Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if electricity supplied and sold by an on-supplier to a receiver is charged on the basis of the receiver's electricity consumption as measured by a meter.
(2) However, this section does not apply to electricity that is common area consumption for the on-supplier's premises.
(3) If there is a relevant retail entity for the supply, the rate of the charge must not be more than the lowest rate that the receiver would have paid for the consumption had the receiver been a non-market customer of the entity.
(4) If there is no relevant retail entity for the supply, the rate of charge must not be more than the lowest rate that the receiver would have paid for the consumption had the receiver been a non-market customer of the retail entity that sells electricity to the on-supplier.
(5) In working out the lowest rate for subsections (3) and (4), any cost of connecting the receiver's premises to a supply network to allow the supply of electricity from the network to the premises must be disregarded.
(6) The on-supplier can not recover an amount for the consumption to the extent the amount has been worked out at a rate that is more than the lowest rate allowed under subsection (3) or (4).
(7) In this section--
relevant retail entity, for the supply, means a retail entity whose retail authority states an area in which the receiver's premises are located.