AER

  • Regulation and policy

    Australian Chart of the week | EnergyConnect: transformational highway or white elephant?

    Last week, the AER delivered their final regulatory approval for Project EnergyConnect (PEC) with total costs of $2.28b. This signifies the end of a process that began back in 2016 when the initial project specification report was released. There was some uncertainty around the viability of the project. However, a $295 million...

  • Low carbon generation

    Australian Chart of the week | CleanCo – little ripples make big waves

    Many would have noticed that CleanCo received their electricity retailer authorisation from the AER recently. Therefore, signifying a key step to providing retail electricity services to customers. In order to sell energy, a retailer needs to obtain a retailer authorisation, under the National Electricity Retail Law. Now, Cleanco can sell...

  • Business supply and services

    Australian Chart of the week | I think I can, I think I can: Can new retailers make it in the NEM?

    Electricity retail registrations have exploded since 2016. In this time, the Australian Energy Regulator awarded 30 new electricity retail licenses. This represents an increase of 70% since 2016. In this week's Chart of the week, we look at the annual market entrants from 2012. We also explore the benefits of...

  • Business supply and services

    Australian Chart of the week | Retail markets: the biggest shake-up since deregulation?

    The energy retail sector in Australia is undergoing a significant shake-up. This is largely due to regulatory intervention, ongoing rule changes and market entry. Consequently, there have been concerns over retailers who charge disengaged households and small businesses higher rates and generally rising retail prices. As a result, two default...