Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Electricity Industry Act 2000 - SECT 35C

Internet publication and bill notification of licensee standing offers

35C. Internet publication and bill notification of licensee standing offers



(1) Without limiting the generality of section 20(2) or (3) or section 21, the
conditions to which a 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-

   (a)  publish, in accordance with guidelines issued under subsection (2), on
        the licensee's Internet site details of licensee standing offers that
        are in effect; and

   (b)  notify, in writing, a domestic or small business customer of the
        licensee standing offer that is in effect and that applies to
        electricity sold to that customer in or with the customer's first
        electricity bill after that licensee standing offer has taken effect.

(2) The Commission must prepare and issue guidelines for the purposes of this
section specifying-

   (a)  the manner of publication of details of licensee standing offers that
        are in effect, including the accessibility of those licensee standing
        offers on a licensee's Internet site; and

   (b)  the nature of the details to be published; and

   (c)  any other matters that the Commission considers relevant.