33BDecision on application

33B Decision on application (1) On receiving an application under section 33A, VicGrid must— (a) if VicGrid is satisfied of the applicable matters, grant the application and issue a grid impact authority; or S. 33B(2) amended by No. 9/2026 s. 18(1). (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the applicable matters are, in the case of an application under section 33A(1)— (a) that the generating system or integrated resource system in respect of which the applicant is wishing to establish a connection to the declared transmission system (the ***relevant system***), or the system change the applicant is wishing to carry out (the ***relevant system change***), meets the prescribed requirements (if any); and (b) that the operation of the relevant system, or facility after the relevant system change, will not have the effect of substantially constraining the output of electricity generated, or planned to be generated, by eligible generating systems or eligible integrated resource systems connected to the declared transmission system within a renewable energy zone. S. 33B(2A) inserted by No. 9/2026 s. 18(2). (2A) For the purposes of subsection (1), the applicable matters are, in the case of an application under section 33A(1A), the matters set out in the grid impact assessment guidelines. (3) In granting an application under subsection (1), VicGrid may approve the consultation and engagement plan accompanying the application. (4) VicGrid may issue a grid impact authority subject to any conditions it determines. (5) If VicGrid refuses an application under subsection (1), VicGrid must give written notice of that decision to the grid impact authority applicant as soon as practicable after making the decision. (7) VicGrid may conduct appropriate modelling and analysis for the purposes of making a decision under subsection (1). S. 33C inserted by No. 38/2025 s. 33.