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

6. Prohibition on unauthorised activities relating to electricity

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Last amended by an amending law of 2021. 3 amendments in all.

(1)

No person may —

(a)

engage in the generation of electricity;

(b)

engage in the transmission of electricity;

(c)

transmit electricity for or on behalf of a transmission licensee (other than as an employee of the transmission licensee);

(d)

engage in the retail of electricity;

(e)

import or export electricity;

(f)

provide any market support services;

(g)

trade in any wholesale electricity market; (h)operate any wholesale electricity market; or

(i)

carry on any other activity relating to electricity that the Minister may, by order in the Gazette, specify,unless the person is authorised to do so by an electricity licence granted under section 9 or is exempted under section 8.

(1A)

The requirement of an electricity licence in subsection (1) for a person that engages in the generation or transmission of electricity, imports or exports electricity, or trades in any wholesale electricity market, does not apply to the Authority.

(2)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $12,500 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.

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 licence
Defined · s 2
“electricity licence” means a licence granted or extended by the Authority under section 9;
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export
Defined · s 2
“export”, in relation to electricity, means the supply of electricity generated in Singapore to any person or premises outside Singapore;
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import
Defined · s 2
“import”, in relation to electricity, means the supply of electricity generated outside Singapore to any person or premises in Singapore;
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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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retail
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“retail” means to sell or offer to sell electricity to a contestable consumer;
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trade
Defined · s 2
“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
Defined · s 2
“transmission licensee” means a person authorised by an electricity licence to transmit electricity;
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transmit
Defined · s 2
“transmit” means to convey electricity by means of a transmission system —(a)from an electrical plant to a substation;(b)from one electrical plant to another or from one substation to another; or(c)from a substation or an electrical plant to the electrical installation serving the premises of a consumer or, where such premises are not served by an electrical installation, from a substation or an electrical plant directly to such premises;
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wholesale electricity market
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“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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