Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) This section applies in relation to an NAC electricity network (as defined in section 2A of the Electricity Networks (Third Party Access) Act .
(2) The network provider for the network must prepare and make publicly available a network technical code and network planning criteria (the Network Technical Code ) for the network.
(3) The Network Technical Code must cover the requirements set out in Schedule 2.
(4) Before making or amending the Network Technical Code, the network provider must:
(a) consult:
(i) the Utilities Commission; and
(ii) the regulator under the Electricity Networks (Third Party Access) Act as to whether the proposed Network Technical Code or proposed amendments contain provisions inconsistent with the objectives of the Network Access Code; and
(b) change the proposed Network Technical Code or proposed amendments if required by the Utilities Commission or regulator.
(5) Before amending the Network Technical Code in a material way, the network provider must:
(a) make publicly available details of the proposed amendments; and
(b) allow a reasonable time for persons affected to comment on the proposed amendments.
(6) As soon as practicable after making or amending the Network Technical Code, the network provider must give a copy of it to the Utilities Commission or regulator.
(7) The network provider must provide a copy of the Network Technical Code to any network user or access applicant (as defined in the Network Access Code) who requests it.
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(d) system control and electricity market operations;
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In this Part:
2015 Act means Part 5 of the National Electricity (Northern Territory) (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2015 .
(1) On 1 July 2015, an existing technical code for a network becomes a Network Technical Code in force under section 66A for that network.
(2) In this section:
"existing technical code" means a network technical code and network planning criteria that are in force under clause 9 of the Network Access Code immediately before 1 July 2015.
(1) A reference in an existing document to clause 9(2) to (6) of the Network Access Code includes a reference to section 66A, unless the context otherwise requires.
(2) A reference in an existing document to a provision of Chapter 3 (other than clauses 24, 25, 31 and 34) or Chapter 9 of the Network Access Code includes a reference to the corresponding provision of any regulations made under section 111(2)(d), unless the context otherwise requires.
(3) In this section:
"existing document" means an Act or other document that was made before 1 July 2015.
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The Network Technical Code for a network must contain the following:
(a) performance standards in respect of service quality parameters in relation to the electricity network;
(b) the technical requirements that apply to the design or operation of plant or equipment connected to the electricity network;
(c) requirements relating to the operation of the electricity network (including the operation of the network in emergency situations);
(d) obligations to test plant or equipment in order to demonstrate compliance with the Network Technical Code;
(e) procedures that apply if the network provider believes that an item of plant or equipment does not comply with the requirements of the Network Technical Code;
(f) requirements relating to the inspection of plant or equipment connected to the electricity network;
(g) requirements that relate to control and protection settings for plant or equipment connected to the electricity network;
(h) procedures that apply in the case of commissioning and testing of new plant or equipment connected to the electricity network;
(j) aside from matters appropriately dealt with in the System Control Technical Code, procedures that apply to the disconnection of plant or equipment from the electricity network;
(k) aside from matters appropriately dealt with in the System Control Technical Code, procedures relating to the operation of generating units connected to the electricity network (including the giving of dispatch instructions and compliance with those instructions);
(m) metering requirements in relation to connections;
(n) the information required to be provided to the access provider in relation to the operation of plant or equipment connected to the electricity network at a connection and how and when that information is to be provided.
The network planning criteria for a network must be consistent with the Network Technical Code for the network and must contain the following:
(a) contingency criteria;
(b) steady-state criteria including:
(i) voltage limits; and
(ii) thermal rating criteria; and
(iii) fault rating criteria;
(c) stability criteria including:
(i) transient stability criteria; and
(ii) voltage stability criteria;
(d) quality of supply criteria including:
(i) voltage fluctuation criteria; and
(ii) harmonic voltage criteria; and
(iii) harmonic current criteria; and
(iv) voltage unbalance criteria; and
(v) electro-magnetic interference criteria;
(e) construction standards criteria;
(f) environmental criteria.
This Part expires on the day after it commences.