33AApplication

33A Application (1) Any of the following persons may apply to VicGrid for a grid impact authority— (a) a Connection Applicant that wishes to establish a connection to the declared transmission system— (i) outside a renewable energy zone for a generating system or integrated resource system; or (ii) within a renewable energy zone for a generating system or integrated resource system that is not an eligible generating system or eligible integrated resource system; (b) a Generator or Integrated Resource Provider that— (i) owns, operates or controls a generating system or integrated resource system— (A) connected to the declared transmission system outside a renewable energy zone; and (B) forming part of a facility; and (ii) wishes to carry out a system change; (c) a Generator or Integrated Resource Provider that— (i) owns, operates or controls a generating system that is not an eligible generating system, or an integrated resource system that is not an eligible integrated resource system, connected to the declared transmission system within a renewable energy zone and forming part of a facility; and (ii) wishes to carry out a system change. S. 33A(1A) inserted by No. 9/2026 s. 17(2). (1A) In addition, during the prescribed period, any of the following persons may apply to VicGrid for a grid impact authority— (a) a Connection Applicant that wishes to establish a connection to the declared transmission system— (i) outside a renewable energy zone for a generating system or integrated resource system or a proposed generating system or proposed integrated resource system of a kind that is prescribed; or (ii) within a renewable energy zone for a generating system or integrated resource system or a proposed generating system or proposed integrated resource system that— (A) is not or will not be an eligible generating system or eligible integrated resource system; and (B) is of a kind that is prescribed; (b) a Generator or Integrated Resource Provider that— (i) owns, operates or controls a generating system or integrated resource system— (A) connected to the declared transmission system outside a renewable energy zone; and (B) forming part of a facility; and (ii) wishes to carry out a prescribed system change; (c) a Generator or Integrated Resource Provider that— (i) owns, operates or controls a generating system that is not an eligible generating system, or an integrated resource system that is not an eligible integrated resource system, connected to the declared transmission system within a renewable energy zone and forming part of a facility; and (ii) wishes to carry out a prescribed system change; (d) a person who wishes to establish a connection to the declared transmission system but has yet to make a connection enquiry as described under a prescribed provision of the Rules— (i) outside a renewable energy zone for a generating system or integrated resource system or a proposed generating system or proposed integrated resource system of a kind that is prescribed; or (ii) within a renewable energy zone for a generating system or integrated resource system or a proposed generating system or proposed integrated resource system that— (A) is not or will not be an eligible generating system or eligible integrated resource system; and (B) is of a kind that is prescribed. S. 33A(2) amended by No. 9/2026 s. 17(3)(a). (2) An application under subsection (1) or (1A) must be— (a) prepared in accordance with the grid impact assessment guidelines; and (b) accompanied by a plan, prepared in accordance with the grid impact assessment guidelines, under which the grid impact authority applicant, if issued a grid impact authority, will consult, and engage with, communities and traditional owners that will be impacted by— S. 33A(2)(b)(i) amended by No. 9/2026 s. 17(3)(b). (i) the planning for the construction of, and the construction and operation of, the generating system or integrated resource system, or the proposed generating system or proposed integrated resource system, in respect of which the applicant wishes to establish a connection to the declared transmission system; or (ii) the planning for, and the carrying out of, the system change that the applicant wishes to carry out; and (c) accompanied by the application fee determined by VicGrid under section 33H. S. 33A(2A) inserted by No. 9/2026 s. 17(4). (2A) An application under subsection (1) or (1A) must also include any information that is prescribed. (3) Without limiting subsection (2)(b), a consultation and engagement plan must— (a) set out a process for consultation and engagement with communities and traditional owners; and (b) include a complaint handling system and process, and a dispute resolution process, to deal with any complaints received from community members and traditional owners. S. 33B inserted by No. 38/2025 s. 33.