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30 Jun 2026

The CEC has lodged a submission on the draft CFA Design Guidelines and Model Requirements for Renewable Energy Facilities (Version 5), raising significant concerns that several new provisions, including the effective exclusion of battery storage from the Bushfire Management Overlay and doubled internal road loading standards, would constrain renewable energy development across regional Victoria. 

The CEC is calling on CFA to publish the evidence base underpinning these requirements and commit to a formal structured consultation process before the guidelines are finalised.

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