System control technical code
5A System control technical code
(1) A System Control Technical Code may make provision for one or more of the following:
operating protocols;
system security and dispatch;
disconnection;
(d) any other matter relevant to the reliability, safety or security of the system or the monitoring or control of the operation of the system.
(2) A System Control Technical Code for the Darwin‑Katherine power system may also make provision for the operation of a wholesale market in relation to that system.
(3) The Utilities Commission must not approve a System Control Technical Code, or any amendment to a System Control Technical Code, made by the system controller unless satisfied that the system controller has consulted with all electricity entities that are engaged in the operation of, contribute electricity to, or take electricity from, the power system.
(3A) Before the Minister makes or amends a System Control Technical Code, the Minister must consult, or be satisfied that sufficient consultation has occurred, with all electricity entities that are engaged in the operation of, contribute electricity to, or take electricity from, the power system, including:
the Utilities Commission; and
the system controller.
(3B) Before a person prescribed by regulation makes or amends a System Control Technical Code, the person must consult with all electricity entities that are engaged in the operation of, contribute electricity to, or take electricity from, the power system, including:
the Utilities Commission; and
the system controller.
In this regulation:
disconnect includes to operate switching equipment so as to prevent the transfer of electricity through a point at which electricity is transferred to or from the power system.
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