59What is a Victorian transmission plan?

59 What is a Victorian transmission plan? (1) A Victorian transmission plan is a document setting out an optimal set of projects that address the planning and development needs over the following periods related to new major electricity transmission infrastructure to facilitate connection of renewable energy zones to the declared shared network— (a) 15 years for the first Victorian transmission plan; (b) 25 years for each subsequent Victorian transmission plan. (2) A Victorian transmission plan must— S. 59(2)(a) substituted by No. 38/2025 s. 35(a). (a) include a map for every renewable energy zone that— (i) sets out the boundaries of the renewable energy zone; and S. 59(2)(a)(ii) repealed by No. 9/2026 s. 24(1). S. 59(2)(ab) inserted by No. 38/2025 s. 35(a). (ab) include a map for every proposed renewable energy zone that— (i) sets out the boundaries of the proposed renewable energy zone; and S. 59(2)(ab)(ii) repealed by No. 9/2026 s. 24(1). S. 59(2)(ac) inserted by No. 38/2025 s. 35(a). (ac) set out, for every renewable energy zone— (i) the proposed mix of different kinds of eligible generating systems and eligible integrated resource systems that may be connected to the declared transmission system within the renewable energy zone; and (ii) the limits (if any) (measured in megawatts) for each kind of eligible generating system or eligible integrated resource system that may be connected to the declared transmission system within the renewable energy zone; and S. 59(2)(ad) inserted by No. 38/2025 s. 35(a). (ad) include a map identifying every excluded area and any areas that VicGrid has recommended be declared as excluded areas; and (b) apply the scenarios defined in the Victorian transmission plan guidelines together with the relevant sensitivities to determine the need for generation and transmission development in the areas identified under paragraph (a); and (c) include a viable 25-year plan for each scenario that integrates economic, social and environmental factors including least-cost system design, technical system requirements, strategic land use assessment and wider factors considered through a multi-criteria analysis to meet the need determined under paragraph (b); and (d) identify a renewable energy pathway that will perform best under the relevant system scenario or multiple system scenarios; and (e) include the specified projects, including non-network solutions, for the pathway identified under paragraph (d); and S. 59(2)(f) amended by No. 38/2025 s. 35(b). (f) identify preferred transmission project areas of interest for renewable energy zone transmission projects to be developed in the first 10 years of the Victorian transmission plan. S. 59(2A) inserted by No. 9/2026 s. 24(2). (2A) A map for every renewable energy zone and proposed renewable energy zone included in a Victorian transmission plan may identify preferred transmission project areas of interest— (a) within the renewable energy zone for the development of major electricity transmission infrastructure; and (b) between the renewable energy zone and the location of the declared transmission system, or a part of that system, for the development of major electricity transmission infrastructure. S. 59(3) amended by No. 9/2026 s. 24(3). (3) Subsection (2) or (2A) does not apply to the first Victorian transmission plan. S. 60 inserted by No. 15/2024 s. 8.