Electricity Supply (Amendment) Regulations, 2022

L.N. 162 of 2022

REGULATOR FOR ENERGY AND

WATER SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 545)

Electricity Supply (Amendment) Regulations, 2022

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

Regulator for Energy and Water Services Act, the Minister responsible

for energy and water services, after consultation with the Regulator for

Energy and Water Services, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Electricity Supply

(Amendment) Regulations, 2022 and these regulations shall be read

and construed as one with the Electricity Supply Regulations,

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 2 of the principal

regulations shall be amended by the following

(a) in the definition "EV meter" thereof, the word

"Enemalta" shall be substituted by the words "the distribution

system operator";

(b) immediately after the definition "maximum demand

made in any period" thereof, there shall be added the following

new definition

" "network code" means the code which is kept

updated and published by the distribution system operator

which defines the technical safety criteria and the technical

rules establishing the minimum technical design and

operational requirements for the connection to the

distribution system and in accordance with the Electricity

Regulations;".

Regulation 14 of the principal regulations shall be amended

by the following

(a) the first proviso to sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (e)

of sub-regulation (1) thereof shall be substituted by the following

new proviso

"Provided that, only one (1) additional EV meter for

the charging of electric vehicles may be provided on any

single phase or three phase account:";

(b) in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (f) of sub-regulation

(1) thereof, the words "Residential Premises" shall be substituted

by the words "Residential or Domestic Premises";

(c) sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (f) of sub-regulation

(1) thereof shall be amended by the following

(i) the words "Residential Premises" shall be

substituted by the words "Residential or Domestic

Premises"; and

(ii) in the second proviso thereof, the words "the

distribution system operator." shall be substituted by the

words "the distribution system operator;";

(d) immediately after sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (f)

of sub-regulation (1) thereof as amended, there shall be added

the following new sub-paragraph

"(iii) subject to the applicable charges provided for

under this regulation, a new electricity service or upgrade

or modification of an existing service to an EV meter

installation in accordance with regulation 37 (6) may be

provided for private communal car parking or reserved

private car spaces within the boundary of the apartments’

block, and where the user of the private communal car

parking or reserved private car spaces does not have a

residential or domestic account and, or does not have an

apartment in the same block."; and

(e) paragraph (e) of sub-regulation (2) thereof shall be

substituted by the following new paragraph

"(e) Subject to regulation 15(c)(i), a new substation

shall be required to provide the supply to a development

with multiple consumers where the criteria in sub-

paragraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (b) are not satisfied,

unless there is a technical justification from the distribution

system operator showing that a supply extended from an

existing substation is adequate to meet the total demand of

the whole multiple consumer development and the

requirements of the network code.".

In sub-regulation (15) of regulation 36 of the principal Amends

regulations, immediately after the words "residential Premises service" regulation

the principal

thereof there shall be added the words "or a domestic Premises regulations.

Regulation 37 of the principal regulations shall be amended

by the following

(a) in sub-regulation (1) thereof, the word "Enemalta"

shall be substituted by the words "the distribution system

operator";

(b) immediately after sub-regulation (4) thereof, there

shall be added the following new sub-regulations

"(5) In the case of private communal car parking or

reserved private car spaces within the boundary of the

apartments’ block, the installation of an EV meter as a

supplementary meter of the main apartment consumption

meter to supply an electrical installation for a private EV

charging point on the residential or domestic account shall

only be allowed where

(a) the private communal car parking or

reserved private car spaces shall have the same

electrical source supplying the consumption meter of

the apartment to which the residential or domestic

account refers;

(b) the supplementary EV meter shall be

installed in proximity to the main consumption meter;

(c) the electrical installation from the EV

meter to the charging point shall not pose any

obstruction or danger to third parties;

(d) proper labelling shall be affixed at the

charging point, at the EV meter and at the electrical

installation referred to in paragraph (c) to indicate

that the EV charging installation is sourced from a

different electricity meter than the communal meter

supplying the common parts of the apartment block

or of the common area where the private communal

car parking or reserved private car spaces are located;

and

(e) the installation supplied from the EV

meter shall be solely used for EV charging.

(6) In the case of private communal car parking or

reserved private car spaces within the boundary of the

apartments’ block, and where the user of a private

communal car parking or reserved private car spaces does

not have a residential or domestic account and, or does not

have an apartment in the same block, the installation of an

EV meter to supply an EV charging point for private non-

commercial purposes shall only be allowed where

(a)

the new EV service and consumption

meter shall be on the same electricity source

supplying the meter or meters of the common parts of

the private communal car parking or reserved private

car spaces and can technically be provided by the

distribution system operator in accordance with these

regulations

Provided that, the electricity account

holder with respect to the electricity service

providing supply to the common parts shall not be

responsible for the electricity service providing

supply to the EV charging point, and that the

electricity account holder for such electricity service

shall bear sole responsibility;

(b)

the EV meter shall be installed in

proximity to the consumption meters in the common

parts;

(c) the electrical installation supplied from

the EV meter shall not pose any obstruction or danger

to third parties; and

(d) the installation supplied from the EV

meter shall be solely used for EV charging.".

The Fifth Schedule to the principal regulations shall be Amends the

Fifth Schedule

amended by the following

to the principal

regulations.

(a) the words "Residential Premises" thereof shall be

substituted by the words "Residential or Domestic Premises"

wherever they occur;

(b) in the second paragraph of item 2 thereof, the words

"First Schedule" shall be substituted by the words "First

Schedule or Third Schedule respectively"; and

(c) immediately after the third paragraph of item 2

thereof, there shall be added the following new paragraph

"In the case of an EV installation as provided for in

regulation 37 (6), where the EV meter is not installed as a

supplementary meter, any consumption of electricity for the

charging of electric vehicles as measured outside the time

periods between mid-night (00:00a.m.) and five fifty-nine

(05:59a.m.) and between mid-day (12:00p.m.) and fifteen

fifty-nine (15:59p.m.) and Sundays all day between mid-

night (00:00a.m.) and twenty-three fifty-nine (23:59p.m.)

shall be charged in accordance with the Third Schedule.".

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