Commentary on Sections Chapter 1: Electricity Trading and Transmission Section 136: Transmission licences
346.Section 136 makes changes to sections 6 and 7 of the Electricity Act in the following ways:
	it amends the power of GEMA to grant a transmission licence to that of granting a licence to participate in transmission, reflecting the change to the prohibition explained above;
	it removes the restriction stopping GEMA from granting more than one transmission licence in any given geographical area;
	it allows GEMA to alter, with the consent of the licence holder, the geographical scope of a licence;
	it allows for licence conditions that can restrict the activities of a transmission licence holder and/or restrict the area within which authorised activities can be undertaken.
347.In particular subsection (3) amends section 7 of the Electricity Act and thereby extends the scope of conditions that may be included in a transmission licence. It allows a licence condition to restrict the holder from carrying on an activity otherwise authorised by the grant of the licence or restrict the carrying on of that activity to a specific geographic area. This change is necessary because each licence will simply be a licence to participate in transmission. It is the conditions imposed in the licence that will determine which transmission activities can be undertaken by the licensee.