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Electricity Reform Act (No. 28 of 2002) - Sect 24

Duties of distribution licensees

24.
(1) A distribution licensee shall on any request by the owner or occupier of any premises within the Authorized Area of the licensee -
(a) connect, supply and maintain the supply of electricity to those premises ; and
(b) so far as may be necessary for that purpose provide electric lines or electrical plant or both,
(2) A distribution licensee shall avoid any undue preference or undue discrimination in the connection of any premises to any electricity distribution system operated by the licensee or in the terms on which the licensee makes connections or supplies electricity.
(3) The owner or occupier of any premises in the Authorized Area of a distribution licensee which-
(a) are situated within fifty meters from any distribution line of the licensee ; or
(b) could be connected to any such line by an electric line supplied and laid by the owner or occupier of those premises.
(4) A supply of electricity to any premises shall be on the basis of a standard tariff agreement and a distribution licensee shall inform all consumers within the Authorized Area of the distribution licence ( whether existing consumers or those persons requesting a supply ) of the requirement set out in this Part and the distribution licence. Which have to be satisfied by a consumer in order to obtain a supply of electricity.
(5) Where any person requires such a supply of electricity as is referred to in subsection (1), he or she shall request a supply from and shall inform, the distribution licensee of -
(a) the premises at which the supply is required ;
(b) the purposes for which electricity is to be used in those premises ;
(c) the day (not being earlier than a reasonable time after the distribution licensee is informed of a person's requirement) on which the supply is required to commence ;
(d) the maximum power which may be required at any time ; and
(e) the minimum period for which the supply is required to be given.
(6) As soon as practicable after receiving a request under subsection (5). The distribution licensee shall give to the person making the request a notice under subsection (7), if -
(a) such licensee has not previously given a supply of electricity to those premises ; or
(b) the giving of the supply requires the provision of electric lines or electrical plant or both ;or
(c) if there are other circumstance which make it necessary for the licensee to do so.
(7) A notice under this subsection shall -
(a) state the extent to which the proposals specified in the prospective consumer's request under subsection (5) are acceptable to the distribution licensee and specify any counter-proposals made by the distribution licensee ;
(b) specify the tariff payable ;
(c) specify any payment which that persons may be required to make under section 26 or 27 ; and
(d) specify any other terms and conditions which that persons may be required to accept.
(8) In this section-
(a) any reference to giving a supply of electricity includes a reference to containing to give such a supply ;
(b) any reference to requiring a supply of electricity includes a reference to requiring such a supply to continue to be given ; and
(c) any reference to the provisions of an electric line or an item of electricity plant includes a reference to the installation of a new line or item or the modification of an existing line or item.

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