Electricity Supply Industry

Electricity is regulated at Federal, State and Territory levels. We have collated a page of useful links to easily access Regulations, Codes of Practice, Safe Approach Distances, key stakeholders and other useful reference information.

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National

Industry bodies

ENA	ena.asn.au	AEMC	aemc.gov.au
E-Oz	e-oz.com.au	AEMO	aemo.com.au
NECA	neca.asn.au	AEMO Integrated System Plan	aemo/integratedsystemplan.com
CEC	cleanenergycouncil.org.au	Dial before you Dig	1100.com.au

Victoria

Electrical Regulator	ESV	www.esv.vic.gov.au
Safe work Regulator	WorkSafe	www.worksafe.vic.gov.au
Industry bodies	VESI	www.vesi.com.au

Electricity Act	VIC ESV Electricity Act
Electricity Regulations	VIC ESV Electricity Regulations
Code of Practice	VIC ESV Code of Practice (Blue Book) VIC VESI Code of Practice (Green Book) VIC ESV Code of Practice (Orange Book)
Safe approach distances	VIC ESV Safe Approach Distances (Blue Book)
No go zones	VIC ESV - No Go Zones
WHS Act	VIC Worksafe Laws and Regulations Act

Transmission company	AusNet Services	www.ausnetservices.com.au
Distribution companies	Citipower	www.citipower.com.au
--	Powercor	www.powercor.com.au
--	AusNet Services	www.ausnetservices.com.au
--	Jemena	www.jemena.com.au
--	United Energy	www.unitedenergy.com.au

New South Wales

Electrical Regulator	Industry and Investment NSW	www.trade.nsw.gov.au/energy
WorkCover NSW		www.workcover.nsw.gov.au
Office of Fair Trading NSW		www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au
Safe work Regulator	SafeWork NSW	www.safework.nsw.gov.au

Industry bodies

Electricity Act	NSW Legislation Electricity Act
Electricity Regulations	NSW Legislation Electricity Regulations
Code of Practice	NSW Resource and Energy Code of Practice
Safe approach distances	NSW WorkCover Safe Approach Distances
No go zones	NSW WorkCover No Go Zones
WHS Act	NSW WorkCover WHS Act

Transmission company	TransGrid	www.transgrid.com.au
Distribution companies	Endeavour Energy	www.endeavourenergy.com.au
--	Essential Energy	www.essentialenergy.com.au
--	Ausgrid	www.ausgrid.com.au
--	ActewAGL	www.actewagl.com.au

Queensland

Electrical Regulator	Electrical Safety Office	www.justice.qld.gov.au
--	Department of Energy and Water Supply (DEWS)	www.dews.qld.gov.au
Safe work Regulator	Workplace Health and Safety Queensland Office of Industrial Relations	www.worksafe.qld.gov.au

Industry bodies

Electricity Act	QLD WorkCover Electricity Act
Electricity Regulations	QLD Legislation Electricity Regulations
Code of Practice	QLD WorkSafe Code of Practice
Safe approach distances	QLD WorkSafe Safe Approach Distances
No go zones	QLD WorkSafe No Go Zones
WHS Act	QLD WorkSafe WHS Act

Transmission company	Powerlink Queensland	www.powerlink.com.au
Distribution companies	ENERGEX	www.energex.com.au
--	Ergon Energy	www.ergon.com.au
--	Essential Energy	www.essentialenergy.com.au

South Australia

Electrical Regulator	Office of Consumer and Business Services	www.cbs.sa.gov.au
--	Office of the Technical Regulator	www.technicalregulator.sa.gov.au
Safe work Regulator	SafeWork SA	www.safework.sa.gov.au
Industry bodies	ESCOSA	www.escosa.sa.gov.au

Electricity Act	SA Legislation Electricity Act
Electricity Regulations	SA Legislation Electricity Regulations
Code of Practice	SA ESCOSA Code of Practice
Safe approach distances	SA Legislation Safe Approach Distances
No go zones	NT Work Safe
WHS Act	SA Legislation WHS Act

Transmission company	ElectraNet	www.electranet.com.au
Distribution companies	SA Power Networks	www.sapowernetworks.com.au

Northern Territory

Electrical Regulator	NT WorkSafe	www.worksafe.nt.gov.au
Safe work Regulator	NT WorkSafe	www.worksafe.nt.gov.au
Industry bodies	--	Utilities Commission

Electricity Act	NT Legislation
Electricity Regulations	www.utilicom.nt.gov.au/Legistlation/Pages/default.aspx
Code of Practice	www.utilicom.nt.gov.au/Electricity/conduct/Pages/default.aspx
Safe approach distances	NT Legislation Safe Approach Distances
No go zones	NT Work Safe
WHS Act	Vegetation Worker Electrical Safety

Transmission company	Jacana Energy	www.jacanaenergy.com.au
Distribution companies	Jacana Energy	www.jacanenergy.com.au

Western Australia

Electrical Regulator	EnergySafety	www.commerce.wa.gov.au
Safe work Regulator	WorkSafe WA	www.commerce.wa.gov.au/WorkSafe/
Industry bodies	--	--

Electricity Act	WA SLP Electricity Act
Electricity Regulations	WA SLP Electricity Regulations SLP
Code of Practice	Vegetation Worker Electrical Safety Inspectors Electricity
Safe approach distances	Guidelines for the safe management of high voltage (HV) installations
No go zones	Guidelines for the safe management of high voltage (HV) installations
WHS Act	WA Commerce WHS Act

Transmission company	Western Power	www.westernpower.com.au
--	Horizon Power	www.horizionpower.com.au
Distribution companies	Synergy	www.synergy.net.au
--	Horizon Power	www.horizionpower.com.au

Australian Capital Territory

Electrical Regulator	ACT Planning and Land Authority (ACTPLA)	www.actpla.act.gov.au
Safe work Regulator		--
Industry bodies		--
Electricity Act		--
Electricity Regulations
Code of Practice
Safe approach distances
No go zones
WHS Act
Transmission company	TransGrid	www.transgrid.com.au
Distribution companies	ActewAGL	www.actewagl.com.au

Tasmania

Electrical Regulator	Office of the Tasmanian Economic Regulator	www.economicregulator.tas.gov.au
Safe work Regulator	WorkSafe Tasmania	www.workSafe.tas.gov.au

Industry bodies	--
Electricity Act	TAS The Law Electricity Act
Electricity Regulations	--
Code of Practice	TAS Energy Regulator Code of Practice
Safe approach distances	--
No go zones	TAS TasNetworks No Go Zones
WHS Act	TAS WorkSafe WHS Act

Transmission company	TasNetworks	www.tasnetworks.com.au
Distribution companies	TasNetworks	www.tasnetworks.com.au