Section 33A - National Electricity (Victoria) Act 2005 - Application

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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;

(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;