55FImmunity—failure to supply electricity

55F Immunity—failure to supply electricity (1) VicGrid or an officer or employee of VicGrid does not incur any civil monetary liability for any partial or total failure to supply electricity unless the failure is due to an act or omission done or made by VicGrid or the officer or employee in bad faith or through negligence. (2) VicGrid may enter into an agreement with a person varying or excluding the operation of subsection (1) and, to the extent of that agreement, that subsection does not apply. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to an agreement between VicGrid and a person who is a small customer within the meaning of the National Energy Retail Law (Victoria). (4) This section does not apply— (a) to VicGrid or an officer or employee of VicGrid in relation to an act or omission in the performance or exercise, or purported performance or exercise, of a function or power of VicGrid under this Act, the National Electricity (Victoria) Law or the National Electricity Rules; or (b) to any liability of an officer or employee of VicGrid to VicGrid. S. 55G inserted by No. 38/2025 s. 14.