This Guideline has been superseded.
This Guideline imposed obligations on DNSPs targeted at, among other things:
- cross-subsidisation, with provisions that aim to prevent a DNSP from providing other services that could be cross-subsidised by its distribution services; and
- discrimination, with provisions that aim to:
- prevent a DNSP conferring a competitive advantage on its related electricity service providers that provide contestable electricity services; and
- ensure a DNSP handles ring-fenced information appropriately.
Background
On 16 August 2019, we commenced a review of the Guideline (Version 2). The objectives of this review were to include ring-fencing interactions with stand-alone power systems (SAPS) and energy storage devices and to clarify some obligations and to make compliance less administratively complex.
On 3 November 2021 the AER published the final Guideline and explanatory statement (Version 3). DNSPs must comply with this version of the Guideline from 3 February 2022, 3 months after publication.
On 21 December 2021, the AER published a communications statement confirming our position on streamlined waivers and an accompanying waiver application template for DNSPs to use.