📜 Electricity Industry Amendment (Distributed Energy Resources) Bill 2023
Assented toLABill 12730 August 2023
This bill amends the Electricity Industry Act 2004 to address distributed energy resources, the State electricity objective, network access regulation, distribution networks, and power system security. It also makes consequential amendments to other Acts.
Impact
Electricity consumers, generators, distributors, and the Coordinator of Energy will be affected. The changes aim to modernise the electricity system and ensure reliability with increased distributed energy resources.
Key Changes
["Introduces a State electricity objective.", "Amends regulations for network access and distribution networks.", "Updates rules related to power system security and reliability."]
Parliamentary Progress
- LA Second Reading MovedLA30 Aug 2023
- LA IntroducedLA30 Aug 2023
- LA Third ReadingLA10 Oct 2023
- LA Second Reading AgreedLA10 Oct 2023
- LA Consideration in DetailLA10 Oct 2023
- LC Second Reading MovedLC11 Oct 2023
- LC Second Reading AgreedLC27 Feb 2024
- LC Third ReadingLC27 Feb 2024
- Royal Assent7 Mar 2024
Affected Sectors
utilitiesresources
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