Sector:
Segment:
Status:
Region:
Commencement date:
1 December 2022
Effective date:
3 February 2023
Service provider/Asset:
- Essential Energy - electricity distribution network
- Ergon Energy - electricity distribution network
- Power and Water Corporation - electricity distribution network
- Energex - electricity distribution network
- Jemena - electricity distribution network
- Endeavour Energy - electricity distribution network
- SA Power Networks - electricity distribution network
- Evoenergy - electricity distribution network
- Ausgrid - electricity distribution network
- AusNet Services - electricity distribution network
- CitiPower - electricity distribution network
- Powercor - electricity distribution network
- United Energy - electricity distribution network
- TasNetworks - electricity distribution network
Contact:
General enquiries - Ring-fencing AERringfencing@aer.gov.au
Overview
The AER began consultation on a class waiver under section 5.3A of the AER's electricity distribution ring-fencing guideline in December 2022.
The AER hosted a verbal feedback session on 13 December 2022 and published slides of our presentation. Submissions on our initiation notice closed on 12 January 2023, 19 submissions were received including 8 late submissions.
On 3 February 2023 the AER published a final decision to grant a class waiver that would enable DNSPs to lease battery capacity to third parties for batteries funded under the Commonwealth Government's Community Batteries for Household Solar Program, subject to strict controls and criteria.