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--
(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 ).