Electricity Market (Amendment) Regulations, 2017

L.N. 37 of 2017

REGULATOR FOR ENERGY AND WATER SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 545)

Electricity Market (Amendment) Regulations, 2017

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 37(1) of the

Regulator for Energy and Water Services Act, the Prime Minister,

after consultation with the Regulator for Energy and Water Services,

has made the following regulations:-

(1)

The title of these regulations is the Electricity

Market (Amendment) Regulations, 2017, and these regulations shall

be read and construed as one with the Electricity Market Regulations,

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

(2) These regulations transpose Articles 4(9) and 4(11) of

Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council

of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels

infrastructure.

Immediately after regulation 15C of the principal

regulations, there shall be added the following new regulation

" Recharging

(1)

The electricity supplier or the

on an ad hoc

operator of any recharging point accessible to

basis without

the public shall provide for the possibility for

entering into a

contract.

electric vehicle users to recharge on an ad hoc

basis without entering into a contract.

(2) The distribution system operator

shall cooperate on a non-discriminatory basis

with any person establishing or operating

recharging points accessible to the public.".

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