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

20. Duties of electricity licensees

(1)

It is the duty of a generation licensee to develop and maintain a reliable, efficient, coordinated and economical system of electricity generation in accordance with the market rules and such applicable codes of practice and other standards of performance as may be issued or approved by the Authority under section 16.

(2)

It is the duty of a transmission licensee —

(a)

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 16;

(b)

to facilitate competition in the generation and sale of electricity by making its transmission system available to persons authorised to generate, trade or retail electricity or to provide market support services on terms which neither prevent nor restrict such competition; and

(c)

to provide non-discriminatory access to its transmission system for the supply and use of electricity in accordance with this Act, its transmission licence and the market rules.

(3)

It is the duty of a retail electricity licensee to develop and maintain a reliable, efficient, coordinated and economical electricity retail business in accordance with such applicable codes of practice and other standards of performance as may be issued or approved by the Authority under section 16.

(4)

It is the duty of a market support services licensee —

(a)

to develop and maintain a reliable, efficient, coordinated and economical system for the provision of market support services in accordance with such applicable codes of practice and other standards of performance as may be issued or approved by the Authority under section 16;

(b)

to facilitate competition in the retail of electricity by providing market support services to consumers and retail electricity licensees on terms which neither prevent nor restrict such competition; and

(c)

to provide non-discriminatory access to its market support services in order to facilitate retail competition in accordance with this Act, its market support services licence and the market rules.

(5)

It is 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

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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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 licensee
Defined · s 2
“electricity licensee” means any person who is granted an electricity licence by the Authority;
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generate
Defined · s 2
“generate” means to produce electricity by means of a generating station for the purpose of giving a supply to any premises or enabling a supply to be so given;
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generation licensee
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“generation licensee” means a person who is authorised by an electricity licence to generate electricity;
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market rules
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“market rules” means the rules made or modified under section 46;
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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
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“market support services licensee” means a person who is authorised by an electricity licence to provide market support services;
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retail
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“retail” means to sell or offer to sell electricity to a contestable consumer;
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retail electricity licensee
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“retail electricity licensee” means a person who is authorised by an electricity licence to retail electricity to a contestable consumer;
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supply
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“supply” means the supply of electricity through electric lines, and includes —(a)the supply of electricity generated outside Singapore to any person or premises in Singapore; and(b)the supply of electricity generated in Singapore to any person or premises outside Singapore;
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trade
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“trade” means —(a)to sell electricity, ancillary services or any other electricity-related product or service to a person other than a consumer who is being supplied and sold electricity by a retail electricity licensee or market support services licensee; or(b)to purchase electricity, ancillary services or any other electricity-related product or service, where such purchase is made by a person other than a consumer who is being supplied and sold electricity by a retail electricity licensee or market support services licensee;
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transmission licensee
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“transmission licensee” means a person authorised by an electricity licence to transmit electricity;
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transmission system
Defined · s 2
“transmission system” means a system of interconnected electric lines, electrical plants and substations used to transmit electricity;
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