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Electricity Industry Act 2010

Industry participants and consumers - Continuance of supply

107: Proposal to supply electricity from alternative source

You could also call this:

“Electricity company must tell everyone before changing where power comes from”

If a distributor wants to provide electricity to a place from a different source, they need to tell people about it first. They must let everyone know at least 6 months before they do it. This includes telling the people who use the electricity, the people who own the land (if they’re different), the companies that sell the electricity, and everyone in the area.

When they tell the people who use the electricity and the landowners, they need to explain what they want to do. They also need to say how they’ll make sure people still get enough electricity. They have to give people time to say what they think about the idea.

If they can’t find the landowner after trying hard, they don’t have to tell them.

To let everyone in the area know, they need to put a notice in a local newspaper that comes out at least once a week. This notice should explain what they want to do and tell people how long they have to give their thoughts on it.

The distributor has to think about what people say about their idea before they go ahead with it.

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Part 4 Industry participants and consumers
Continuance of supply

107Proposal to supply electricity from alternative source

  1. A distributor to whom section 105 applies, and who proposes to comply with section 105(2) by supplying a place with electricity from an alternative source, must give at least 6 months' notice of the proposal to—

  2. every consumer affected by the proposal; and
    1. if the landowner is not the consumer, the landowner; and
      1. every retailer who supplies electricity to the place; and
        1. the public in the district in which the place is situated.

          1. The notice to each affected consumer and any landowner must—

          2. outline the proposal; and
            1. describe how, under the proposal, the consumer's reasonable electricity needs will be met; and
              1. give the consumer and any landowner a reasonable period in which to comment on the proposal.

                1. If the distributor is unable to locate a landowner of a place after taking reasonable steps to do so, the distributor is not required to give notice to the landowner under subsection (1).

                2. The notice to the public must be by way of a notice—

                3. published in a newspaper that is published at least weekly and that circulates in the district to which the proposal relates; and
                  1. that outlines the proposal and specifies the time within which any person may comment on it.

                    1. The distributor must have regard to any comments received in response to the proposal.