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UNCLASSIFIED OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE – Connection Guidelines for High Voltage Connections and Embedded Generators CEOP8079 9 CONNECTION AGREEMENT Essential Energy‟s connection agreement will deal with: Location of connection project The agreed point of connection (shown on a Single Line Diagram - SLD) The Connection Agreement term, commencement and termination dates The maximum Voltage fluctuation Connection assets to be transferred to Essential Energy Easements and other Registrable Instruments Land title deeds Route or land plans – initial survey and final form of survey The agreed technical standards of equipment to be connected The agreed access standards (automatic or negotiated) The agreed performance standards (for generators) Any augmentation work to the network Any ancillary services provided by the Connection Applicant Any network service charges The agreed network transfer capacity The remote control and monitoring equipment required by AEMO if applicable Proposed metering installation Arrangements for meter provision The commercial terms and conditions Maximum voltage fluctuation Authorised staff Land tenure, if required and not addressed in any LAIA. Note that the connection of the connecting assets may be conditional on gaining environmental and planning approvals for any necessary augmentation or extension works to Essential Energy‟s network and finalisation of other schedules to the connection agreement post execution. The agreement may also address the delivery of assets required to give physical effect to the connection service. If a deemed connection is required to be documented under the NER, the connected person will be taken to be a Connection Applicant for the purposes of the connection agreement. Template connection agreements are available by contacting the Manager Network Connections by email: networkconnections@essentialenergy.com.au 23 November 2012 - Issue 7 Approved By: Group Manager Major Customer Engagement Page 14 of 36 UNCLASSIFIED UNCONTROLLED COPY IF PRINTED
UNCLASSIFIED OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE – Connection Guidelines for High Voltage Connections and Embedded Generators CEOP8079 10 ACCREDITED SERVICE PROVIDERS Under the Electricity Supply Act 1995, customers are required to fund certain works which are required to enable new or expanded connection to the electricity network. Essential Energy will advise whether the work is contestable in accordance with CEPG8019 – Capital Contributions and the parts of the work required to be funded by the Connection Applicant. If the work is contestable, a Connection Applicant will need to seek quotes from appropriately Accredited Service Providers (ASPs) to carry out these works. The ASP must be accredited as an ASP to undertake the type of work proposed. That accreditation, along with a system of inspecting and auditing of completed works, seeks to ensure that any work is designed, constructed or installed to provide for the efficient, reliable and safe operation of the completed works. The accreditation of ASP is administered by the NSW Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services (DTIRIS). Information about the scheme, levels of accreditation and currently accredited ASPs is available from the website: http://www.dtiris.nsw.gov.au/energy/electricity/network-connections/contestable 11 HV ASSETS GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 11.1 Initial Requirements The design of the electricity works will constitute contestable work and must be carried out by a Level 3 ASP (accredited to design transmission and distribution works). Details of the Level 3 ASP selected by the Connection Applicant shall be submitted to Essential Energy for approval. Plant and equipment should be designed in accordance with Essential Energy‟s requirements in accordance with Clauses 7, 8 and 9 of this document as applicable and with the relevant access standards set out in the following Schedules in the NER: Schedule 5.2 for connection of generators Schedule 5.3 for connection of customers (loads); and Schedule 5.3a for connection of a market network service. The proposed design shall be submitted to Essential Energy for approval prior to commencement of the connection works. If any part of the proposed electricity works are situated on a mining lease, the area of land the site encompasses and suitable access for vehicles and plant must be excised from the mining lease (including access and buffer zone). Essential Energy will require the Connection Applicant to commit to this process as part of the connection agreement. Significant delays in achieving this may impact on commissioning programs. The Occupational Health and Safety Regulation 2001 requires all designers, manufacturers, and suppliers of plant and equipment to provide all available information about the plant and equipment that is necessary to enable other persons to fulfil their responsibilities, in accordance with CECM1000 – Safety, Security, Health and Environmental Management, to: Identify hazards Assess risks arising from those hazards 23 November 2012 - Issue 7 Approved By: Group Manager Major Customer Engagement Page 15 of 36 UNCLASSIFIED UNCONTROLLED COPY IF PRINTED
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