RP Insights.
Flash Update: ReAmped Energy
ReAmped Energy’s 70,000 customers across NSW, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania have been sent messages during the last 24 hours to shop around for a better energy deal than what ReAmped can offer - what does this mean?
Protecting customers from family violence
The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) is conducting consultation on the need to amend the National Energy Retail Rules to better protect customers impacted by family violence.
DER Interoperability Standards
Regulators are only now grasping the full extent of the challenges and opportunities brought by the proliferation of DER, including the need for remote, dynamic device communication. Flowing on from this is the need for interoperability standards and a good governance model.
Final Recommendations for the Victorian Embedded Networks Review
The review addressed a commitment to ban embedded networks in new apartment buildings, and enable customers living in existing embedded networks to have the same protections and opportunities as other consumers.
AER Developing New Guidance for DER Integration
The AER is developing new guidance for DNSPs following the AEMC’s final determination on access, pricing and incentive arrangements for DER. The guidelines are intended to guide efficient levels of DER export investment and appropriate two-way price signals
AEMC Publishes Final Rule Determination on Integrating Energy Storage Systems into the NEM
On 2 December 2021, the AEMC published its Final Rule Determination on Integrating Energy Storage Systems into the NEM, creating a new Integrated Resource Provider participant category