ENERGY OPERATORS (WESTERN POWER CORPORATION) (CHARGES) BY-LAWS 1996 - SCHEDULE 1

This legislation has been repealed.

ENERGY OPERATORS (WESTERN POWER CORPORATION) (CHARGES) BY-LAWS 1996 - SCHEDULE 1

[by-laws 3, 4(1) and 10(1)]

TARIFF L1

General Supply

Low/Medium Voltage Tariff

This tariff is available for low/medium voltage supply.

A fixed charge at the rate of 26.57 cents per day.

Plus all metered consumption at the rate of — 

        17.47 cents per unit for the first 1 650 units per day.

        15.76 cents per unit per day for all units exceeding 1 650 units.

TARIFF M1

General Supply

High Voltage Tariff

This tariff is available for consumers supplied at 6.6kV, 11kV, 22kV or 33kV or such higher voltage as the Western Power Corporation may approve.

A fixed charge at the rate of 26.57 cents per day.

Plus all metered consumption at the rate of — 

        16.88 cents per unit for the first 1 650 units per day.

        15.16 cents per unit per day for all units exceeding 1 650 units.

TARIFF R1

Time of Use Tariff

This tariff consists of a fixed charge and energy charges dependent on the time of day and day of the week. It is subject to the conditions that the consumer agrees to take the tariff for a minimum of 12 months and pays the Tariff R1 “time-of-use meter” installation fee set out in Schedule 5.

Tariff

        Fixed charge of $1.09 per day.

        Energy charge — 

            (a)         on peak energy charge — 

                19.13 cents per unit;

            (b)         off peak energy charge — 

                5.90 cents per unit.

TARIFF S1

Low/Medium Voltage Time Based Demand and Energy Tariff

This tariff is available for low/medium voltage supply.

The tariff consists of a minimum charge and demand and energy charges dependent on the time of day and day of the week and is subject to the undermentioned conditions.

Tariff

        Minimum charge at the rate of $229.53 per day.

        Demand charge 58.31 cents per day multiplied by — 

            (a)         the on peak half-hourly maximum demand; or

            (b)         30% of the off peak half-hourly maximum demand,

        whichever is the greater.

        Energy charge — 

            (a)         on peak energy charge 8.36 cents per unit;

            (b)         off peak energy charge 5.29 cents per unit.

Conditions for Tariff S1

Minimum period of contract

Consumer to agree to take the tariff for a minimum period of 12 months.

Power factor

Power factor is to be 0.8 or better during the on peak period.

The Western Power Corporation reserves the right to levy a charge of 41.06 cents per day per kVAR for the kVAR necessary to improve the power factor to 0.8 lagging in any period during which the power factor at the time of the consumer’s maximum demand is less than 0.8.

TARIFF T1

High Voltage Time Based Demand and Energy Tariff

This tariff is available to consumers supplied at 6.6kV, 11kV, 22kV or 33kV or such higher voltage as the Western Power Corporation may approve.

The tariff consists of a minimum charge and demand and energy charges dependent on the time of day and day of the week and is subject to the undermentioned conditions.

Tariff

        Minimum charge at the rate of $295.11 per day.

        Demand charge 52.00 cents per day multiplied by — 

            (a)         the on peak half-hourly maximum demand; or

            (b)         30% of the off peak half-hourly maximum demand,

        whichever is the greater.

        Energy charge — 

            (a)         on peak energy charge 7.61 cents per unit;

            (b)         off peak energy charge 5.07 cents per unit.

Conditions for Tariff T1

Minimum period of contract

Consumer to agree to take the tariff for a minimum period of 12 months.

Ownership of high voltage equipment

This tariff applies to consumers who own all equipment except tariff metering equipment on the load side of the consumer’s high voltage terminals.

Power factor

Power factor is to be 0.8 or better during the on peak period.

The Western Power Corporation reserves the right to levy a charge of 41.06 cents per day per kVAR for the kVAR necessary to improve the power factor to 0.8 lagging in any period during which the power factor at the time of the consumer’s maximum demand is less than 0.8.

STANDBY CHARGES

Applicable to consumers with their own generation and supplied on Tariffs L1, R1, S1, M1 or T1.

(Payable in addition to charges under those tariffs and subject to conditions below.)

            (a)         In the case of Tariff L1 or R1.

                Standby charge — 5.72 cents per day per kW.

                Based on the difference between — 

                total half-hourly maximum demand and normal half-hourly maximum demand.

            (b)         In the case of Tariff S1.

                Standby charge — 5.72 cents per day per kW.

                Based on the difference between — 

                          (i)         total half-hourly maximum demand and normal half-hourly maximum demand; or

                          (ii)         total half-hourly maximum demand and registered half-hourly maximum demand,

                whichever is less.

            (c)         In the case of Tariff M1.

                Standby charge — 5.10 cents per day per kW.

                Based on the difference between total half-hourly maximum demand and normal half-hourly maximum demand.

            (d)         In the case of Tariff T1.

                Standby charge — 5.10 cents per day per kW.

                Based on the difference between — 

                          (i)         total half-hourly maximum demand and normal half-hourly maximum demand; or

                          (ii)         total half-hourly maximum demand and registered half-hourly maximum demand,

                whichever is less.

Conditions for provision of standby service

The consumer to pay for the cost of all additional mains and equipment necessary to provide the standby service. The standby service agreement will be for a minimum period of 12 months. Thereafter the consumer will be required to give 6 months notice in writing to the Western Power Corporation of intention to terminate the agreement.

The “normal half-hourly maximum demand” will be assessed by the Western Power Corporation and will be based on loading normally supplied from the Western Power Corporation’s supply.

Notwithstanding the Western Power Corporation’s assessment, in any accounting period the normal half-hourly maximum demand is taken to be not less than — 

The “total half-hourly maximum demand” will be assessed by the Western Power Corporation as the consumer’s expected half-hourly minimum demand on the Western Power Corporation’s system without the consumer’s generation equipment in operation.

The difference between total half-hourly maximum demand and normal half-hourly maximum demand will not exceed — 

            (a)         the capacity of the consumer’s generation equipment; or

            (b)         the expected maximum loading of such generation equipment, as assessed by the Western Power Corporation.

TARIFF A1

Residential Tariff

This tariff is available for residential use only.

A fixed charge at the rate of — 

        25.57 cents per day.

Plus all metered consumption at the rate of — 

        13.94 cents per unit.

For multiple dwellings supplied through one metered supply point the fixed charge is at the rate of — 

            (a)         25.57 cents per day for the first dwelling; and

            (b)         19.86 cents per day for each additional dwelling.

TARIFF B1

Residential Water Heating Tariff

This tariff is available for residential water heating during a 6 hour period between the hours of 11.00 p.m. and 6.00 a.m. for installations approved by the Western Power Corporation. Other single phase hardwired appliances may be connected in conjunction with the water heater.

A fixed charge at the rate of — 

        12.84 cents per day.

Plus all metered consumption at the rate of — 

        7.10 cents per unit.

For multiple dwellings supplied through one metered supply point the fixed charge is at the rate of — 

        12.84 cents per day for each dwelling supplied.

TARIFF C1

Special Community Service Tariff

This tariff is available for small voluntary and charitable organisations, subject to the undermentioned conditions.

Tariff

Fixed charge at the rate of 25.57 cents per day.

Plus all metered consumption at the rate of — 

        13.94 cents per unit for the first 20 units per day.

        17.47 cents for the next 1 630 units per day.

        15.76 cents per unit per day for all units exceeding 1 650 units.

Conditions for Tariff C1

For the purposes of this tariff the consumer must comply with the following conditions.

        (1)         The consumer must — 

            (a)         be a direct customer of the Western Power Corporation;

            (b)         be a voluntary, non-profit making organisation;

            (c)         be classified as being tax exempt under section 23 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 of the Commonwealth;

            (d)         provide a public service, which is available to any member of the public without discrimination;

            (e)         not be a Commonwealth, State or local government department, instrumentality or agency; and

            (f)         not receive the major part of its funding from any organisation mentioned in paragraph (e).

        (2)         A consumer seeking supply under this tariff must make an application to the Western Power Corporation in writing accompanied by evidence which clearly demonstrates that the consumer meets all the conditions listed in item (1).

TARIFF D1

Special Tariff for Certain Premises

This tariff is available for premises wholly used by a charitable or benevolent organisation for providing residential accommodation other than for commercial gain, being premises for which Tariff A1 is not available.

A fixed charge at the rate of — 

        25.57 cents per day,

and where in accordance with this tariff there is deemed to be more than one equivalent domestic residence in the premises, an additional — 

        19.86 cents per day,

for each equivalent domestic residence except the first that is deemed to be in the premises.

Plus all metered consumption at the rate of — 

        13.94 cents per unit.

For the purposes of this tariff the number of equivalent domestic residences to be in particular premises is ascertained by dividing the facility’s total bed capacity by 5 and, where the quotient is not a whole number, by increasing it to the next highest whole number.

TARIFF K1

General Supply with Residential Tariff

This tariff is available for premises where the circuit wiring is not separate and the electricity is used partly for general purposes and partly for residential purposes.

A fixed charge at the rate of 25.57 cents per day.

Plus all metered consumption at the rate of — 

        13.94 cents per unit for the first 20 units per day.

        17.47 cents per unit for the next 1 630 units per day.

        15.76 cents per unit per day for all units exceeding 1 650 units.

TARIFF W1

Traffic Light Installations

A charge of $1.61 per day per kilowatt of the total installed wattage.

        [Schedule 1 inserted in Gazette 20 Jun 2000 p. 3014-19; amended in Gazette 15 Jan 2002 p. 159.]