or likely to involve, 1 or more of the following—

Department means the Department of Planning and Environment.

distribution district of a distributor specified in Schedule 3 means the distribution district described in that Schedule in relation to the distributor.

distribution system —see section 12A.

distributor means a person who owns, controls or operates a distribution system.

distributor’s licence means a licence referred to in section 14.

electrical installation means the electrical wiring and electrical equipment used to convey and control the conveyance of electricity within premises to which electricity is supplied from a distribution system, but does not include anything connected to and extending or situated beyond an electrical outlet socket.

electrical wiring work has the same meaning as it has in the Gas and Electricity (Consumer Safety) Act 2017.

electricity delivery equipment means any machinery, apparatus, appliances, material or other equipment used or intended to be used by any network operator for or in connection with the generation, transmission or distribution of electricity.

electricity generator means a person who owns or controls a generating system.

electricity network services means transmission services, and distribution services, within the meaning of the National Electricity Rules.

electricity structure means any structure (other than a building) that is used to carry overhead lines or associated equipment, and includes any structure that is used for the purposes of street lighting.

electricity works means any electricity power lines or associated equipment or electricity structures that form part of a transmission or distribution system.

exercise a function includes perform a duty.

financial year means a period of 12 months commencing on 1 July.

function includes a power, authority or duty.

generating system means the electrical equipment and associated electricity structures that are used to generate electricity for supply to a transmission or distribution system but, subject to the regulations, does not include a complying generator.

inspector means any person appointed under section 63M by the Tribunal as an inspector for the purposes of the provision in which the expression is used.

interstate wholesale market agreement means any arrangement, agreement or understanding entered into or agreed between the Market and System Operator and an interstate wholesale market operator for the operation of a wholesale market for electricity within New South Wales and some other State or Territory.

interstate wholesale market operator means an interstate body that operates a wholesale market for electricity in some other State or Territory.

licence means a distributor’s licence or a transmission operator’s licence.

National Electricity (NSW) Law means the provisions applying because of section 6 of the National Electricity (New South Wales) Act 1997, and includes the National Electricity Rules.

National Electricity Rules has the same meaning as it has in the National Electricity (NSW) Law.

network controller means a person who controls a distribution system or transmission system.

network infrastructure has the same meaning as in the Electricity Infrastructure Investment Act 2020.

network operator means a transmission operator or distributor.

network owner means a person who owns a distribution system or transmission system or any part of a distribution system or transmission system.

network-to-network connection means the connection of new network infrastructure to existing network infrastructure.

network-to-network connection guidelines means the guidelines made under section 192C(1).

premises includes any building or part of a building, any structure or part of a structure, any land (whether built on or not) and any river, lake or other waters.

price determination, for Part 7, Division 4A—see section 91A.

public authority means a public or local authority constituted by or under an Act or a statutory body representing the Crown, and includes a Minister and a statutory State owned corporation and its subsidiaries.

public reserve has the same meaning as it has in the Local Government Act 1993.

public road has the same meaning as it has in the Roads Act 1993.

registered health practitioner has the same meaning as it has in the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW).

regulated SAPS customer means a person to whose premises a distributor conveys electricity from a regulated stand-alone power system.

regulated stand-alone power system has the same meaning as in the National Electricity (NSW) Law.

roads authority has the same meaning as it has in the Roads Act 1993.

Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.

serious electricity works accident means an accident—

solar-generated electricity, for Part 4, Division 5—see section 43F.

strategic benefit payment means a payment required to be made by the holder of a transmission operator’s licence under a condition imposed on the licence by the Minister under Schedule 2, clause 6(2)(i).

stray current source means any appliance, equipment, fitting or other apparatus—

supply, in relation to electricity, means the supply of electricity by means of a transmission or distribution system.

traffic route has the same meaning as it has in section 45E of the Transport Administration Act 1988.

transmission operator means a person who owns, controls or operates a transmission system.

transmission operator’s licence means a licence granted under section 93A.

transmission system means any electricity power lines and associated equipment and electricity structures that are a transmission system by virtue of an order in force under section 93.

Tribunal means the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal.

unincorporated area means such part of the land within the Western Division of the State as is not within a local government area.

wholesale customer means a person to whose premises electricity is supplied under a wholesale supply arrangement.

wholesale market access regime means a regime established under the National Electricity (NSW) Law for the granting of access to a transmission system or distribution system.

wholesale supply arrangement means an arrangement (other than a customer retail contract) for the supply of electricity, and includes any such arrangement entered into (or taken to have been entered into) under the National Electricity (NSW) Law.

wholesale trader means a person—