About your connection

Our model standing offers for a basic connection service cover any connection that involves no or minimal changes our network, before the connection can be made and electrified, because our network is sufficient to meet the connection’s requirements safely.

Basic connection services up to 100 Amps Connections Low voltage

Use this model standing offer when you apply for a new or modified connection with a maximum capacity of 100 Amps.

Basic Connection Services – Connections over 100 Amps

Use this model standing offer when you apply for a new or modified connection with a maximum capacity above 100 Amps.

Basic Connection Services – Micro Embedded Generation Connection

Use this model standing offer when you apply to connect a micro embedded generator with a capacity of up to 10 kW, such as roof-mounted solar panels, and the generator complies with AS/NZ 4777 Grid Connection of Energy Systems via Inverters.

Standard connection services

Our model standing offers for a standard connection service cover any connection that involves changes to our network before the connection can be made and electrified. Which one we use depends on whether the law requires you or Ausgrid to fund the changes and to design and construct the physical augmentation work. ‘Augmentation work’ means to add or modify infrastructure to the network to increase the capacity of the network to distribute electricity. For more information, see our connection policy.

When you apply for a standard connection service, we don’t expect you to know which offer suits your application. Usually, we determine which offers suit when assessing your application. However, if you choose to expedite your application, please select the one or more standard connection offers you think suit and also include a certified design for the changes to our network (see Getting the work done). 

If your connection involves a large embedded generator you will need to negotiate a contract with us, as we haven’t a model standing offer to cover this yet.

Standard Connection services – Contestable ASP/1 Premises Connections No Greater than 11 kV

Use this model standing offer when you are responsible for organising the design and construction of the changes, and:

• shared parts of Ausgrid’s network have to be augmented
• you must make a capital contribution to the cost of the augmentation works – this includes the connection infrastructure to your premises
• you must hire an Accredited Service Provider (ASP) Level 3 to design the changes, and then they must get Ausgrid to certify the design
• you must hire an ASP1 to construct or install the augmentation works

Once the new network infrastructure has been electrified, Ausgrid becomes the owner of the infrastructure and is responsible for operating and maintaining it.

Standard connection services - Ausgrid offsite augmentation works

Use this model standing offer when you apply to modify a connection and we must:

• design and construct all augmentation work off-site at our cost (our charges are regulated).
• construct the augmentation works off-site from your premises.
  
  

Standard connection services - Ausgrid Augmentation (Substation Upgrade) Works

Use this model standing offer when you apply to modify a connection, and:

• an existing substation or substations on your premises will provide the appropriate capacity for the connection
• the augmentation works will include increasing the capacity of one or more on-site substations and associated network infrastructure we must design and construct all augmentation works at cost.
  
  

Contract for Contestable Asset Relocations

This contract contains the terms and conditions that apply when building a certified design to modify, move or remove Ausgrid infrastructure. Only an Accredited Service Provider ASP/1 can do the construction work.

Contract for Design Related Services

This contract contains the terms and conditions that apply to a design to modify, move or remove Ausgrid infrastructure; as well as the terms and conditions of the design-related services we may provide so we can certify the design. Only an ASP/3 can design such changes to our network and an ASP/1 can build them.

Contract for Connecting Generators via an Inverter 

A pro forma contract for connecting an non-basic embedded generation system to the network via an inverter with a total system capacity up to 5MW. 

Contract for connecting Rotating Machine Generators

A pro forma contract for connecting an embedded generation system comprising of rotating machines with a total system capacity up to 5MW.

Contract for Connecting a Registered (On-market) Generator

The following model agreement is indicative of the typical connection agreement offered to a customer that applies to connect a Registered (on-market) generator to Ausgrid’s network.