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ENERGY AND UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION ACT 1987 - SECT 12 Functions

ENERGY AND UTILITIES ADMINISTRATION ACT 1987 - SECT 12

Functions

12 Functions

(1) The Corporation may also do any or all of the following--
(a) investigate the extent of the energy resources available within the State,
(b) carry out, or commission the carrying out of, such inspections, tests, investigations, surveys, experiments, boring, drilling and exploration as it considers necessary or desirable to enable it to effectively exercise its functions under this or any other Act,
(c) evaluate the future demands for energy and energy resources within the State and the capacity of the State to meet those demands, whether from internal resources or otherwise, and assess the impact of any lack of energy or energy resources on the development of the State or any part of the State,
(d) promote the locating and the development, extraction, provision, transportation, distribution, conservation and utilisation of energy and energy resources,
(f) disseminate or promote the dissemination of information regarding the locating and the development, extraction, provision, allocation, transportation, distribution, pricing, conservation, utilisation and conditions of supply of energy and energy resources,
(g) carry out, commission or co-ordinate research, development and demonstration with respect to any matter relating to energy or energy resources,
(h) assist and co-operate with authorities of the Commonwealth and other States and Territories in the planning and co-ordination of policies related to energy and energy resources,
(i) have consultations, and make arrangements, with any public authority in respect of the exercise or undertaking by that authority of anything within that authority's functions that may affect energy or energy resources,
(j) undertake negotiations on behalf of, or in co-operation with, persons who are interested in making energy or energy resources available for use by the community,
(k) formulate proposals to assist with the provision by a gas producing, extracting or transporting undertaking of a bulk supply of gas to a gas distributing undertaking including a scheme to enable that gas to be provided,
(l) acquire a gas producing or distributing undertaking by agreement,
(m) undertake, or cause to be undertaken, the construction of works or apparatus to be used for or in connection with the locating or the development, extraction, provision, transportation, distribution, conservation or utilisation of energy or energy resources,
(n) maintain and operate any undertaking constructed or acquired by it under this or any other Act.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Corporation may--
(a) promote and regulate the adoption of standards of plant, equipment, frequency and voltage for the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity, and
(b) promote and encourage the safety of persons and property in relation to electricity, and without limiting the generality of that function, promote and encourage the safety of persons and property in relation to--
(i) the installation, maintenance and use of electric lines, works, electrical installations and corrosion protection systems, and
(ii) the sale or hire of electrical equipment, and
(c) without limiting the generality of paragraph (b), issue or publish public statements or warnings relating to--
(i) electrical equipment, electrical installations or corrosion protection systems that, in the opinion of the Corporation are, or are potentially, unsafe, and
(ii) safety in relation to electricity generally, and
(d) promote and encourage the development and use of the natural resources of the State in connection with the generation of electricity, and
(e) promote and encourage the use of electricity, especially its use for industrial and manufacturing purposes and for the purpose of primary production, and
(f) advise any person engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution or supply of electricity on all matters of and concerning such generation, transmission, distribution and supply, and
(g) consider the advisability of amending the law relating to the generation, transmission, distribution, supply and use of electricity, and report on that to the Minister, and
(h) do such other acts as may be necessary or expedient for those purposes.
(3) The Corporation may exercise, in its own name, any function of an electricity supply authority under this or any other Act as if it were such an authority, if the Corporation is of the opinion that it is necessary to do so in order to protect the life or health of any person.
(4) Except as provided by subsection (5), nothing in this Part limits or otherwise affects the functions of TransGrid (or any other energy transmission operator under the Energy Services Corporations Act 1995 ).
(5) The Corporation may, in relation to TransGrid (or any other energy transmission operator under the Energy Services Corporations Act 1995 ), exercise the functions referred to in subsection (2) (a) and (b).