Under the Retail Law, the AER will be responsible for issuing and revoking retailer authorisations. Unless exempt from the requirement, a person must hold a retailer authorisation prior to engaging in the retail sale of energy. To support this role, the AER is required to develop a guideline to assist applicants to understand the process for obtaining energy retailer authorisations, and for the transfer, surrender or revocation of retailer authorisations.
The AER previously consulted on drafts of the guideline in March and November 2010. The AER released a final draft guideline on 3 May 2011. These papers and written submissions received in response to them are available below. The AER has used this consultation to develop its final guideline.
On 28 July 2011, the AER released the final Retailer Authorisation Guideline. This document, and the accompanying notice of final instrument, are available below.
July 2011 Notice of Final Instrument, Final AER Retailer Authorisation Guideline
