Indicative timetable
Back to top| Milestone | Date* |
|---|---|
| Consultation Paper published | 19 October 2018 |
| VCR Consultative Committee established | October 2018 |
| Submissions due on Consultation Paper | 16 November 2018 |
| VCR Consultative Committee meeting #1 | 28 November 2018 |
| Public forum - Sydney | 5 December 2018 |
| Public forum - Melbourne | 6 December 2018 |
| Presentation to Customer Consultative Group (CCG) | 11 December 2018 |
| Further stakeholder submissions in response to consultation paper and key issues raised at public forum and CCG | 20 December 2018 |
| All day workshop with MEI, KPMG/Insync on VCR methodology | 17 January 2019 |
| VCR Consultative Committee meeting #2 – VCR methodology and survey design | 7 February 2019 |
| VCR HILP sub-Committee meeting #1 – how to determine HILP VCR | 14 March 2019 |
| Publish Consultation update paper on methodology | 18 April 2019 |
| Commence Pilot | End April to 24 May 2019 |
| Submissions to Consultation update | 24 May 2019 |
| Insync report on pilot survey results | June 2019 |
| VCR Consultative Committee meeting #3 to discuss draft pilot survey results | 13 June 2019 |
| VCR Consultative Committee meeting #4 further discussion of pilot survey results | 25 July 2019 |
| VCR Consultative Committee meeting #5 discussion of draft decision methodology | 29 August 2019 |
| Conduct main survey and analyse results | September/October 2019 |
| Draft decision methodology | 18 September 2019 |
| Insync main survey draft report | End October 2019 |
| Submissions to draft decision | 18 October 2019 |
| Publish Final Decision Methodology (including HILP) | November 2019 |
*Please note this timeline is subject to change.
Consultation paper
Back to topOn 19 October 2018 the AER released its consultation paper on VCR. Our consultation paper is designed to canvass stakeholder views on a number of matters including:
- different methodologies to determine VCR values
- current and future uses of VCR
- how stakeholders currently use VCR
- how we should approach trade-offs between cost, complexity and accuracy.
| Documents (2) | Author |
|---|---|
| AER - Values of Customer Reliability Review - Consultation paper - October 2018 ( PDF 1.03 MB ) | AER |
| AEMC - Fact sheet: What is reliability? - March 2017 ( PDF 89.82 KB ) | Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) |
Submissions
Back to topSubmissions on our consultation paper closed on 20 December 2018.
Stakeholder forum
Back to topWe held public forums in Sydney and Melbourne to discuss our consultation paper.
Submissions - Further consultation
Back to topFollowing our public forums in Sydney and Melbourne we extended the submission period on our consultation paper.
Consultation paper - Update
Back to topOn 18 April 2019 we released our Consultation Update paper on VCR, which informs stakeholders of our progress and thinking to date. The Consultation update paper provides a summary of the submissions we received in response to our Consultation Paper and Public Forums. It also sets out our initial positions on existing approaches to measuring VCRs, our proposed methodology, and survey design for estimation of standard outages.
| Documents (1) | Author |
|---|---|
| AER - Values of Customer Reliability - Consultation Update Paper - 18 April 2019 ( PDF 730.82 KB ) | AER |
Submissions - Invitation for views and feedback
Back to topGiven the Consultation Update paper is not a formal consultation document we did not request formal responses. However, we welcomed any views and feedback interested parties wished to provide.
| Documents (6) | Author |
|---|---|
| Energy Network Australia - Submission to AER VCR Consultation update paper - 24 May 2019 ( PDF 831.47 KB ) | Energy Networks Australia (ENA) |
| EnergyAustralia -Submission to VCR Consultation update paper - 24 May 2019 ( PDF 161.44 KB ) | Energy Australia |
| Evoenergy - Submission to VCR Consultation update paper - 24 May 2019 ( PDF 1.36 MB ) | Evoenergy |
| ECA - Submission to the AER VCR Consultation update paper - 24 May 2019 ( PDF 200.36 KB ) | Energy Consumers Australia (ECA) |
| ECA - Submission to the AER VCR Consultation update paper - Appendix 1 - 24 May 2019 ( PDF 234.46 KB ) | Energeia |
| ECA - Submission to the AER VCR Consultation update paper - Consultant report: Getting the Value of Customer Reliability Right - March 2019 ( PDF 658.68 KB ) | Energeia |