This Act may be cited as the Electricity Act.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
"ancillary service" means a service comprising reactive power, black start, operating reserve and a service required to control power system stability;
"base tariff" means a reference to a retail tariff determined by the Energy Regulation Board at the beginning of the multi-year tariff period;
"base year" means the latest historical full financial year prior to a retail tariff application;
"bilateral tariff" means the tariff at which electricity is sold under a power purchase agreement or a power supply agreement, excluding a retail tariff;
"black start" means the process of restoring a generating station or part of the electricity network following a total system collapse without the use of an external transmission system;
"Board" means the Board of the Energy Regulation Board established under the Energy Regulation Act, 2019;
"charge" includes the price, fee, rate, surcharge, levy, fine, penalty, deposit, connection charge or fee, use of system charge or any other charge made for the provision of a service or product that a licensee provides in the course of carrying out the licensed activity;
"chief" has the meaning assigned to the word in the Constitution;
"common carrier" means a transmission or distribution line declared as a common carrier by the Minister under section 15;
"consumer" means a person to whom electricity is sold under a contract of supply or a person who has applied and paid for the supply of electricity;
"contract of supply" means a contract between a licensee and a consumer for the supply of electricity to that consumer;
"cost reflective" includes—
"distribution" means the transportation of electricity on a distribution system for delivery to a consumer;
"distribution line" means a cable, overhead or underground line for the distribution of an electric voltage whose upper limit is sixty-six kilovolts and includes—
"distribution network service provider" means a licensee responsible for operating, maintaining and developing a distribution system in an area and, where applicable, the distribution system''s interconnection with other systems;
"distribution system" means a portion of an electricity network which delivers electric energy from transformation points on the transmission network of bulk power system to an enterprise at a voltage whose upper limit is sixty-six kilovolts;
"electric line" means a line that is used for transmitting electricity for any purpose, and includes—
"electric plant" means a plant, equipment, apparatus, appliance or other part used for, or connected with, the generation, transmission, distribution or supply of electricity, but does not include—
"electric power" means the rate, per unit time, at which electrical energy is transferred by an electric circuit;
"electricity" means electrical energy produced by physical sources of energy such as hydropower, wind power, solar power, petroleum, coal, bio-mass, nuclear energy or any other source;
"electricity network" means the electricity lines in a transmission or distribution network, including the support and protection elements, sub-stations and other electric power equipment that are interconnected;
"electricity project" means a project that includes development or construction of generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure for the supply of electricity for commercial purposes as prescribed;
"emergency" means an occurrence where an unplanned loss of generation or transmission facilities, or an occurrence beyond a licensee''s control that impairs or affects the licensee''s ability to supply that licensee''s system demand;
"Energy Regulation Board" means the Energy Regulation Board established under the Energy Regulation Act, 2019;
"enterprise" means a company that—
"environmental impact assessment" has the meaning assigned to the words in the Environmental Management Act, 2011;
"equipment" means machinery, appliances, meters, fittings, apparatus and other equipment owned by, or under the control of, a licensee and used for conducting the licensed activity;
"generating station" means a site for generating electricity including a building, plant, machinery or accessories used for the purpose of generating electricity;
"generate" means to produce electricity and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;
"grid code" means a set of rules and responsibilities for the development, maintenance and operation of an efficient, co-ordinated and economical system for the transmission and distribution of electricity that promotes the security and efficiency of the whole power system as prescribed;
"hybrid system" means a generating station or electric plant which makes use of more than one energy source;
"inspector" means a person appointed as an inspector under the Energy Regulation Act, 2019;
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