Electricity Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Licensing of Activities Relating to Electricity
17. Duties of electricity licensees
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
It shall be the duty of a generation licensee to develop and maintain a reliable, efficient, coordinated and economical system of electricity generation in accordance with the such applicable codes of practice and other standards of performance as may be issued or approved by the Authority under section 13.
electricity
"electricity" means electrical power when generated, transmitted, supplied or used for any purpose except the transmission of any communication or signal;
It shall be the duty of a transmission licensee -
to develop and maintain a reliable, efficient, coordinated and economical transmission system in accordance with such applicable codes of practice and other standards of performance as may be issued or approved by the Authority under section 13;
to provide non-discriminatory access to its transmission system for the supply and use of electricity in accordance with this Act and its transmission licence.
It shall be the duty of an electricity licensee to ensure that it will not do or not omit to do any act which will adversely affect, directly or indirectly, the security and stability of the electricity supplied by it or by any other person to consumers.
Terms defined in s 2
electricity
Defined · s 2"electricity" means electrical power when generated, transmitted, supplied or used for any purpose except the transmission of any communication or signal;
transmission system
Defined · s 2"transmission system" means a system of interconnected electric lines, electrical plants and substations used by a transmission licensee to transmit electricity;
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