Electricity Industry Act 2004
Electricity Transmission and Distribution Systems (Access) Act 1994
Gas Services Information Act 2012
Electricity Industry Regulations Amendment (Distributed Energy Resources) Regulations 2025
Electricity Industry Act 2004
Electricity Transmission and Distribution Systems (Access) Act 1994
Gas Services Information Act 2012
Electricity Industry Regulations Amendment (Distributed Energy Resources) Regulations 2025
Western Australia
Electricity Industry Regulations Amendment (Distributed Energy Resources) Regulations 2025
Contents
Part 1 — Preliminary
1.Citation1
2.Commencement1
Part 2 — Australian Energy Market Operator (Functions) Regulations 2015 amended
3.Regulations amended2
4.Regulation 5 amended2
Part 3 — Electricity Industry (Wholesale Electricity Market) Regulations 2004 amended
5.Regulations amended3
6.Regulation 1 amended3
7.Regulation 2 deleted3
8.Regulation 3 amended3
9.Regulation 4A amended4
10.Regulation 5 amended4
11.Regulation 7 amended4
12.Regulation 17 amended4
13.Regulation 21 amended4
14.Regulation 31 amended5
15.Regulation 51 replaced5
51.Specified governance participants5
16.Regulation 52 amended5
17.Regulation 53 amended7
18.Part 10 heading replaced7
Part 10 — Miscellaneous
19.Regulations 55A and 55B inserted7
55A.Prescribed voltage (Act s. 3(1))7
55B.System voltage (Act s. 124B)8
20.Schedule 1 amended8
Part 4 — Electricity Transmission Regulations 1996 amended
21.Regulations amended12
22.Regulation 20 amended12
Electricity Industry Act 2004
Electricity Transmission and Distribution Systems (Access) Act 1994
Gas Services Information Act 2012
Electricity Industry Regulations Amendment (Distributed Energy Resources) Regulations 2025
Made by the Governor in Executive Council.
These regulations come into operation as follows —
(a)Part 1 — on the day on which these regulations are published on the WA legislation website;
(b)the rest of the regulations — on the day on which the Electricity Industry Amendment (Distributed Energy Resources) Act 2024 section 3 comes into operation.
Part 2 — Australian Energy Market Operator (Functions) Regulations 2015 amended
This Part amends the Australian Energy Market Operator (Functions) Regulations 2015.
In regulation 5(1) and (2) delete “(Wholesale Electricity Market)” and insert:
(Electricity System and Market)
Part 3 — Electricity Industry (Wholesale Electricity Market) Regulations 2004 amended
This Part amends the Electricity Industry (Wholesale Electricity Market) Regulations 2004.
In regulation 1 delete “(Wholesale Electricity Market)” and insert:
(Electricity System and Market)
Delete regulation 2.
(1)In regulation 3 insert in alphabetical order:
market rules means the electricity system and market rules;
(2)In regulation 3 in the definition of registered participant delete “section 121(2)(a)” and insert:
paragraph (a) of the definition of participant in section 121(1)
In regulation 4A delete “1 October 2023.” and insert:
20 November 2024.
In regulation 5 delete “section 123(1) of the Act (the market rules).” and insert:
section 123 of the Act.
In regulation 7(5) delete “31 October 2025.” and insert:
31 October 2027.
Delete regulation 17(k).
In regulation 21(1) delete “A participant described in section 121(2)(b) or (c) of the Act” and insert:
A governance participant
Delete regulation 31(5)(c) and insert:
(c)state that the notice is given under this regulation; and
Delete regulation 51 and insert:
51.Specified governance participants
In this Part —
specified governance participant means —
(a)the AEMO; and
(b)the Board.
(1)Delete regulation 52(1).
(2)In regulation 52(2):
(a)delete “the person’s liability to pay a civil monetary penalty” and insert:
a specified governance participant’s civil monetary liability
(b)in paragraph (b) delete “person’s total liability (whether paid or payable) for civil monetary penalties” and insert:
participant’s total civil monetary liability (whether paid or payable)
(3)At the end of regulation 52(3A) insert:
Note for this subregulation:
The reference to subregulation (2) is to that subregulation as in effect prior to the amendments made by the Electricity Industry Regulations Amendment (Distributed Energy Resources) Regulations 2025 regulation 16.
(4)In regulation 52(3):
(a)delete “The person’s total liability for civil monetary penalties” and insert:
A specified governance participant’s total civil monetary liability
(b)delete “person’s liability to a civil monetary penalty” and insert:
participant’s civil monetary liability
Note: The heading to amended regulation 52 is to read:
Maximum civil monetary liability of specified governance participants
In regulation 53:
(a)after “maximum amount of” insert:
civil monetary
(b)delete “market” and insert:
specified
(c)delete “to pay a civil monetary penalty”.
Note: The heading to amended regulation 53 is to read:
Maximum civil monetary liability of officers and employees of specified governance participants
Delete the heading to Part 10 and insert:
19.Regulations 55A and 55B inserted
At the end of Part 10 insert:
55A.Prescribed voltage (Act s. 3(1))
For the purposes of the definition of prescribed voltage in section 3(1) of the Act, the voltage is 66 kV.
55B.System voltage (Act s. 124B)
(1)This regulation applies in relation to distribution systems.
(2)A network operator must, to the extent practicable, maintain a system voltage, at the points where the electricity will pass beyond the service apparatus of the network operator, as follows —
(a)for a point in relation to which an agreement with the network operator deals with the voltage of the electricity supplied at that point — as specified or provided for in the agreement;
(b)otherwise —
(i)for single‑phase connections — between 207 V and 254 V; or
(ii)for three‑phase connections — between 360 V and 440 V.
(3)A network operator must take all reasonable steps to limit the extent and duration of voltage excursions.
In Schedule 1:
(a)in the row relating to cl. 2.16A.2 delete “cl. 2.16A.2” and insert:
cl. 2.16A.3
(b)in the row relating to cl. 2.26C.2T delete “cl. 2.26C.2T” and insert:
cl. 2.26.2T
(c)after the row relating to cl. 2.26C.2T insert:
|
cl. 2.27.1A |
A |
first contravention: $10 000 plus a daily amount of $5 000 |
(d)after the row relating to cl. 2.29.6 insert:
|
cl. 2.31.2L |
B |
first contravention: $50 000 plus a daily amount of $10 000 |
(e)after the row relating to cl. 3.17.8 insert:
|
cl. 3.18A.5 |
C |
first contravention: $100 000 plus a daily amount of $20 000 |
|
cl. 3.18A.10 |
B |
first contravention: $50 000 plus a daily amount of $10 000 |
(f)in the row relating to cl. 3.21.2(a) delete “cl. 3.21.2(a)” and insert:
cl. 3.21.2
(g)after the row relating to cl. 4.5.4 insert:
|
cl. 4.13.1D |
B |
first contravention: $50 000 plus a daily amount of $10 000 |
(h)after the row relating to cl. 7.4.2B insert:
|
cl. 7.4.2C |
C |
first contravention: $100 000 plus a daily amount of $20 000 |
(i)after the row relating to cl. 7.4.4 insert:
|
cl. 7.4.5A |
C |
first contravention: $100 000 plus a daily amount of $20 000 |
(j)after the row relating to cl. 7.4.8 insert:
|
cl. 7.4.12 |
C |
first contravention: $100 000 plus a daily amount of $20 000 |
(k)after the row relating to cl. 7.4.29 insert:
|
cl. 7.4.35 |
B |
first contravention: $50 000 plus a daily amount of $10 000 |
(l)delete the row relating to cl. 7.9.10;
(m)in the row relating to cl. 10.1.2 delete “cl. 10.1.2” and insert:
cl. 10.1.1
Part 4 — Electricity Transmission Regulations 1996 amended
This Part amends the Electricity Transmission Regulations 1996.
In regulation 20(1a) delete “market”.
K. COLLERAN, Clerk of the Executive Council
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