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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 10 Hansard (25 September) . . Page.. 3459 ..

The Electricity Supply (Transitional Provisions) Bill provides for a number of transitional provisions and amendments to the Energy and Water Act.

The Bill provides for the deeming of certain parties to be licensed as retailers and or distributors. These include ACTEW Corporation and its energy supply subsidiary ACTEW Energy. The Bill also tidies up the issue of Great Southern Energy's electricity supply role in the ACT by deeming that Great Southern is licensed in relation to its small distribution and retailing business in certain rural areas.

Given that the new framework of customer connection and customer supply contracts will take some time to finalise, the Bill provides for the maintenance of existing conditions for ACTEW's existing customers and for customers who sign up with ACTEW following the enactment of the Bill.

The Bill also provides for continuation of electricity supply arrangements entered into by ACTEW before the commencement date of the Electricity Supply Act.

It also contains consequential amendments to sections 50 and 51 of the Energy and Water Act. These amendments recognise the new era of retail competition and multiple retailers and the new regime of standard and form negotiated customer contracts that will replace ACTEW's Standard Conditions of Supply and special arrangements negotiated between ACTEW and its clients.

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