Section 60Part 8 — Interconnection and Electricity Infrastructure Sharing
Interconnection generally
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60. (1) Subject to this Part, a T&D licensee that operates a transmission and distribution system shall not refuse, obstruct or in any way impede a Generator in the making of any interconnection with that T&D licensee’s T&D system and shall, in accordance with this Part, ensure that the interconnection provided to a Generator is made at any technically feasible physical point as the Generator may reasonably require.
An applicant for a generation licence or a Generator who wishes to interconnect with a T&D licensee’s T&D system shall, in writing, request interconnection by that T&D licensee not less than six months before the date on which interconnection may be required.
A T&D licensee to whom a request is made in accordance with subsection (2) shall respond in writing to the request within a period of twenty-eight days from the date on which the request is made and, subject to subsection (4), shall provide the interconnection service on the date required by the applicant unless formally extended by the Office in writing for cause being shown.
A request by an applicant for a generation licence or a Generator to interconnect with a T&D licensee’s T&D system shall not be refused except on reasonable grounds, and such refusal and the grounds therefor shall be in writing.
The reasonable grounds to which reference is made in subsection (4) are, among other things —
there is insufficient capacity on the T&D system, taking into account reasonably anticipated requirements;
there are reasons of safety or security; or
there are technical or engineering reasons which would make such interconnection unfeasible.
Where interconnection is provided to an applicant or Generator by a T&D licensee under this section it shall be provided on reasonable commercial terms and conditions, and all reasonable direct and indirect costs and expenses Electricity Sector Regulation Law (2019 Revision) Section 61 c Revised as at 1st January, 2019 Page 27 associated with the construction, maintenance and operation of the interconnection facilities will be paid by the applicant or Generator.