To facilitate discussions, three stakeholder workshops will be held during the public consultation period, with a workshop for each of the following groups of stakeholders: 

• Monday 25 August 10-12:00pm Networks and network advocacy groups
• Tuesday 26 August 10-12:00pm Retailers, aggregators and advocacy groups 
• Wednesday 27 August 10-12:00pm Government, consumer advocates and consumers. 

In particular, we’re keen to seek the views of customers identified within the targeted trial areas. 

The aim of these workshops is for stakeholders to engage with the AER and have an opportunity to discuss their views directly with the AER.  

Please register your interest here

Feedback provided in these workshops will assist in the AER’s assessment.

The AER has prepared a consultation Issues Paper for consideration, which poses a range of questions interested parties can consider when providing feedback. 

Stakeholders should consider this Issues Paper in conjunction with Ausgrid’s trial waiver application.

The questions in this document are only provided as a guide and to help stakeholders explore the issues and are not mandatory.

The AER invites stakeholders and the public to have their say on this proposal. Either through a written submission or by attending one of the stakeholder workshops.

Submissions to this consultation should be lodged by 16 September 2025.  

regulatorysandboxaer [dot] gov [dot] au (Send your submission to regulatorysandbox[at]aer[dot]gov[dot]au)

Submissions should be in PDF, Microsoft Word or another text readable document format. 

Parties wishing to provide a submission that contains confidential information are requested to: 

• clearly identify the information that is the subject of the confidentiality claim, and provide reasons for the claim; and 
• provide a separate, non-confidential version of the submission in a form suitable for publication. 

If you are not able to provide a separate, non-confidential version of the submission please reach out to the AER at the above email address to discuss options. We are interested to receive all relevant feedback and will facilitate reasonable requests. For further information regarding the use and disclosure of information provided to us, see the ACCC/AER Information Policy, published June 2014. 

The AER prefers to make written submissions publicly available, to facilitate an informed and transparent consultative process. Written submissions will be treated as public documents unless otherwise requested.