Indicative timetable
Back to topThe Retailer Authorisation and Exemption review commenced in April 2022. Our indicative timetable for the review process is outlined below. We have updated the indicative timetable to extend the timeline for publication of the draft recommendations report to November 2023. This will ensure we have adequate time to give fulsome consideration to the responses we have received from stakeholders to the issues paper.
| Milestone | Date* |
|---|---|
| Publish issues paper | 22 April 2022 |
| Stakeholder forum | 5 May 2022 |
| Submissions on the issues paper close | 27 May 2022 |
| Consumer risk assessment workshops | June 2022 |
| Publish draft recommendations report for consultation | November 2022 |
| Stakeholder forum and workshops | November 2022 - February 2023 |
| Submissions on draft recommendations report close | January 2023 |
| Publish final recommendations report | April 2023 |
*Dates are indicative and may change
Issues paper
Back to topThe AER has published an issues paper to initiate the Retailer Authorisation and Exemption review.
The issues paper sets out:
- the current consumer protections framework for energy products and services, including the operation of the retailer authorisation and exemption frameworks
- the evolution of the energy sector and the types of new distributed energy resource (DER) based energy products and services that may arise
- current and emerging challenges with the retailer authorisation and exemption frameworks which are likely to be exacerbated by the energy market transition
- a preliminary assessment of the potential benefits and risks to consumers from new energy products and services, and
- potential regulatory reforms which could be introduced to mitigate potential risks of new energy products and services to consumers.
| Documents (1) | Author |
|---|---|
| AER - Retailer authorisation and exemption review - Issues paper - April 2022 ( PDF 646.09 KB ) | AER |
Stakeholder forum
Back to topThe AER will host an online public forum to enable stakeholders to ask questions about the Retailer authorisation and exemption review issues paper before close of submissions on 27 May. The online public forum will be held from 2-3:30pm on 5 May. Please register to attend via the link below.
Register for online forum
Submissions
Back to topWritten submissions closed on 27 May 2022. We received 18 written submissions.
Late submissions
Back to topWe received 13 submissions after the closing date.