EUAA Submission: AEMC – Improving the NEM Access Standards Draft Determination
Emily Wood | May 7, 2026
EUAA has achieved a reduced impact to large loads, the Rule Change request submitted to AEMC has some impacts for future large consumers connecting to transmission and distribution networks as well as impacts for site expansions requiring a change in the Connection Agreement leading to the current position that targets Data Centres.
‘…The EUAA supports proposed rule changes where evidence points to an issue and the proposed rule change clearly leads to improved efficiency of markets and/or improved system security and where the costs and risks are appropriately allocated to those best able to manage them. The EUAA does not support approaches that lack evidence or require consumers to perform activities best managed by others.
We support the intent of the Draft Determination however the Draft Rule does not fully reflect that intent. Several drafting shortcuts, threshold inconsistencies, and definitional issues risk creating confusion, unnecessary regulatory burden, and unintended consequences for large industrial consumers….’
Please download attached document to read our full submission.
