Section 65Part 8 — Interconnection and Electricity Infrastructure Sharing
Estimate of capacity, forecast flows and loading, and capital investment requirements
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65. (1) Within sixty days of the end of each calendar year or within such deadlines as the Office may direct, but at least annually or as the Office may direct, each T&D licensee shall prepare a forecast statement (in this section referred to as a “statement”) based on the information available to it in a form approved by the Office.
A statement shall include five year forecasts in respect of capacity, additional electricity generation requirements, peak system demand, forecast flows and loading on each part of the transmission system of the T&D licensee together with —
identification of those parts of the T&D system of a T&D licensee considered by the T&D licensee to be suitable for new interconnections;
information on generation and consumption of electricity generated from renewable or alternative sources of energy generally; and
a Capital Investment Plan including information as to the level of generation and T&D investment required to carry out and complete the Plan, with specification of all major items on a project-by-project basis for review and approval by the Office.
A T&D licensee may, from time to time, revise the information set out in each statement prior to submission of the next annual statement and may, with the approval of the Office, alter the form of such statement.
Each T&D licensee shall give a copy of the statement and of each revision of the statement under subsection (3) to the Office.
The T&D licensee may, with the prior consent of the Office, identify in the statement given under subsection (4) any confidential details as to the cost, capacity, loading or other information where disclosure of that information would, in the opinion of the Office, prejudice the commercial interests of the T&D or Generator or any other person; and the Office shall require full information as to why the details are considered confidential information. Section 66 Electricity Sector Regulation Law (2019 Revision) Page 30 Revised as at 1st January, 2019 c
In this section, the period to which the statement relates shall be five calendar years on or after the date on which the statement is submitted by the respective T&D licensee.