We need well designed and implemented, fit-for-purpose technical standards that unlock the full value of new consumer energy technologies. This includes ensuring interoperability, so devices, systems, suppliers, and users can communicate and coordinate effectively and seamlessly. If we get this right, it helps with innovation and competition, protecting consumers and ensuring long-term system efficiency and security.
That’s why we supported the strongest possible standards in our response to the Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water’s (DCCEEW) Technical Standards for Consumer Energy Resources (CER) Interoperability Consultation Paper.
Our key recommendations include:
- Enabling regulated and equitable access to smart meter functionality and data for third-party CER service providers;
- Enabling interoperability at the Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) layer, rather than through the vehicles themselves, for consistent integration,
- built-in, automatically enabled disconnection capability for all relevant CER devices,
- prioritising zero export functionality over zero generation as the default response to grid signals,
- enabling local control of CER devices as a default and minimum mandatory requirement.
What’s next?
We’ll be engaging further on this and other processes to advocate for the development of a CER standards and protections framework that is equitable, secure, and future-ready.
