17. Special conditions of transmission licences

Without prejudice to the generality of section 15, a transmission licence issued to a licensee shall include conditions—

prescribing how the licensee shall discharge the functions assigned to the licensee under this Act in so far as such condition is not inconsistent with any provision of this Act;

requiring the licensee to forecast future demand, to plan the development of the licensee’s transmission system and to procure the development of new generation plant to meet reasonable forecast demand;

requiring the licensee to purchase electricity and other goods and services on the most economically advantageous terms and in a most transparent manner ;

relating to the establishment of tariffs the licensee may charge for the bulk sales of electricity and tariffs for the use of the transmission system by generation licensees and distribution licensees;

requiring the licensee to maintain separate accounts in respect of different parts of the licensee’s business and prohibiting cross subsidy between those parts;

requiring the licensee to implement and maintain such technical or operational codes in relation to the transmission system (including a grid code) as the Commission considers necessary or expedient;

requiring the licensee to develop and maintain electric lines or electrical plant or both;

requiring the licensee to develop and operate a transparent generation dispatch model; and

requiring the licensee to publish for the benefit of the public, all relevant information relating to its generation procurement, and may include conditions allowing the transmission licensee to sell electricity in bulk to certain consumers who are connected to the transmission licensee’s transmission system and are identified in the transmission licence, subject to such further conditions as are included in that licence relating to such bulk sales.