Part of our role is to plan and review the future of Queensland’s electricity transmission network to meet forecast electricity demands.
We review the transmission network annually to assess its ability to meet forecast electricity needs for the next 10 years. The review helps ensure that existing network assets are assessed for their enduring network requirements in a manner that is economic, safe and reliable. It also identifies potential solutions to meet increases in electricity demand, well in advance of when action is needed.
The review findings are published in the Transmission Annual Planning Report (TAPR), a technical document that includes information about the potential future need for asset reinvestment (replacing existing assets) or network augmentation (increasing the network’s ability to carry more electricity).
Development and transmission investment
Where Powerlink identifies a need to augment or reinvest in the transmission network, we must apply the appropriate investment test to identify the most cost-effective solution. The investment test applied will be either:
- Regulatory Investment Test for Transmission for actionable or non-actionable Integrated System Plan (ISP) projects
- Priority Transmission Investment (PTI) for eligible PTI projects
Consultation
Consultation is an important component of both the RIT-T and the PTI processes. Consultation provides opportunity for interested parties to comment on the proposed investments and associated economic analysis, but also provides opportunity for proponents that may be able to provide an alternative non-network solution at a lower cost to the proposed network solution to be included in the review.
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