Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995

In this Division – AS 4777 means Australian Standard AS 4777, issued and published by Standards Australia, as that Standard is amended, or substituted, from time to time; billing period, in relation to premises, means a period to which relates, or is to relate, an electricity account in respect of the premises; electricity account, in respect of premises, means an invoice, for the supply of electricity to the premises,that is issued, or to be issued, by an authorised retailer in respect of the premises; feed-in tariff billing amount, in respect of a billing period, means the amount calculated under section 44E(3) in relation to the billing period; feed-in tariff customer, in respect of premises, means – a standard feed-in tariff customer in respect of the premises; and a transitional feed-in tariff customer in respect of the premises; feed-in tariff supply statement, in respect of a billing period in relation to premises, means a written statement (which may form part of an electricity account in respect of the premises) setting out – the quantity of electricity that has been, during the billing period, supplied to a distribution network by a qualifying system at the premises; and the feed-in tariff billing amount in respect of the billing period in relation to the premises; and any amount, in addition to the feed-in tariff billing amount in respect of the billing period in relation to the premises, that relates to the supply, to the distribution network in respect of the premises, of electricity from a qualifying system installed at the premises; qualifying system, in relation to premises, means a qualifying system, within the meaning of section 44B, in relation to the premises; quarterly billing period means a period of not less than 85 days and not more than 95 days; residential customer, in respect of premises, means a person who purchases electricity principally for use at the premises for personal, household or domestic purposes; small business customer, in respect of premises, means a small customer who is not a residential customer; spouse, in relation to a customer, means – a person who is, or was immediately before the customer's death, a spouse of the customer; and a person with whom the customer is, or was immediately before the customer's death, in a significant relationship, within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003; standard feed-in tariff customer means a customer to whom section 44C applies; transitional feed-in tariff customer means a customer to whom section 44D(1) applies; transition day means 31 August 2013.

For the purposes of this Division, electricity that is supplied to a distribution network from a qualifying system installed at premises is only to be taken to form part of a kilowatt hour of supply of the electricity from the qualifying system if, at the instant at which the electricity is so supplied, the amount generated by the system is more than the amount of electricity being supplied, at that instant, from the distribution network to the premises by one or more circuits, connected to the qualifying system, to which relates a price that is charged, or may be charged, by an authorised retailer for the supply of electricity.