SINGAPORE: Electricity (Electricity Generation and Retail Licence) (Exemption) Order (2008 Ed.)

Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2007
Effective Start Year: 
2008
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Other
Economic Sector: 
Power
Energy Types: 
Power
Issued by: 
Republic of Singapore
Source: 
Singapore Statutes Online
File: 
Electricity (Electricity Generation and Retail Licence) (Exemption) Order (2008 Ed.)
Overall Summary: 
This order oultines exemptions to the Electricity Act in regards to the licensing of electrical generation and retail subject to conditions by the Energy Market Authority.
Governance
National policy structure: 
Exemption from section 6(1)(a) of Act 2. Section6(1)(a)oftheActshallnotapplytoacompanyspecifiedinthefirstcolumn of the First Schedule in respect of a generating station which is located on the premises specified in the second column of that Schedule, subject to the following conditions: (a) any generating unit in the generating station shall be of the description specified in the third column of that Schedule; (b) the company shall not inject electricity generated from the generating unit into a transmission system; (c) the company shall not register the generating unit under the market rules for the purpose of trading in any wholesale electricity market; (d) the company shall comply with any code of practice issued or approved by the Authority under section 16 of the Act and any direction given by the Authority under section 17 of the Act; and (e) any other condition specified in the fourth column of that Schedule. Exemption from section 6(1)(c) of Act 3. Section6(1)(c)oftheActshallnotapplytoacompanyspecifiedinthefirstcolumn of the Second Schedule, subject to the following conditions: (a) the company shall not register itself as a market participant of the retail electricity licensee class under the market rules; (b) the company shall only retail electricity to a person specified in the second column of that Schedule for consumption on the premises of the person which is located within the premises of the company specified in the third column of that Schedule; and (c) the company shall comply with any code of practice issued or approved by the Authority under section 16 of the Act and any direction given by the Authority under section 17 of the Act.