On 21 September 2020, the AEMC received a rule change request from Dr Kerry Schott AO, Chair of the Energy Security Board seeking to introduce new governance arrangements for setting technical standards for distributed energy resources (DER) in the national electricity market (NEM).
On 2 September 2021 the AEMC published a consultation paper seeking views on the governance problems identified by the rule change request. The paper also seeks stakeholder insights on the solution proposed by the proponent and any alternative approaches to addressing the issues raised by Dr Schott.
The AER made a submission to the AEMC’s consultation paper on 8 October.
More information on the Governance of distributed energy resources technical standards can be found on the AEMC website.