PART II 3.—(1) The supply of electricity by an electricity licensee shall be by means of alternating current, at a nominal frequency of 50 hertz.(2) The voltage of such supply shall be —| (a) | 66,000 volts, 3 phase 3 wires; | | (b) | 22,000 volts, 3 phase 3 wires; | | (c) | 6,600 volts, 3 phase 3 wires; | | (d) | 400 volts, 3 phase 4 wires; or | | (e) | 230 volts, single phase. |
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| (3) The voltages referred to in paragraph (2) shall be subject to a variation of plus or minus 6%. |
| (4) Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3), an electricity licensee may, with the approval of the Authority, supply electricity at voltages other than those specified in paragraph (2) and the variation specified in paragraph (3). |
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4.—(1) A person who requires a supply of electricity or a continuance of such a supply and who is not classified as a contestable consumer under the Electricity (Contestable Consumers) Regulations (Rg 4), shall make his request to a market support services licensee for a supply of electricity or a continuance of such a supply.| (2) Every request referred to in paragraph (1) shall be made in such form as may be provided by the market support services licensee, and shall be accompanied by such plans and specifications of the electrical installation for the conveyance, control and use of the supply of electricity, if any, as may be required by the market support services licensee. |
(3) A person who requires a supply of electricity or a continuance of such a supply and who is classified as a contestable consumer under the Electricity (Contestable Consumers) Regulations shall —| (a) | make arrangements with a retail electricity licensee for a supply of electricity or a continuance of such a supply if he wishes to purchase electricity from the retail electricity licensee; | | (b) | apply to the Authority for an electricity licence to trade in a wholesale electricity market, and make arrangements with a licensed operator of a wholesale electricity market for a supply of electricity or a continuance of such a supply if he wishes to purchase electricity from a wholesale electricity market directly; or | | (c) | make arrangements with a market support services licensee for a supply of electricity or a continuance of such a supply if he wishes to purchase electricity from a wholesale electricity market indirectly through a market support services licensee. |
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(4) The person referred to in paragraph (3) shall —| (a) | make arrangements with the transmission licensee in respect of the provision of transmission services; and | | (b) | in the case of paragraph (3)(a) and (b), make arrangements with a market support services licensee in respect of the provision of market support services. |
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| (5) The person referred to in paragraph (3) shall complete such forms and provide such plans and specifications of the electrical installation for the conveyance, control and use of the supply of electricity as may be required by the relevant electricity licensee. |
(6) Where, at a time of the request or arrangement referred to in paragraph (1) or (3) —| (a) | the premises for which a supply or a continuance of a supply of electricity is requested or arranged are already served by an electrical installation; and | | (b) | such electrical installation is owned by a person other than the person who made such request or arrangement, |
| the retail electricity licensee or market support services licensee, as the case may be, to whom the request or with whom the arrangement is made shall not procure or arrange for the supply of electricity or a continuance of such supply so requested or arranged unless it is satisfied that the owner of such electrical installation consents to the electrical installation being used for the purpose of the supply of electricity or a continuance of such a supply so requested or arranged. |
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| (7) Where a retail electricity licensee is unable to continue to provide a supply of electricity or a continuance of such a supply to the person referred to in paragraph (3) who requested or arranged for such supply to be provided by the retail electricity licensee, the Authority may direct a market support services licensee to make arrangements for such person to purchase electricity indirectly from a wholesale electricity market at prevailing market prices for the continuance of such a supply of electricity. |
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| Connection of electrical installation to supply line |
5.—(1) Where a person requires a supply of electricity to be made to an electrical installation which is not connected to any supply line, he shall at his own expense arrange for the electrical installation to be —| (a) | inspected and certified fit by a licensed electrical worker of the appropriate class; and | | (b) | where the installation is exempted from an electrical installation licence under section 71 of the Act, checked by the market support services licensee in accordance with the requirements of the Authority. |
(2) No person shall connect or supply any electricity to the consumer’s electrical installation, or permit such a connection or supply, unless —| (a) | the licensed electrical worker referred to in paragraph (1)(a) issues a Certificate of Compliance for the electrical installation in such form as may be approved by the Authority; and | | (b) | for the purpose of paragraph (1)(b), the licensed electrical worker referred to in paragraph (1)(a) lodges a copy of the Certificate of Compliance with the market support services licensee. |
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| (3) No person shall turn on the switchgear which controls the supply of electricity to the electrical installation referred to in paragraph (1) unless the person who made the request or arrangement referred to in regulation 4(1) or (3) has obtained confirmation that his account with the market support services licensee will be activated for the purpose of turn on. |
| (4) A statement of turn on in such form as may be approved by the Authority shall be issued at the time of turn on of electricity by the person responsible for turning on the switchgear which controls the supply of electricity to the electrical installation referred to in paragraph (1). |
(5) The statement of turn on referred to in paragraph (4) shall be acknowledged by the following persons:| (a) | in the case of an electrical installation which is exempted from an electrical installation licence under section 71 of the Act —| (i) | the licensed electrical worker of the appropriate class responsible for the design and installation of the electrical installation; and | | (ii) | the person who made the request or arrangement referred to in regulation 4(1) or (3); and |
| | (b) | in the case of any other electrical installation —| (i) | the licensed electrical worker of the appropriate class responsible for the design and installation of the electrical installation; | | (ii) | the licensed electrical worker of the appropriate class who is employed or appointed to operate, be in charge of or control the electrical installation; and | | (iii) | the person who made the request or arrangement referred to in regulation 4(1) or (3). |
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6.—(1) The transmission licensee shall specify the point at which every supply line shall terminate in any premises which is or is to be supplied with electricity.| (2) At every point in the premises at which a supply line terminates, the person who made the request or arrangement referred to in regulation 4(1) or (3) shall provide and maintain such meter boards and accessories as the transmission licensee may require. |
| (3) The transmission licensee or its agent shall provide, install and maintain an electricity meter at a meter board in accordance with such standards as may be determined by the Authority. |
| (4) If a consumer disputes the accuracy of any electricity meter with regard to the electricity supplied to him through that meter and such dispute cannot be resolved between the consumer and the transmission licensee, the matter shall be referred to the Authority whose decision shall be final. |
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| Modification to electrical installation, etc. |
7.—(1) Where a consumer —| (a) | carries out or causes to be carried out any modification of any electrical installation which is connected to a supply of electricity; or | | (b) | installs or causes to be installed any high voltage apparatus or high voltage cable in any electrical installation which is connected to a supply of electricity, |
| he shall at his own expense arrange for the electrical installation so modified or the high voltage apparatus or high voltage cable so installed to be — |
| (i) | inspected, tested and certified fit by a licensed electrical worker of the appropriate class; and | | (ii) | where the electrical installation is exempted from an electrical installation licence under section 71 of the Act, checked by the market support services licensee. |
| (2) The consumer referred to in paragraph (1) shall not use, work or operate the electrical installation, high voltage apparatus or high voltage cable referred to in that paragraph, or permit any person to use, work or operate such installation, high voltage apparatus or high voltage cable until paragraph (1) has been complied with. |
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| Testing of electrical installation |
| 8. The Authority may require a consumer to engage a licensed electrical worker of the appropriate class to inspect and test any electrical installation used, worked or operated by the consumer and submit the inspection and test results to the Authority at such intervals as the Authority may determine, and the consumer shall comply with such requirement at his own expense. |
| Adjustments to electrical installation when interfering with supply to other consumers, etc. |
9.—(1) Where the transmission licensee determines that an electrical installation causes or is likely to cause undue interference with the supply of electricity to any other consumer or electrical installation, the transmission licensee may require the consumer who uses, works or operates the first-mentioned electrical installation to employ or appoint such licensed electrical worker of the appropriate class as may be authorised by the Authority to make such adjustments or alterations to the electrical installation as the transmission licensee considers necessary. | (2) The consumer shall comply with the requirement under paragraph (1) at his own expense. |
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10.—(1) In addition to any penalty which may be imposed under these Regulations or otherwise, where regulation 7, 8 or 9 is not complied with, the electricity licensee may in accordance with section 39 of the Act discontinue or refuse to connect the supply of electricity to that electrical installation.(2) Where a consumer purchases electricity, directly or indirectly, from a wholesale electricity market for his premises and the consumer fails to pay any charges owed to the market support services licensee providing market support services to that consumer, the market support services licensee may —| (a) | direct the transmission licensee to disconnect the supply of electricity to such premises from the transmission system; and | | (b) | where such premises are connected indirectly to the transmission system through an electrical installation, disconnect the supply of electricity to such premises from such electrical installation. |
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| Failure of supply to consumers |
11.—(1) If at any time a supply of electricity to a consumer’s premises which is connected directly to the transmission system of the transmission licensee should fail, the transmission licensee shall attend to the failure at the request of the consumer.| (2) No charge shall be made for any rectification of the failure of the supply if the failure is due to a fault in any part of the transmission system of the transmission licensee. |
(3) If the failure of such supply is due to some cause other than the cause referred to in paragraph (2), the transmission licensee may —| (a) | refuse to rectify the failure; and | | (b) | charge the consumer a reasonable fee to recover his cost for attending to such failure and the consumer shall render payment of the fee to the transmission licensee upon demand. |
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| (4) Where the transmission licensee refuses to rectify the failure of the supply under paragraph (3)(a), the consumer shall employ or appoint a licensed electrical worker of the appropriate class to rectify the failure. |
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