Submission to Real-Time Data for Consumers

The Justice and Equity Centre (JEC) made a submission to the AEMC consultation paper on Real-time data for consumers.

Current metering frameworks are outdated and fail to prioritize consumer interests, particularly regarding the collection and use of metering data. In our submission we argue that the metering platform should be clearly defined to avoid unnecessary costs and ensure consumer choice in energy services.

Real-time data should be accessible at a high frequency (1Hz) for effective energy management, and consumers should have control over their data without incurring extra charges. 

The metering installation itself should be a technically and commercially neutral enabler of CER products and services (rather than a competitor to them). As such, we recommend amending chapter 7 of the National Electricity Rules (NER) to give effect to more explicitly and narrowly define the scope of metering and the relationships which underpin the creation and management of meter data, to clarify and affirm the role of the metering platform in the future energy system.