No. 19813
Promulgation Date 2023-10-31
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources
ALL
CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Definitions)
Article 2 (Definitions)
Article 3 (Responsibilities of the Government)
Article 4 (Protecting Electricity Consumers)
Article 5 (Environmental Protection)
Article 6 (Universal Supply)
CHAPTER II ELECTRIC UTILITY BUSINESS
SECTION 1 License
Article 7 (Electric Utility Licenses)
Article 7-2 (Registration of New Electric Utility Business)
Article 7-3 (Legal Fiction of Authorization or Permission)
Article 8 (Grounds for Disqualification)
Article 9 (Obligation to Establish Electric Installations and Commence Business)
Article 10 (Acquisition of Business by Transfer and Division or Merger of Corporation)
Article 10-2 (Report on Acquisition of Facilities Following Auction)
Article 11 (Succession to Business)
Article 11-2 (Succession to Effect of Disposition)
Article 12 (Cancellation of Business License)
Article 13 (Hearings)
SECTION 2 Business
Article 14 (Obligation to Supply Electricity)
Article 14 (Obligation to Supply Electricity)
Article 15 (Charges for Use of Electric Installations for Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power)
Article 16 (Terms and Conditions of Electricity Supply)
Article 16-2 (Reporting of Terms and Conditions of New Electric Utility Business)
Article 16-2 (Reporting of Terms and Conditions of New Electric Utility Business)
Article 16-3 (Trading Electricity between District Electric Business Entities and Electric Sales Business Entities)
Article 16-4 (Prohibiting Electric Sales Business Entities from Refusing to Engage in Electric Power Trading with Electric Vehicle Charging Business Entities)
Article 16-5 (Supply of Electricity by Entities Engaged in Renewable Energy Electricity Supply Business)
Article 17 (Requests for Electric Rates)
Article 17-2 (Request for Cooperation to Related Agencies)
Article 18 (Maintenance of Quality of Electricity)
Article 19 (Installation and Management of Electric Meters)
Article 20 (Providing Services for Using Electric Installations)
Article 20-2 (Disclosure of Information on Electric Installations)
Article 21 (Prohibited Acts)
Article 22 (Fact-Finding Surveys)
Article 23 (Measures against Prohibited Acts)
Article 24 (Imposition and Collection of Surcharge for Prohibited Conducts)
Article 24-2 (Application Mutatis Mutandis to District Electric Business Entities)
Articles 14 through 16, 17, and 20 (1) shall apply mutatis mutandis to a district electric business entity.
CHAPTER III STABILITY OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY AND DEMAND
Article 25 (Formulation of Master Plan for Electricity Supply and Demand)
Article 25-2 (Implementation of Basic Inspection)
Article 26 (Reporting of Plans for Establishing Electric Installations)
Article 27 (Obligations of Electric Transmission Business Entities)
Article 27-2 (Maintenance of Credibility of Electric Power System)
Article 28 (Plans for Manufacture and Supply of Fuels for Nuclear Power Generation)
Article 29 (Control of Electricity Demand and Supply)
Article 30 (Compensation for Losses)
CHAPTER IV ELECTRICITY MARKET
SECTION 1 Formation of Electricity Market
Article 31 (Electricity Trading)
Article 31 (Electricity Trading)
Article 31-2 (Transaction of Renewable Energy Exclusively Established in Mountainous Districts)
Article 32 (Direct Purchase of Electricity)
Article 33 (Electricity Trading Price and Settlement)
Article 34 (Agreement on Compensation for Difference)
SECTION 2 Korea Power Exchange
Article 35 (Establishment)
Article 36 (Business Activities)
Article 37 (Matters to Be Provided for in Articles of Association)
Article 38 (Relationship to Other Statutes)
Article 39 (Qualification for Membership)
Article 39 (Qualification for Membership)
Article 40 (Expenses Incurred in Operation of Korea Power Exchange)
Article 41 (Disclosure of Information)
Article 42 (Executive Officers' and Employees' Duty to Keep Confidential)
Article 43 (Rules on Operating Electricity Market)
Article 43-2 (Rules on Operating Brokerage Market)
Article 44 (Qualification to Participate in Electricity Market)
Article 45 (Methods of Operating Electric Power System)
Article 46 (Emergency Measures)
CHAPTER V CREATION OF FOUNDATIONS FOR ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY
Article 47 (Formulation and Implementation of Plans to Create Foundations for Electric Power Industry)
Article 47-2 (Establishment of Electric Policy Council)
Article 48 (Establishment of Funds)
Article 49 (Use of Fund)
Article 50 (Raising Fund)
Article 51 (Charges)
Article 52 (Operation and Management of Fund)
CHAPTER VI ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Article 53 (Establishment and Formation of Electricity Regulatory Commission)
Article 54 (Qualification for Members)
Article 55 (Status Guarantee of Board Members)
Article 56 (Functions of Electricity Regulatory Commission)
Article 57 (Adjudication by Electricity Regulatory Commission)
Article 58 (Quorum for Resolution)
Article 59 (Specialized Commission)
Article 60 (Formation and Operation)
CHAPTER VII SAFETY MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRIC INSTALLATIONS
Article 61 (Authorization or Reporting of Plans for Works for Establishing Electric Installations for Electric Utility Business)
Article 62 Deleted.
Article 63 (Pre-Use Inspection)
Article 64 (Temporary Use of Electric Installations)
Article 65 Deleted.
Article 65-2 (Self-Inspections by Operators of Transmission and Distribution Business)
Article 66 Deleted.
Article 66-2 Deleted.
Article 66-3 Deleted.
Article 67 (Technical Standards)
Article 68 (Maintenance of Electric Installations)
Article 69 (Protection of Underwater Wires)
Article 70 (Prohibition from Damaging Wires within Underwater Wire Protection Zones)
Article 71 (Issuing Orders to Meet Technical Standards)
Article 72 (Relocation of Installations)
Article 72-2 (Relocation of Aerial Electric Lines into Underground Space)
Article 73 Deleted.
Article 73-2 Deleted.
Article 73-3 Deleted.
Article 73-4 Deleted.
Article 73-5 Deleted.
Article 73-6 Deleted.
Article 73-7 Deleted.
Article 73-8 Deleted.
CHAPTER VIII CASH AND SECURITIES Deleted.
Article 74 Deleted.
Article 75 Deleted.
Article 76 Deleted.
Article 77 Deleted.
Article 78 Deleted.
Article 79 Deleted.
Article 80 Deleted.
Article 81 Deleted.
CHAPTER IX Deleted.
Article 82 Deleted.
Article 83 Deleted.
Article 84 Deleted.
Article 85 Deleted.
Article 86 Deleted.
CHAPTER X USE OF LAND
Article 87 (Use of Land Owned by Third Persons)
Article 88 (Entry to Land Owned by Another Person)
Article 89 (Use of Airspace over Land Owned by Another Person)
Article 89-2 (Registration of Establishment of Partitioned Superficies)
Article 90 (Compensation for Losses Caused by Temporary Use of Land)
Article 90-2 (Compensation for Losses Caused by Temporary Use of Airspace over Land)
Article 91 (Reinstatement)
Article 92 (Use of Public Land)
CHAPTER XI SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
Article 92-2 (Special Cases concerning Supply of Electricity by Integrated Energy Supply Business Entities)
Article 93 (Classification of Accounts)
Article 94 (Depreciation)
Article 95 Deleted.
Article 96 (Restrictions on Foreign-Capital Invested Companies)
Article 96-2 Deleted.
Article 96-3 Deleted.
Article 96-4 Deleted.
Article 96-5 (Display of Charging Fees)
Article 97 (Fees)
Article 98 (Delegation and Entrustment of Authority)
Article 99 (Legal Fiction as Public Officials in Application of Penalty Provisions)
CHAPTER XII PENALTY PROVISIONS
Article 100 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 101 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 102 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 103 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 104 Deleted.
Article 105 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 106 (Penalty Provisions)
Article 107 (Joint Penalty Provisions)
Article 108 (Administrative Fines)
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