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Section 3: Interpretation

Electricity (Resale) Regulations

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In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- "Act" means the Electricity Act, Cap.157; "Authority" means the Electricity Regulatory Authority established under section 3 of the Act: "bulk meter" means a system used for measuring the total electricity consumption of a group of customers connected to a single supply point ofa holder of a distribution licence or holder of a sale licence: "re-sale metering" means the consolidation of existing metering points and accounts based on commonality of premises, nature of business, structure or building, for supply at a singular metering point by a licensee, and may be at- (@) the metering point of a multi-unit complex; or (6) the metering point of a group of factories or small- scale industries located in common premises, including millers, welders, fabricators or vendors in a market; "consumer" means a person supplied or entitled to be supplied with electrical energy for personal, industrial or commercial use, but does not include a person supplied with electrical energy for delivery to another person; "currency point" has the value assigned to it in Schedule 1 to these Regulations; "holder of a distribution licence" means a person licensed to distribute electricity under the Act; "holder of a sale licence" means a person licensed to sale electricity under the Act; "metering point" means the point of physical connection for the device measuring the current in the power conductor; "reseller" means a non-licensed person that purchases electricity from a holder of a distribution licence or a holder of a sale licence and resells it to multiple end-users within a property or development; "sub-meter" means a meter used to measure the electricity consumption of a unit, and includes any associated equipment, system and technologies; "sub-meter contract" means an agreement between a reseller and a consumer of resale metering.

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