Singapore legislation
Section 20A
Section 20A
Connections to electrical plants
(1)
The Authority may direct any electricity licensee (E) to allow a transmission licensee to connect any electrical plant or electric line of the transmission licensee, to any of E’s electrical plants, if the Authority considers the connection necessary —
in the public interest; or
to ensure the security and reliability of the supply of electricity to the public.
(2)
For the purpose of subsection (1), the direction may —
require E to allow the transmission licensee to enter the premises of E for the purposes of making and maintaining the connection, and not to do or suffer to be done anything which may prevent the transmission licensee from making and maintaining the connection; and
require E and the transmission licensee to enter into an agreement after the connection under paragraph (a) has been made, within the time specified in the direction, for the purpose of maintaining the connection and reasonably compensating E for any loss suffered as a result of the connection,and E and the transmission licensee must comply with a direction under subsection (1) to the extent that it relates to either of them.
(3)
If E and the transmission licensee are unable to agree on the terms for any matter so as to be able to enter into an agreement in accordance with a requirement under subsection (2)(b), either E or the transmission licensee may request the Minister to establish an Appeal Panel under section 65 to determine the reasonable terms for that matter.
(4)
The decision of the Appeal Panel under subsection (3) must include a date on which E and the transmission licensee are treated as having entered into an agreement comprising —
(if any) the terms agreed between E and the transmission licensee; and
the terms determined by the Appeal Panel,and E and the transmission licensee are treated as having entered into an agreement with each other as from that date on all such terms.
(5)
The direction of the Authority under subsection (1) is revoked as from the date mentioned in the Appeal Panel’s decision under subsection (4) to the extent the decision is inconsistent with that direction.
(6)
Nothing in subsection (4) prevents E and the transmission licensee from varying or terminating the agreement treated as entered into under that subsection.