Electricity ring-fencing guideline review

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Guideline
Sector: 
Electricity
Segment: 
Distribution
Category: 
Ring fencing guideline
Region: 
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
South Australia
Tasmania
Northern Territory
Status: 
Open
Date initiated: 
16 August 2019
Effective date: 
10 September 2021
Contact: 
General enquiries - Ring-fencing AERringfencing@aer.gov.au

Overview

On 16 August 2019, we commenced a review of the Ring-fencing Guideline (Electricity distribution) (Version 2). The objectives of this review are to update the current guideline to clarify some obligations and to make compliance less administratively complex. This review was paused to address other work priorities resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. 

When the review resumed, we extended the review to include ring-fencing interactions with stand-alone power systems (SAPS) and energy storage devices. 

On 20 November 2020, we published an issues paper for consultation. We also published the submissions received in response.

Invitation for submissions

On 27 May 2021, we published the draft Ring-fencing Guideline (Electricity distribution) (Version 3) and explanatory statement for consultation. We are now seeking submissions from stakeholders by 8 July 2021.

Online forum

The AER will host an online forum on 9 June 2021 for interested stakeholders. To register please email your name, organisation and email address to AERringfencing@aer.gov.au by 7 June 2021.

Key documents

Documents Author
AER - Draft Ring-fencing Guideline Version 3 (Electricity distribution) - May 2021 ( PDF 665.4 KB ) AER
AER - Explanatory statement - Draft Ring-fencing Guideline (Electricity distribution) Version 3 - May 2021 ( PDF 1.46 MB ) AER
AER - Ring-fencing Issues Paper - November 2020 ( PDF 583.02 KB ) AER

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