The National Electricity (Victoria) Amendment Bill
2020 (Bill) introduced by the Victorian
Government on 18 February seeks to make it easier for the Minister
to derogate from the National Electricity Rules
(NER). So how will the Minister use their proposed
new powers?
The Bill has been introduced to accelerate the development of
transmission system augmentations and the procurement of specific
network and non-network services within the Victorian Declared
Transmission Network. The Government believes the reform will
provide a means of overcoming long assessment times and procedural
hurdles that have, to date, slowed development and procurement
within the Victorian Declared Transmission Network.
