Terms used
129L Terms used
In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears —
contestable annual volume means the portion of total annual volume that is a contestable supply;
contestable proportion means that proportion of the Regional Power Corporation’s total supply of electricity in a financial year to consumers through its covered Pilbara network that is a contestable supply, calculated as contestable annual volume divided by total annual volume;
contestable supply means the supply of electricity to consumers who are not prescribed customers;
costs means capital and non‑capital costs;
generation costs means any costs incurred by the Regional Power Corporation to generate or procure electricity for supply to consumers through the interconnected Pilbara network;
historical generation costs means any generation costs —
that were incurred before 19 August 2019; or
that are incurred on or after 19 August 2019 under commitments made by the Regional Power Corporation before that date and that are costs that a prudent supplier, seeking to reasonably minimise costs, could not reasonably avoid;
NBU means the segment of the Regional Power Corporation that has the functions and business of providing services through the interconnected Pilbara network;
prescribed customer has the meaning given to that term in the Electricity Corporations Act 2005 section 54;
Temporary Access Contribution Account means the account referred to in section 129M;
temporary access contribution means a temporary access contribution determined under section 129N(1);
termination date means the date prescribed by the regulations as the termination date;
total annual volume means the total quantity of electricity supplied by the Regional Power Corporation in a financial year through its covered Pilbara network, expressed in kilowatt hours;
user means a Pilbara network user as defined in section 120.
[Section 129L inserted: No. 9 of 2020 s. 26.]
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