WA Information Disclosure Requirements for the Authority to the Coordinator

Electricity Industry Amendment (Capital Charges) Bill 2026

13 Aug 2026: Passed by Parliament and signed off by the governor.

This bill kicks in: TBA

Legislative Assembly

Legislative Council

Assent

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Links to official parliament websites

Official page: progress through parliament

Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

The Authority must give the Coordinator any information they request to help them do their job.
The Authority and people providing information face no civil or criminal liability for these disclosures; it is not a breach of confidentiality or professional ethics.
People must pay a capital charge to network service providers for access to relevant networks.
Regulations must include a mechanism to stop network service providers from earning extra revenue due to these capital charges.
The Energy Minister must recommend any regulations made under this scheme; they must be satisfied the rules align with state electricity objectives.
The Coordinator must review and report on the scheme and its effectiveness every five years.
The Code or electricity market rules can modify regulations to fit specific circumstances
The Energy Minister can issue orders to handle transitional matters; these orders cannot impose new liabilities on people for past actions

The Debate

What different members said when this bill was debated:

Stephen Dawson ALP

“I move: That the bill be now read a second time. The Electricity Industry Amendment (Capital Charges) Bill 2026 amends the Electricity Industry Act 2004 to establish a capital charges scheme for transmission products in the South West Interconnected System ​(SWIS).”

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Amber-Jade Sanderson ALP

“I move: That the bill be now read a second time. The Electricity Industry Amendment (Capital Charges) Bill 2026, known in this speech as ”the bill”, amends the Electricity Industry Act 2004 to establish a capital charges scheme for transmission products in the South West Interconnected System ​(SWIS).”

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News articles and press releases

LinkedIn post on the Electricity Industry Amendment (Capital Charges) Bill 2026

Brian Walker MLC — 2026-08-22

The sense I get from reading this bill is that it has been constructed by people who are very firmly fixed into the paradigm of the fossil fuel energy system, and who are struggling to come to terms with the needs of the renewable energy system.