Energy (Infrastructure Facilitation) Act 2024
sec.35Purposes of part
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sec.35 Purposes of part
The purposes of this part are— to provide for suitable parts of Queensland regions to be declared to be regional energy hubs; and to ensure relevant matters are taken into account in the declaration of regional energy hubs, including, for example, the impact of the declaration on Queensland communities; and to provide for coordinated and streamlined connection and access to transmission networks in regional energy hubs by regulating connection and access to— the transmission networks; and transmission assets that materially affect, or are likely to materially affect, the capacity or functioning of the transmission networks; and to facilitate and support the development and operation of transmission networks in regional energy hubs, including by providing for the recovery of costs associated with the provision of the transmission networks. s 35 amd 2025 No. 30 s 31
- (a) to provide for suitable parts of Queensland regions to be declared to be regional energy hubs; and
- (b) to ensure relevant matters are taken into account in the declaration of regional energy hubs, including, for example, the impact of the declaration on Queensland communities; and
- (c) to provide for coordinated and streamlined connection and access to transmission networks in regional energy hubs by regulating connection and access to— (i) the transmission networks; and (ii) transmission assets that materially affect, or are likely to materially affect, the capacity or functioning of the transmission networks; and
- (i) the transmission networks; and
- (ii) transmission assets that materially affect, or are likely to materially affect, the capacity or functioning of the transmission networks; and
- (d) to facilitate and support the development and operation of transmission networks in regional energy hubs, including by providing for the recovery of costs associated with the provision of the transmission networks.
- (i) the transmission networks; and
- (ii) transmission assets that materially affect, or are likely to materially affect, the capacity or functioning of the transmission networks; and