On 18 October 2002, the ACCC received an application from the Murraylink Transmission Company (MTC), on behalf of the Murraylink Transmission Partnership (MTP), seeking a decision by the ACCC that:
the network service provided by Murraylink be determined to be a 'prescribed service' for the purposes of the National Electricity Code (code) and
for the provision of this prescribed service, MTP be eligible to receive the maximum allowable revenue from transmission customers (through a coordinating network service provider (NSP) for a regulatory period commencing from 2003 - 2012.