Electricity (Network Safety) Regulations 2015

A network operator must, on or before each 30 November —

give the Director a statement of network safety performance objectives that complies with subregulations (2) to (4); and

publish the statement on a website maintained by the network operator.

The statement must set out, for each type of network safety performance incident, the network operator’s objective in relation to the maximum number of incidents of that type occurring in relation to the network during the financial year in which the 30 November occurs and each of the next 3 financial years.

For unassisted failures of poles, the statement must also set out the network operator’s objectives in terms of maximum rates of failure, according to whether the pole was a part of transmission or distribution works.

The statement must explain how the network operator developed the objectives and demonstrate that the objectives are consistent with the construction and maintenance programme of the operator for each of the years.

The network operator must ensure that the statement remains published on a website maintained by the network operator for 4 years.

For a network operator that is a network operator on the day on which this regulation comes into operation, subregulations (1) and (2) are modified so that the first statement under subregulation (1) must —

be given and published before 1 October 2015; and

cover the financial year commencing on 1 July 2015 and the next 2 financial years.