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Electricity Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Licensing of Activities Relating to Electricity

10. Special condition in market support services licence

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2018.

Without limiting section 9(1) and (6), the conditions specified in an electricity licence, to which a market support services licensee may be subject, may include a requirement that the licensee must provide market support services to a contestable consumer on terms and conditions approved by the Authority for the purpose of allowing the consumer (if the consumer remains a contestable consumer under section 41(1)) to purchase electricity indirectly from any wholesale electricity market through the licensee in circumstances in which —

(a)

the contestable consumer does not, cannot or no longer wishes to purchase electricity from a retail electricity licensee or directly from any wholesale electricity market; or (b)a retail electricity licensee is unable or refuses to retail electricity to the contestable consumer for any reason.

Terms defined in s 2

Authority
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“Authority” means the Energy Market Authority of Singapore established under the Energy Market Authority of Singapore Act 2001;
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consumer
Defined · s 2
“consumer” means a person —(a)to whom electricity is supplied and sold for consumption on that person’s own premises; or(b)whose premises are for the time being connected to any system for the purpose of purchasing a supply of electricity for consumption on that person’s own premises;
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contestable consumer
Defined · s 2
“contestable consumer” means a consumer who is, in accordance with this Act, eligible to purchase electricity —(a)from a retail electricity licensee;(b)directly from any wholesale electricity market; or(c)indirectly from any wholesale electricity market through a market support services licensee;
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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;
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electricity licence
Defined · s 2
“electricity licence” means a licence granted or extended by the Authority under section 9;
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market support services
Defined · s 2
“market support services” means any of the following activities in connection with the supply of electricity: (a)the reading of the register of any electricity meter and the management of data relating to meter reading;(b)the facilitation of access to any wholesale electricity market for the purposes of obtaining supply of electricity for contestable consumers and retail electricity licensees;(c)the provision of customer transfer services for retail electricity licensees and consumers to facilitate the transfer of contestable consumers between one retail electricity licensee and another or between retail electricity licensees and market support services licensees;(d)the provision of other services related to access to any wholesale electricity market and the retail electricity market; and(e)the supply and sale of electricity to non‑contestable consumers;
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market support services licensee
Defined · s 2
“market support services licensee” means a person who is authorised by an electricity licence to provide market support services;
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retail
Defined · s 2
“retail” means to sell or offer to sell electricity to a contestable consumer;
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retail electricity licensee
Defined · s 2
“retail electricity licensee” means a person who is authorised by an electricity licence to retail electricity to a contestable consumer;
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wholesale electricity market
Defined · s 2
“wholesale electricity market” means an electricity market established by the market rules for the trading of electricity, ancillary services or any other electricity-related product or service.
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