Addendum to Endeavour Energy trial waiver application and extension of consultation period – 09 June 2023
The Australian Energy Regulator
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) regulates electricity networks and covered gas pipelines in all jurisdictions except Western Australia. The AER sets the amount of revenue that network businesses can recover from customers for using these networks. The AER also enforces the laws for the National Electricity Market (NEM) and spot gas markets in southern and eastern Australia, as well as monitoring and reporting on the conduct of market participants and the effectiveness of competition.
(AER) has received additional information from Endeavour Energy further to questions posed as part of our consultation process. We have provided this new information as an addendum to the Endeavour Energy trial consultation notice, available here.
To accommodate responses, we have decided to extend our consultation process by six business days (five business days for parties in Victoria, South Australia, the Northern Territory, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales considering the public holiday occurring in these states on 12 June.)
Have your say
We welcome submissions from interested parties on Endeavour Energy’s trial waiver
The Regulatory Sandboxing trial waiver function allows the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) to grant a time limited trial waiver for eligible trial projects, exempting an innovator from having to comply with specified rules for a period of time to allow a trial to proceed. The Victorian Regulatory Sandboxing trial waiver function allows Essential Services Commission (ESC) to issue trial waivers providing time limited relief from Victorian energy frameworks. For more information, please see our trials page and the AER's Trial Projects Guidelines.
application by close of business, 19 June 2023. Written submissions or requests to make a submission via alternative methods (e.g. through a meeting with AER staff) should be emailed to regulatorysandbox@aer.gov.au.
Background
This new trial function is part of the AER’s commitment to regulatory sandboxing
A Regulatory Sandboxing mechanism is a framework within which participants can test innovative concepts in the market under relaxed regulatory requirements at a smaller scale, on a time-limited basis and with appropriate safeguards in place. Regulatory Sandboxing mechanisms usually also offer enquiry services, which provide innovators with informal guidance on existing regulation. The Energy Innovation Toolkit is a Regulatory Sandboxing mechanism.
, which aims to help energy innovators and start-ups navigate complex regulatory frameworks and enable the trial of new products and services that will deliver greater choice and cheaper options for consumers.
