65CApproval of eligible customers

65C Approval of eligible customers

65C Approval of eligible customers

(1) An eligible customer may apply to the Minister to be approved as entitled to the limitation specified in clause 65E.

(2) The application must include—

(a) a statement that the customer proposes to produce green hydrogen before 1 January 2031, and

(b) one or more of the following statements—

(i) that the customer has been given written confirmation by the relevant network service provider that the connection of the customer’s load will not require augmentations or alterations to affected networks, other than augmentations or alterations involving connection assets,

(ii) that the relevant network service provider has given information to the customer about augmentations or alterations to affected networks required by the connection of the customer’s load, other than augmentations or alterations involving connection assets, and the customer proposes to pay for the augmentations or alterations,

(iii) that the relevant network service provider has given information to the customer about power transfer limitations or load control arrangements to manage network constraints and the customer proposes to agree to the limitations or arrangements being in place for 12 years from the day on which clause 65E(1) first applies to the customer, and

(c) a copy of the written confirmation or information referred to in paragraph (b) given to the customer by the relevant network service provider,

(d) information about the customer’s expected maximum demand for the load, or part of the load, used only for the purposes of producing green hydrogen.

(3) The Minister must, by order published in the Gazette, approve a customer as entitled to the limitation specified in clause 65E(3) if satisfied the customer is an eligible customer.

(4) The order must specify—

(a) the location, or proposed location, of the approved customer’s connection point, and

(b) for electricity to which the limitation applies—the approved customer’s expected electrical demand for the load, or part of the load.

(5) An approved customer must—