ELECTRICITY ACT 1994 - SECT 43
Additional condition to allow connection to supply network by complying persons
ELECTRICITY ACT 1994 - SECT 43
Additional condition to allow connection to supply network by complying persons
43 Additional condition to allow connection to supply network by complying
persons
(1) It is also a condition of a distribution authority that the distribution
entity must allow, as far as technically and economically practicable for the
distribution entity, a person to connect supply to its supply network, or take
electricity from its supply network, on fair and reasonable terms, if the
conditions stated in subsection (2) are satisfied.
(2) The conditions to be
satisfied are as follows—
(a) the person must be a generation entity, a
transmission entity or a distribution entity;
(b) the supply network must be
capable of being safely used to connect supply or take electricity as proposed
by the person;
(c) the person must have complied with all provisions of the
regulations relevant to connecting supply to, or taking electricity from, the
network;
(d) the person must pay the reasonable cost of connection to the
network.
(3) In deciding whether the condition mentioned in subsection (2)
(b) is satisfied, all relevant matters must be considered, including, for
example—
(a) the distribution entity’s current obligations and its
expected future obligations; and
(b) the current obligations of other persons
connected directly or indirectly to the network; and