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60Preparing and publishing Victorian transmission plan
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60 Preparing and publishing Victorian transmission plan
S. 60(1) amended by No. 38/2025 s. 17(1).
(1) VicGrid must prepare and publish a Victorian transmission plan as follows—
(a) the first plan must be published no later than 31 July 2025;
(b) the second plan must be published no later than 31 July 2027;
(c) a subsequent plan must be published no later than 31 July in the fourth calendar year following the publication of the previous plan.
S. 60(2) amended by No. 38/2025 s. 17(2).
(2) In preparing a Victorian transmission plan, VicGrid—
(a) must have regard to the Victorian transmission planning objective; and
(b) must undertake the following—
(i) a strategic land use assessment;
(ii) a multi-criteria analysis;
(iii) a robustness analysis;
(iv) a cost-benefit analysis; and
(c) must have regard to the results of the assessment and analyses undertaken under paragraph (b); and
(d) must undertake any consultation required by the Victorian transmission plan guidelines and consider the results of that consultation; and
S. 60(2)(e) amended by No. 38/2025 s. 17(2).
(e) may have regard to any other information that VicGrid considers relevant.
S. 60(3) amended by No. 38/2025 s. 17(3).
(3) VicGrid must publish a Victorian transmission plan on a website managed by VicGrid.
S. 61 inserted by No. 15/2024 s. 8.