Gas

The benefits of installing gas in your home are as follows:

• Ovens and stoves use a lot of electricity, so it’s worth considering replacing your electric oven or hob with a gas model.
• You’ll save on electricity and still be able to cook and heat water during load-shedding.
• Gas heaters are an excellent alternative to electric heaters.
• Gas lamps are a good source of lighting as they cover large areas.

Households usually use gas cylinders rather than a fixed supply. Learn more about the differences between LP gas and a fixed supply.

Approvals
Whichever you chose, make sure you use an approved gas installer.

When you install your gas supply you’ll need approval if:

• the quantity of LP (liquid petroleum) gas used or stored exceeds 38kg; or
• the quantity of flammable gas exceeds 200 litres.

Gas safety
Gas is highly flammable and it is important to install your cylinders safely. Read about how to keep you and your family safe when using gas appliances, read about gas safety.

Generators

Small stand-alone or standby generators are becoming more popular to minimise the inconvenience of load-shedding. Home generators are either operated in isolation from the City’s network (stand-alone) or tied to the grid (embedded).

Standby generators 
Most small diesel generators are standby generators that operate separately from the City’s electrical network. These are also known as stand-alone generators.

Embedded generators
Embedded generators are tied to the grid and are permanently installed on a property, allowing a seamless power use transition from grid to generator.

Most households wouldn't use an embedded generator for day to day household use unless it is a small scale photovoltaic (solar) system; here, households that meet certain embedded generation requirements have the option of feeding electricity back into the grid – “selling” it to the City.

Find out more about small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) and selling electricity back the grid.

Approvals for generators

If you are installing a stand-alone generator you don’t need permission to keep it. You may still need approval for installation however. Consult our Development Management Department first

If you want to connect to the existing internal wiring of the property, whether you are planning on feeding back to the grid or not, you will have to apply for authorisation to install a SSEG system.

First, make sure you consult our requirements for SSEG.

Document downloads

• 1. Electricity Supply By-law

     16/04/2010, By-law - 323.4 KB

  2. Plans and Particulars Required for Application of L.P Gas Approval

     01/01/2016, Regulation,Guideline - 295 KB

  3. Requirements for Small-scale Embedded Generation

     22/04/2024, Guideline - 803.8 KB