Electricity Licences Issued
Licence Holder | Date Issued | Expiry Date | Last Amended | Current Licence | Past Licences, Notices and Amendments |
Aurora Energy Pty Ltd | 21 December 2008 | 21 December 2018 | | |  |
| 7 June 2007 | 7 June 2017 | | | |
| 18 June 2007 | 18 June 2017 | | | |
| 9 October 2007 | 9 October 2017 | | | |
Hydro Electric Corporation (Hydro Tasmania) | 26 November 2004 | 26 November 2014 | | | |
| 7 January 2002 | 7 January 2012 | | | |
Woolnorth Bluff Point Wind Farm Pty Ltd ( formerly Roaring 40’s Wind Pty Ltd) | 31 May 2002 | 27 May 2012 | | | |
Woolnorth Studland Bay Wind Farm Pty Ltd | | 13 January 2016 | | | |
LMS Generation Pty Ltd | 24 January 2006 | 24 January 2016 | | | |
AGL Energy Services | | 31 January 2016 | | | |
Cascade Renewable Energy Pty Ltd | 25 May 2007 | 25 May 2017 | | | |
Aurora Energy (Tamar Valley) Pty Ltd | 23 December 2008 | 12 July 2017 | | | |
Musselroe Wind Farm Pty Ltd | 2 August 2007 | 2 August 2017 | | | |
| 22 November 2007 | 22 November 2017 | | | |
Tasmanian Irrigation Schemes Pty Ltd | 13 December 2007 | 1 January 2018 | | | |
Transend Networks
Pty Ltd | 21 December 2008 | 21 December 2018 | | | |
Basslink Pty Ltd | 1 August 2002 | 1 August 2012 | N/A |  Current Licence (Order made under Section 26(6) of the State Policies and Project Act 1993) | |
Aurora Energy Pty Ltd | 21 December 2008 | 21 December 2018 | | | |
Presumptive Licence Holders
Under the provisions of the Electricity Supply Industry Restructuring (Savings and Transitional Provisions) Act 1995 (ESIR Act), industry participants at the time of commencement of that Act were presumed to have a licence under the Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995 (ESI Act) to undertake the activities in which they were lawfully engaged immediately prior to the commencement of the ESIR Act. A presumptive licence was to terminate at the expiry of 6 months from the commencement of the ESIR Act unless an application for a licence under the ESI Act was made. If an application were made within that time, the presumptive licence would remain in effect pending the determination of the application.
In addition to the applications by Transend Networks and Aurora Energy, a number of applications for licences were received from generators. Most of those generators are, by virtue of their capacity and the provisions of the Electricity Supply Industry Regulations 1996, exempt from the requirement to hold a licence. The remaining generators (other than Hydro Tasmania) who lodged applications are the current holders of presumptive licences under the ESIR Act and are detailed in the following table.
Date/ACN/ABN | Name/Details |
29 April 1997
004-456-035 | Tasmanian Electro Metallurgical Company Pty Ltd
Steam driven alternator boiler fuelled by waste furnace gas; 12.5MW maximum continuous rating; connection: permanent connection via circuit breaker to TEMCO 22kv distribution network within TEMCO plant; cogeneration.
No licence fee payable (exported to the grid once in the past). |
2 May 1997
ABN: 66-642-981-356 | Ramsey Properties Pty Ltd - Current Name: Nexo Engineering
Wind turbine; 1 x 60KW,1 x 30KW; connection: wind turbine generates 415V, transformer – 11000V, ariel line to power station; sale. |
2 May 1997
ABN: 73-328-550-841 | Cape Barren Islanders Community Inc.
40kw-120v Butler Solar, 2xJohn Dear 90KVA diesel generators; connection: via – LV underground cable from power stations to T/F; supply and sale.
(184KW) - No licence fee payable. |
Hydro-Electric Corporation
The Hydro-Electric Corporation (now Hydro Tasmania) was the holder of a presumptive licence under the Electricity Supply Industry Restructuring (Savings and Transitional Provisions) Act 1995 for conducting:
- generation, transmission, distribution and retailing operations on mainland Tasmania; and
- generation, distribution, and retailing operations on the Bass Strait Islands.
In January 1997, Hydro Tasmania made a licence application for conducting these operations. Consequently, Hydro Tasmania's presumptive licence would continue until such time as a licence for these operations was issued to the company.
It is noted that following the disaggregation of Hydro-Electric Corporation, licences for transmission, distribution and retailing operations on mainland Tasmania were later granted to Transend Networks and Aurora Energy respectively.
In the meantime, Hydro Tasmania entered an  interim agreement with the Regulator in 1999 concerning the relevant operations.
In 2004, Hydro Tasmania submitted another licence application relating only to its generation operations on mainland Tasmania. The Regulator granted a generation licence in accordance with the application and has published a report detailing the process and the reasons for the decision.
Hydro Tasmania's presumptive licence for its operations on the Bass Strait Islands continues to operate until a licence determination is made by the Regulator. |