Publications
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Productivity Commission Greenpaper
PIAC made a submission in response to the NSW Productivity Green Paper: Continuing the productivity conversation. In the wake of prolonged drought, bushfires and the ongoing impacts of climate change, PIAC highlighted the urgent need for comprehensive reforms aimed at delivering benefits to the NSW Community over the long term. Energy and Water are both…
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Demand Management Innovation Allowance Mechanism for transmission issues paper
Australian Energy Regulator’s (AER) Issues Paper on Demand Management Innovation Allowance Mechanism (DMIAM) for transmission. PIAC supports formally extending the Demand Management Innovation Allowance Mechanism (DMIAM) to Transmission Network Service Providers (TNSP) and lowering the allowance amount. We also support TNSPs being able to bring forward allocations within their regulatory control period and/or pool allowances…
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Submission to NSW Inquiry into the Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Religious Freedoms and Equality) Bill 2020
PIAC has consistently supported the introduction of standard protections against discrimination on the basis of religious belief and activity in the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW). Unfortunately, the One Nation Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Religious Freedoms and Equality) Bill 2020 deviates from standard anti-discrimination protections in a number of important and substantive ways, such that our submission’s first…
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TransGrid Broken Hill Supply PADR
PIAC responded to TransGrid’s Broken Hill Supply RIT-T Project Assessment Draft Report (PADR) consultation. While PIAC supports the use of storage and demand response options considered in the PADR, we raise strong concerns with the preferred option identified by TransGrid. Compressed air storage technology at the scale considered for this project is far from commercially…
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System Restart Standard review
PIAC responded to the Reliability Panel’s consultation paper on the System Restart Standard review 2020. PIAC supports expanding the range of providers of System Restart Ancillary Services (SRAS) as determined in the AEMC’s earlier rule change, considering it’s an opportunity to update the procurement and operation of SRAS in order to bring it in line…
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AEMO participant fee structure
PIAC responded to the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) review of its energy market participant fee structure. We provide comment on the duration of the participant fee structure, recommending it is reviewed in 3 rather than 5 years, given the level of change and uncertainty in the energy market. We also provide feedback on the…
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Distributed Energy Resources integration rule change
PIAC responded to the Australian Energy Market Commission’s (AEMC) consultation on a rule change from Total Environment Centre (TEC) and Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) to integrate Distributed Energy Resources (DER). We note many of the barriers to the efficient uptake and use of DER can be addressed, and the impacts greatly reduced, by…
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Draft System Restart Ancillary Services Guideline
PIAC responded to the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) second stage of consultation on the draft System Restart Ancillary Services (SRAS) Guideline (the Guideline). PIAC supports the draft guideline as we consider it supports the SRAS procurement objective of meeting the Reliability Panel’s system restart standard at the lowest long-term cost. PIAC supports AEMO keeping…
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Maintaining life support customer registration
PIAC responded to the Australian Energy Market Commission’s (AEMC) Consultation Paper Maintaining Life Support Customer Registration when Switching. PIAC supports the intent of the rule change proposal to remove barriers for consumers on the Life Support Register to make it easier for them to switch retailers and/or move house. We consider the current arrangement requiring…