Energy (Infrastructure Facilitation) Act 2024
sec.70Fees and charges for connection and access to hub transmission network
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sec.70 Fees and charges for connection and access to hub transmission network
The transmission network service provider may decide the fees and charges payable by a participant for connection and access to the hub transmission network for a regional energy hub. Fees and charges payable by a participant for connection and access to the hub transmission network do not include fees and charges for matters for which application fees and charges are payable. The amount of the fees and charges— must include an amount representing the participant’s contribution to AEMO’s costs incurred for performing functions under this Act, other than functions for which application fees and charges are payable; and a function of AEMO under a regulation under section 55 (2) , other than a function for which application fees and charges are payable may include an amount representing the participant’s contribution to the establishment and operational costs for the hub transmission network. The fees and charges decided under this section are payable for the participant’s connection and access to the hub transmission network instead of any fees and charges payable for connection and access to the transmission network under the national electricity laws. Subsection (4) does not affect the application fees and charges payable in relation to the hub transmission network. s 70 amd 2025 No. 30 s 48 (sec.70-ssec.1) The transmission network service provider may decide the fees and charges payable by a participant for connection and access to the hub transmission network for a regional energy hub. (sec.70-ssec.2) Fees and charges payable by a participant for connection and access to the hub transmission network do not include fees and charges for matters for which application fees and charges are payable. (sec.70-ssec.3) The amount of the fees and charges— must include an amount representing the participant’s contribution to AEMO’s costs incurred for performing functions under this Act, other than functions for which application fees and charges are payable; and a function of AEMO under a regulation under section 55 (2) , other than a function for which application fees and charges are payable may include an amount representing the participant’s contribution to the establishment and operational costs for the hub transmission network. (sec.70-ssec.4) The fees and charges decided under this section are payable for the participant’s connection and access to the hub transmission network instead of any fees and charges payable for connection and access to the transmission network under the national electricity laws. (sec.70-ssec.5) Subsection (4) does not affect the application fees and charges payable in relation to the hub transmission network.
- (a) must include an amount representing the participant’s contribution to AEMO’s costs incurred for performing functions under this Act, other than functions for which application fees and charges are payable; and Example of a function for paragraph (a) — a function of AEMO under a regulation under section 55 (2) , other than a function for which application fees and charges are payable