Publications
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Draft AEMO Participant Fee Structure
PIAC made a submission to the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) consultation a draft Participant Fee Structure. The fee structure determines how AEMO recoups costs from various market participants and customers. The submission supports AEMO’s general approach to charging fees, however is concerned with its proposal for recovering capital costs of establishing wholesale demand response…
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Draft guidance note on the regulation of Actionable ISP projects
PIAC made a submission to the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) on its draft guidance note on how it intends to regulate Actionable Integrated System Plan (ISP) projects. PIAC supports the draft guidance note and the need to provide transparency and predictability in delivering these projects. ISP projects are significantly different to the business-as-usual transmission projects…
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Bill Contents and Billing Requirements Draft rule determination
PIAC made a submission to the Australian Energy Market Commission’s (AEMC) Bill Contents and Billing Requirements Draft rule determination. The ability for consumers to obtain a fair deal, budget for their bills, understand and control their energy usage, and access information regarding supports, is heavily dependent upon the information presented in energy bills. Inadequate, inconsistent or…
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AEMO Draft Inputs, Assumptions and Scenarios Report 2021
PIAC responded to the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) consultation into its draft Inputs, Assumptions and Scenarios Report (IASR). The IASR is a key input into the 2022 Integrated System Plan (ISP) and AEMO’s other forecasting and planning work. PIAC’s submission was supported by the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), Uniting Communities, and Energetic…
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Draft NSW Distribution Reliability Standard
PIAC welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal’s (IPART) draft reliability standard. This review of the NSW Electricity Distribution Reliability Standard is an opportunity to reset the obligations and expectations of network reliability following unnecessarily high requirements in the past. The review also presents an opportunity to better reflect new…
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Submission re Mandatory Disease Testing Bill 2020
The Mandatory Disease Testing Bill 2020 establishes a framework under which people whose bodily fluids come into contact with police, corrections, health and other frontline workers may be subjected to mandatory testing orders for blood borne viruses (BBVs) such as HIV, Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B. PIAC opposes this legislation on the basis that it…
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Maintaining life support customer registration when switching draft determination
PIAC made a joint submission with ACT Council of Social Service Inc, Combined Pensioners & Superannuants Association, Consumer Action Law Centre, Physical Disability Council of NSW, St Vincent de Paul Society of NSW and Uniting to the Australian Energy Market Commission’s (AEMC) Draft rule determination of the National Energy Retail Amendment (Maintaining life support customer…
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AEMO Engagement model uplift
PIAC responded to the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) engagement model uplift response paper. PIAC welcomes AEMO’s efforts to improve its engagement. We supports AEMO’s intent to pursue an uplifted business as usual model for its engagement. We consider large changes to the structure of AEMO’s engagement would not be of significant benefit to consumers…
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AER ring-fencing issues paper
PIAC lodged a submission to the Australian Energy Regulator’s (AER) issues paper on changes to network ring-fencing guidelines for Stand-Alone Power Systems (SAPS) and energy storage systems like batteries. PIAC supports the use of ring-fencing exemptions for DNSP-led SAPS given our concerns the AEMC’s proposed model and the separation of the generation and network components…
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Submission to the Follow Up Review of the Management of NSW Public Housing Maintenance Contracts
PIAC and the Tenants Union NSW made a submission to the Follow Up Review of the Management of NSW Public Housing Maintenance Contracts. In our submission, we highlight the impact on the public housing system of chronic underfunding for repairs and maintenance, including the need for Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) to sell assets to…