enforcement officer means a person appointed as an enforcement officer under Part 11 of the Electricity Safety Act 1998; generation company means a person who is the holder of a licence to generate electricity for supply or sale; licence means a licence issued under Part 2; licensee, except in Part 3, means the holder of a licence issued under Part 2; S. 3 def. of licensee standing offer inserted by No. 59/2008 s. 3(1). licensee standing means— tariffs determined by a licensee under section 35(1) and published in the Government Gazette in accordance with that subsection, as varied from time to time by the licensee as provided for under section 35(3); and terms and conditions determined by a licensee and approved by the Commission under section 35(1) and published in the Government Gazette in accordance with that subsection, as varied from time to time by the licensee and approved by the Commission as provided for under section 35(4); S. 3 def. of MCE inserted by No. 59/2008 s. 3(1). MCE means the Ministerial Council on Energy established on 8 June 2001, being the Council of Ministers with primary carriage of energy matters at a national level comprising the Ministers representing the Commonwealth, the States, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory, acting in accordance with its own procedures;
licence to sell electricity, being a licence under which electricity may be sold to domestic or small business customers, is subject, include a condition requiring the licensee to, on the required day, publish in a newspaper circulating generally throughout — tariff information; and licensee's contact information. (2) In this section— licensee's contact information means all of the following information— licensee's telephone number; licensee's fax number; licensee's postal address; Internet address of the licensee's Internet site; s. 35D required day means the day the licensee varies a tariff or tariffs for the supply and sale of electricity by notice published in the Government Gazette in accordance with section 35(3); required tariff information means— variation information; and date a tariff or tariffs varied in accordance with section 35(3) takes or take effect; and description of the tariff or tariffs referred to in paragraph (b); and main reasons for the variation of a tariff or tariffs referred to in paragraph (b);
S. 39 amended by No. 13/2001 s. 4(1), substituted by No. 85/2001 s. 7. 39 Deemed contracts for supply and sale for relevant customers s. 39 (1) If a relevant customer commences to take supply of electricity at premises from the relevant licensee without having entered into a supply and sale contract with that licensee, is deemed, on the commencement of that supply, to be a contract between that licensee and that customer for the supply and sale of electricity— S. 39(1)(a) substituted by No. 91/2004 s. 12(1). the tariffs and on the terms and conditions determined and published by that licensee under section 35; and S. 39(1)(b) amended by No. 75/2004 s. 21(1). the conditions decided and provided for by the Commission under subsection (5). (2) If a relevant customer— to take supply of electricity at premises under a supply and sale contract with the relevant licensee; and customer cancels the supply and sale contract within the cooling-off period relating to the contract; and customer continues to take electricity from that licensee without entering into a further supply and sale contract with that licensee—
small retail licensee that has not complied with the condition set out in section 40FG(3); non-pool electricity means electricity that is supplied other than through the wholesale electricity market; S. 40F(1) def. of premium solar feed-in credit inserted by No. 41/2009 s. 4(1). premium solar feed-in credit has the meaning given by section 40FA(2)(a); S. 40F(1) def. of premium solar feed-in tariff period inserted by No. 41/2009 s. 4(1). premium feed-in tariff period, for a qualifying customer, has the meaning given by section 40FC; S. 40F(1) def. of premium solar feed-in tariff terms and conditions inserted by No. 41/2009 s. 4(1). premium solar feed-in tariff terms and conditions has the meaning given by section 40FA; S. 40F(1) def. of publish inserted by No. 41/2009 s. 4(1). publish, for sections 40FF, 40FG and 40G, means publish— the Government Gazette; and s. 40F
(f) any other specified factor relevant to the sale of electricity. S. 40R inserted by No. 59/2008 s. 15. 40R Condition relating to greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency benchmarking information s. 40Q A licence to sell electricity is deemed to include a condition requiring the licensee to— in each bill issued to a customer for the supply or sale of electricity the information concerning greenhouse gas emissions connected with the generation of the electricity so supplied or electricity generation in general that the Commission specifies for this purpose in its guidelines; or bill benchmarking information to a residential customer. S. 40S inserted by No. 59/2008 s. 15. 40S Commission guidelines relating to greenhouse gas emissions information condition (1) The Commission must prepare and issue guidelines for the purposes of section 40R(a). (2) The Commission may amend any guidelines issued under subsection (1). (3) The Commission must consult with Sustainability Victoria before issuing a guideline under subsection (1) or amending a guideline issued under that subsection.
s. 49E the tariffs, and conditions specified by the Commission as the approved tariffs, terms and conditions. (3) The supplier of last resort or, if the Commission specifies the tariffs and terms and conditions, the Commission, must cause notice of the approved tariffs, terms and conditions to be published in the Government Gazette. (4) The tariffs and terms and conditions of which notice has been published in accordance with subsection (3) are binding on the supplier of last resort and the relevant customers to which they apply and, when the supplier of last resort is acting in accordance with those tariffs, terms and conditions, they have effect despite any agreement or instrument to the contrary relating to the distribution or supply, or sale, of electricity to relevant customers. (5) A supplier of last resort and a relevant customer to whom the supplier of last resort has an obligation under section 49D(5) to supply or sell electricity are deemed to have entered into a contract on the relevant tariffs, terms and conditions published under subsection (3). (6) The and conditions of a requirement referred to in section 49D(1) may include a condition setting out circumstances in which a licensee must continue to supply or sell electricity to a relevant customer to whom the supplier of last resort supplies or sells electricity under an obligation under section 49D(5) after that obligation comes to an end in accordance with section 49D(6)(a). (7) A condition referred to in subsection (6) must provide for the tariff or tariffs and the terms and
Assent Date: 11.12.01 Commencement Date: Ss 3, 4, 6, 8 on 12.12.01: s. 2(1); ss 5, 7, 9 on 1.1.02: s. 2(2) : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electricity Industry Act 2000 Electricity Industry (Amendment) Act 2002, No. 10/2002 Assent Date: 23.4.02 Commencement Date: 31.7.02: Special Gazette (No. 131) 30.7.02 p. 1 : All of Act in operation Statute Law (Further Revision) Act 2002, No. 11/2002 Assent Date: 23.4.02 Commencement Date: S. 3(Sch. 1 item 18) on 21.11.00: s. 2(2)(c) : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electricity Industry Act 2000 Energy Legislation (Further Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2002, No. 24/2002 Assent Date: 12.6.02 Commencement Date: Ss 20, 21 on 13.6.02: s. 2(1) : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electricity Industry Act 2000 Fair Trading (Amendment) Act 2003, No. 30/2003 Assent Date: 27.5.03 Commencement Date: S. 85 on 28.5.03: s. 2(1) : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electricity Industry Act 2000 Energy Legislation (Consumer Protection and Other Amendments) Act 2003, No. 40/2003 Endnotes Assent Date: 11.6.03 Commencement Date: Ss 12, 14, 16–22 on 12.6.03: s. 2(1); ss 13, 15 on 1.7.04: s. 2(4) : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electricity Industry Act 2000 Fair Trading (Further Amendment) Act 2003, No. 106/2003 Assent Date: 9.12.03 Commencement Date: S. 22 on 30.8.04: Government Gazette 13.5.04 p. 1218 : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electricity Industry Act 2000 Monetary Units Act 2004, No. 10/2004 Assent Date: 11.5.04 Commencement Date: S. 15(Sch. 1 item 8) on 1.7.04: s. 2(2)
Assent Date: 21.6.05 Commencement Date: S. 4 on 22.6.05: s. 2 : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electricity Industry Act 2000 Energy Safe Victoria Act 2005, No. 39/2005 Assent Date: 27.7.05 Commencement Date: S. 55 on 10.8.05: Special Gazette (No. 147) 9.8.05 p. 1 : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electricity Industry Act 2000 Sustainability Victoria Act 2005, No. 65/2005 Assent Date: 20.9.05 Commencement Date: S. 26 on 1.10.05: Government Gazette 29.9.05 p. 2171 : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electricity Industry Act 2000 Rail Safety Act 2006, No. 9/2006 Assent Date: 4.4.06 Commencement Date: S. 157 on 1.8.06: Special Gazette (No. 181) 25.7.06 p. 1 : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electricity Industry Act 2000 Energy Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006, No. 31/2006 Assent Date: 13.6.06 Commencement Date: Ss 3, 4 on 14.6.06: s. 2(1) : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electricity Industry Act 2000 Infringements (Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2006, No. 32/2006 Assent Date: 13.6.06 Commencement Date: S. 94(Sch. item 13) on 1.7.06: Government Gazette 29.6.06 p. 1315 : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electricity Industry Act 2000 Endnotes Energy Legislation (Hardship, Metering and Other Matters) Act 2006, No. 60/2006 Assent Date: 29.8.06 Commencement Date: Ss 3, 4 on 30.8.06: s. 2(1) : This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Electricity Industry Act 2000 Mineral Resources Development (Sustainable Development) Act 2006, No. 63/2006