The AER has today released its second annual report into the performance of electricity distribution network service providers (DNSPs) delivering export services to the grid.
Our report, Insights into Australia's growing two-way energy system, Export services network performance report 2024 provides an overview of the growing role that customer electricity exports have within the distribution networks in the National Electricity Market and the Northern Territory.
Export service customers are those with consumer energy resources (CER), such as household rooftop solar and batteries, that are too small to be registered as generators with the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO). In the 2023-24 financial year, more than 10% of energy delivered by electricity distribution networks was sourced from network customers with small-scale CER.
The report presents analysis of the 2023-24 operational and performance data of 14 DNSPs, including export customer numbers, battery penetration, export limits, capital and operational expenditure, timings of connection agreements and more.
The report aims to support more informed regulatory and policy decisions by government agencies and can inform investment and operating decisions made by consumers and CER service providers.