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Electricity Industry Act 2010

Miscellaneous - Secondary networks

131A: Application of electricity industry legislation to secondary networks

You could also call this:

“Rules for smaller electricity networks that aren't directly connected to the main power grid”

This law explains how electricity rules apply to secondary networks. If you run a secondary network, you need to follow the same rules as companies that distribute electricity directly from the main power grid.

A secondary network is equipment used to move electricity that’s not directly connected to the main power grid. If you operate a secondary network and provide services similar to regular electricity distributors, you’re called a secondary network provider.

The law says that all the rules for the electricity industry also apply to secondary network providers. This means you have to follow the same regulations and codes as regular electricity distributors, even though your network is indirectly connected to the main grid.

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Part 5 Miscellaneous
Secondary networks

131AApplication of electricity industry legislation to secondary networks

  1. This Act, the regulations, and the Electricity Industry Participation Code apply, with all necessary modifications, to a secondary network provider as if that provider were a distributor.

  2. In this section,—

    secondary network means equipment that—

    1. is used, designed, or intended for use in, or in connection with, the conveyance of electricity; and
      1. is indirectly connected to the national grid

        secondary network provider means a business that—

        1. is engaged in the conveyance of electricity on a secondary network; and
          1. provides services that are substantially similar to the services provided by a distributor.

          Notes
          • Section 131A: inserted, on , by section 7 of the Energy Innovation (Electric Vehicles and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 27).