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Electricity Industry Act 2010

Electricity industry governance - Who does what - Security and Reliability Council, and other advisory groups

20: Security and Reliability Council

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“A group that helps keep the electricity system safe and working well”

The Electricity Authority must set up a group called the Security and Reliability Council. This council’s job is to give independent advice to the Authority about how well the electricity system and the system operator are working, and about issues with the reliability of electricity supply.

The council has to meet at least every six months. They can decide how they want to run their meetings, as long as they follow the rules in the Electricity Industry Act and the charter made under section 19.

When choosing people to be on the council, the Authority needs to make sure that together, the members know a lot about the electricity industry. This is so they can give good advice. The members don’t have to be independent people.

Before the Authority can appoint someone to the council, they have to publicly ask for nominations and think about any nominations they receive.

The Authority gets to decide how long each person will be a member of the council. They can decide this separately for each person.

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Who does what: Security and Reliability Council, and other advisory groups

20Security and Reliability Council

  1. The Authority must appoint a Security and Reliability Council.

  2. The function of the Security and Reliability Council is to provide independent advice to the Authority on—

  3. the performance of the electricity system and the system operator; and
    1. reliability of supply issues.

      1. The Council must meet at least once every 6 months.

      2. The Council may determine its own procedure, subject to this Act and the charter (once made) prepared under section 19.

      3. The Authority must ensure that the members of the Council have between them appropriate knowledge and experience of the electricity industry to provide advice to the Authority, but members need not be independent persons.

      4. The Authority may not appoint a person as a member of the Council unless the Authority has first publicised an invitation for nominations for membership and considered any nominations received.

      5. The terms of appointment as a member of the Council are as determined by the Authority on an individual basis.