National Electricity (Queensland) Law
sec.50EConnection agreements
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sec.50E Connection agreements
A person to whom this section applies must have connection agreements as follows: an agreement with AEMO for the provision of shared transmission services; and an agreement with the relevant declared transmission system operator for the provision of connection services as defined in the Rules. An agreement required by this section must be in accordance with the Rules. If— a person to whom this section applies (the applicant ) wants to connect to a declared shared network; but the fault levels at the proposed connection point would, if the connection were allowed, be likely to exceed the limits fixed under the Rules, AEMO may, as a condition of entering into a connection agreement with the applicant, require the applicant to make a contribution to the cost of carrying out the augmentation to the declared shared network necessary to reduce fault levels to an acceptable level. This section applies to each of the following: a network service provider for a distribution system situated in the adoptive jurisdiction; another network service user who is provided with electricity network services by means of, or in connection with, the declared shared network. s 50E ins 2009 No. 31 (SA) s 17 (sec.50E-ssec.1) A person to whom this section applies must have connection agreements as follows: an agreement with AEMO for the provision of shared transmission services; and an agreement with the relevant declared transmission system operator for the provision of connection services as defined in the Rules. (sec.50E-ssec.2) An agreement required by this section must be in accordance with the Rules. (sec.50E-ssec.3) If— a person to whom this section applies (the applicant ) wants to connect to a declared shared network; but the fault levels at the proposed connection point would, if the connection were allowed, be likely to exceed the limits fixed under the Rules, AEMO may, as a condition of entering into a connection agreement with the applicant, require the applicant to make a contribution to the cost of carrying out the augmentation to the declared shared network necessary to reduce fault levels to an acceptable level. (sec.50E-ssec.4) This section applies to each of the following: a network service provider for a distribution system situated in the adoptive jurisdiction; another network service user who is provided with electricity network services by means of, or in connection with, the declared shared network.
- (a) an agreement with AEMO for the provision of shared transmission services; and
- (b) an agreement with the relevant declared transmission system operator for the provision of connection services as defined in the Rules.
- (a) a person to whom this section applies (the applicant ) wants to connect to a declared shared network; but
- (b) the fault levels at the proposed connection point would, if the connection were allowed, be likely to exceed the limits fixed under the Rules,