| (1) |
A customer who meets the qualifying threshold or requirements set out in subregulation (2) or (3) may qualify as an eligible customer. |
| (2) |
The qualifying thresholds for a customer who is located within a licensed distribution area are as follows: |
| (a) |
For the first 5 years after the first delivery of gas sold and delivered on a commercial scale and on a continuous basis to the distribution licensee: 400 000 Giga Joules per annum; |
| (b) |
for the next 5 years: 100 000 Giga Joules per annum; and |
| (c) |
thereafter: 40 000 Giga Joules per annum. |
| (3) |
Customers who were receiving gas under a valid contract of supply in an area prior to— |
| (a) |
the issue of a distribution license issued by the Gas Regulator; or |
| (b) |
the issue of a reticulation permit or equivalent permit by the local authority, |
may be eligible customers for as long as that contract remains valid.
| (4) |
A vertically integrated gas company active in transmission and distribution may only supply from its transmission to an eligible customer in other distribution areas licensed to another entity if a third party would have mandatory access to the transmission pipeline for quantities of gas equivalent to the threshold of that eligible customer. |
Statistics Act, 1999
