Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Effective Start Year: 
1991
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Decree, Law
Economic Sector: 
Power
Energy Types: 
Power
Issued by: 
Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region
Notes: 
No English version available
Overall Summary: 
The document provides for the general conditions of supply and sale of electricity, including governance principles and standards of service.
Access
Energy service quality targets: 
The Concessionaire shall provide electric power in the form of alternating current, [...].2. The standard voltage distribution will be 230/400 V to consumers connected to the low-voltage network and between phase 11,000 V, supplied directly to consumers by the medium voltage network with 5% tolerances and to further 10% less. 3. The frequency current is fixed at 50 Hz with a tolerance of 2% more or less.---The power supply is permanent and continuous and can only be restricted [...] due to unforeseeable circumstances [...], by prior arrangement, by acts attributable to the consumer or to a third party, or interruption or restriction in the supply of imported energy.
Pricing
Energy pricing: 
The rates of electricity and tariff periods are fixed through decrees [...].
Investment
Independent power producers: 
Consumer with electric power production itself must use the energy generated in its center only in emergency situations and limited duration of trials, with the exception of duly authorized and able to contain the respective supply contract.
Governance
Energy management principles: 
The concessionaire of the public service of production, import, export, transport, distribution and sale of electricity in Macau, [...] shall agree on the supply and acquisition, respectively, of the electricity that the consumer need for the exercise of their trade or business, or household purposes.---The power supply is permanent and continuous and can only be restricted [...] due to unforeseeable circumstances or greater force, by prior arrangement, by acts attributable to the consumer or to a third party, or interruption or restriction in the supply of imported energy.