Transmission Authority - Queensland

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

What are the prerequisites to obtaining this authority?

Various information must be submitted to the Regulator, to satisfy the Regulator that you, as the applicant, are a suitable person/company to hold a Transmission Authority, as well as details of the transmission grid proposed to be operated.

Duration

The term is specified in the Transmission Authority. The expiry date usually reflects the economic life of the transmission grid.

Fees

Act(s) name

Electricity Act 1994 QLD (Opens in new window)

Regulation(s) name

Electricity Regulation 2006 QLD (Opens in new window)

Application process

An application must be submitted in writing (there is no prescribed form) to The Regulator (Director-General, Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy) at the address given in this summary sheet, clearly stating proposed activity/grid (description). It must be accompanied by the fee prescribed under S188: Application for transmission authority of the Electricity Act 1994 and Schedule 7: Fees payable to regulator of the Electricity Regulation 2006.

You can obtain guidelines on the departments website..

Statutory process set out in the Electricity Act 1994 must be followed, including:

• the Regulator must advertise in a Queensland newspaper that the application has been made and seek submissions;

• the Regulator must be satisfied that you, as the applicant, are a suitable person/company to operate the transmission grid and to hold the Transmission Authority; and

• the Regulator must also consider relevant Government policies about environmental and energy issues and the likely environmental effects of building and operating the transmission grid.

Transfer

A Transmission Authority can be transferred.

Transfer of a Transmission Authority requires approval by the Regulator.

An application to transfer a Transmission Authority must be in writing (there is no prescribed form) giving details of the proposed transfer, including the proposed transferee to The Regulator (Director-General, Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy) at the address given in this summary sheet, clearly stating the details of the proposed grid to be transferred. It must be accompanied by the fee prescribed under S193A: Application for transfer of the Electricity Act 1994 and Schedule 7: Fees payable to regulator  of the Electricity Regulation 2006.

You can obtain guidelines on the department's website.

The Regulator must be satisfied that the proposed transferee is suitable to hold the Transmission Authority.

Additional information

Administering agency

Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy

Contact details

Supporting information

Queensland Acts and Regulations (Opens in new window)