Electricity (Contestable Consumers) Regulations 2003

No. S 257

Electricity Act

(Chapter 89A)

Electricity (Contestable Consumers)
Regulations 2003

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 41(1) and 103(1) of the Electricity Act, the Energy Market Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Trade and Industry, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Electricity (Contestable Consumers) Regulations 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st June 2003.

Definition

2. In these Regulations, “master-meter” means a meter measuring the electricity consumed by all the units and common areas in a building or cluster of buildings which are used or occupied by multiple consumers.

Classification as contestable consumer by electricity usage

3.—(1) Subject to regulation 5, a consumer who immediately before 1st June 2003 is not classified as a contestable consumer shall, on the date notified by the Authority to that consumer, be classified as a contestable consumer in respect of premises used or occupied by him at a single location if —

(a)

the consumer is not using or occupying those premises for a residential purpose; and

(b)

in respect of those premises, the consumer, on 1st December 2002 —

(i)	required electricity to be supplied at high voltage; or
(ii)	had an average monthly electricity consumption of 20,000 kilowatt-hour or more.

(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(b)(ii), the average monthly electricity consumption of the consumer shall be calculated based on his electricity consumption at those premises over a period of one month or more before 1st December 2002, subject to a maximum of 12 months.

Classification as contestable consumer by application

4.—(1) Subject to regulation 5, where a consumer, in respect of premises used or occupied by him at a single location —

(a)

is not using or occupying those premises for a residential purpose; and

(b)

in respect of those premises, at any time after 1st December 2002 —

(i)	required or requires electricity to be supplied at high voltage; or
(ii)	had or has an average monthly electricity consumption of 20,000 kilowatt-hour or more,

the consumer may make an application to a market support services licensee to be classified as a contestable consumer in respect of those premises.

(3) An application to a market support services licensee under paragraph (1) shall be made in the form specified, and shall include any information requested, by the market support services licensee.

(4) A consumer whose application under paragraph (1) has been approved by the market support services licensee shall be classified as a contestable consumer from such date as may be notified by the market support services licensee to him and approved by the Authority.

Consumers not qualifying to be classified as contestable consumers

5. Unless the Authority otherwise determines, no consumer shall be classified as a contestable consumer under these Regulations in respect of premises used or occupied by him at a single location if —

(a)	the premises form part of a building or cluster of buildings used or occupied by multiple consumers and the consumer is using a master-meter to compute his electricity consumption;
(b)	the consumer uses those premises to provide serviced apartment facilities; or
(c)	the consumer leases those premises to other persons.

Remote meter reading

6.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the market support services licensee providing market support services to a contestable consumer shall subscribe to and activate, on behalf of that contestable consumer, a functional telephone line for remote meter reading purposes, and the market support services licensee shall be entitled to charge each contestable consumer a fee for such services rendered.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a contestable consumer may, on his own behalf, subscribe to and activate a functional telephone line for remote meter reading purposes and the contestable consumer shall, before so doing, inform the market support services licensee of his proposed subscription and activation.

Revocation and savings

7.—(1) The Electricity (Contestable Consumers) Regulations 2002 (G. N. No. S 656/2002) are revoked.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any consumer classified as a contestable consumer under the revoked Electricity (Contestable Consumers) Regulations 2002 shall continue to be a contestable consumer for the purposes of the Act.

Made this 19th day of May 2003.

CHIANG CHIE FOO

Chairman,
Energy Market Authority
of Singapore.

[CS/00301/13; AG/LEG/SL/89A/2002/1 Vol. 2]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 103(4) of the Electricity Act).

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