Energy Market Authority of Singapore Act 2001

Energy Market Authority of
Singapore Act 2001

2020 REVISED EDITION

This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021

An Act to establish and incorporate the Energy Market Authority of Singapore, to provide for its functions and powers, and for matters connected therewith.

[1 April 2001]

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act is the Energy Market Authority of Singapore Act 2001.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Authority” means the Energy Market Authority of Singapore established under section 3;

“Board” means the Public Utilities Board continued under section 3 of the Public Utilities Act 2001;

“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Authority and includes any temporary Chairperson of the Authority;

“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Authority, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;

“Deputy Chairperson” means the Deputy Chairperson of the Authority and includes any temporary Deputy Chairperson of the Authority;

“district cooling service” has the meaning given by the District Cooling Act 2001;

“electricity” means electrical power when generated, transmitted, supplied or used for any purpose but excludes the transmission of any communication or signal;

“energy utilities” includes electricity, gas and district cooling services;

“gas” means natural gas and town gas, but excludes liquefied petroleum gas;

“member” means any member of the Authority;

“natural gas” means mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons which is conveyed by gas pipes and is composed —

(a)	predominantly of methane; and
(b)	as to the remainder, of varying amounts of other hydrocarbons and other combustible and non‑combustible gases;

“premises” includes buildings, structures, streets, lands, waters, tenements, easements of any tenure, whether State land or not, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority;

“Regulation Department” means the department of the Board by that name;

“supply” —

(a)

in relation to electricity, means the supply of electricity through electric lines, and includes —

(i)	the supply to any person or premises in Singapore of electricity which is generated outside Singapore; and
(ii)	the supply to any person or premises outside Singapore of electricity which is generated in Singapore; and

(b)

in relation to gas, means the supply of gas through pipes;

“town gas” means any substance in a gaseous state, which is conveyed in gas pipes and is manufactured from petrochemical feedstock, and has hydrogen as one of its main constituents.

[5/2018]

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