Publications
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Submission to NEM Wholesale Market Settings Review draft report
The JEC made a submission to the NEM Wholesale Market Settings Review draft report. We support the proposed maintenance of an energy only market, but argued that the panel’s division of energy services into bulk, shaping and firming could usefully be given expression beyond the design of the Electricity Services Entry Mechanism (ESEM) contract designs.…
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Joint Submission to the AEMC Improving life support processes
The Justice and Equity Centre led a joint submission with Consumer Action Law Centre, Combined Pensioners & Superannuants Association, Council on the Ageing, Energetic Communities Association, Physical Disability Council of NSW and the South Australian Council of Social Service to the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) Improving life support processes rule change Consultation Paper. The submission supports aspects of the proposed rule…
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Explainer: Calling for Australian Government action to protect children
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (‘NATSILS’) and the Justice and Equity Centre (‘the JEC’) have received expert legal advice that the Australian Government has the constitutional power to: The Constitution and the states The Australian Constitution divides-up power between the national (Australian) and state governments, giving the Australian Government the ability…
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Submission to the Productivity Commission Investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transformation interim report
The JEC made a submission to the Productivity Commission’s interim report on its fifth pillar of inquiry – Investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transformation. We agreed with the Productivity Commission’s ambition to reduce the cost of meeting Australia’s carbon emission reduction commitments, and argued the most efficient way to do this…
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Submission to Senate Committee Inquiry into Greenwashing
The JEC made a submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications’ Inquiry into Greenwashing. The submission focused on greenwashing in the Australian energy industry, which has direct costs to consumers and adds barriers to them navigating what is already a complex market. Examples of greenwashing within the energy industry have included misleading emissions…
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Submission to NSW Law Reform Commission Review of Anti-Discrimination Act 1977: First Consultation Paper
The JEC submission in response to the NSW Law Reform Commission’s First Consultation Paper as part of its review of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 makes a number of calls to reform key aspects of this out-dated and fundamentally broken law. This includes:
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Submission to DCCEEW Redefining roles and responsibilities for power system and market operations in a high CER future
The JEC made a submission to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water’s (DCCEEW) consultation paper on Redefining roles and responsibilities for power system and market operations in a high consumer energy resources (CER) future. We opposed the suggestion that distribution network service providers (DNSP) should take on the new role of distribution…
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Submission to AEMC Review of the Wholesale Demand Response Mechanism draft report
The JEC made a submission to the Australian Energy Market Commission’s draft report for their review of the Wholesale Demand Response Mechanism (WDRM). We thanked the Commission for their confirmation that the WDRM enables offers for consumers beyond those associated with other demand flexibility mechanisms, in Consumer Energy Resources Benefits and the Integrating Price Responsive…
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Submission on IPART’s Annual Energy Retail Market Monitoring Report
The Justice and Equity Centre provided a submission to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal’s consultation paper on their annual electricity and gas retail market monitoring report.
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Submission to DCCEEW Aggregated resources in the Capacity Investment Scheme
The JEC made a submission to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water’s (DCCEEW) consultation paper on aggregated resources in the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS). We support the Department’s ambition to expand the CIS to aggregated resources as we believe that expanded competition will reduce auction and energy prices for consumers. We…