EUAA Submission: Changing HER Sample Periods & Australian Treasury Advice
EUAA Submission: Changing HER Sample Periods & Australian Treasury Advice
‘…The EUAA supports the recommendation of the AER Consumer Reference Group that the sample period for estimating Historical Excess Returns should run to the 31st December 2022….’ Please download attachment for full submission.
EUAA Submission: Ring Fencing Waiver For DNSPS To Bid Voltage Control RERT To AEMO
‘…With the expected increased demand for RERT in the future, the addition of another source to the AEMO tender process should have benefits for consumers in lowering the costs of RERT they would otherwise pay. The only issue we have relates to the DNSP’s use of capital paid for by consumer under the network’s regulated […]
EUAA Submission: Transmission Planning and Investment Stage 3 – EPR0087
‘This submission focuses exclusively on Chapter 4 of the Stage 3 Draft Report on the regulatory treatment of concessional finance in the National Electricity Rules. Concessional finance has the potential to have the most immediate impact on customer bills though lowering costs for the regulated network investment required for the energy transition. It can apply […]
EUAA Submission: Exposure Draft Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment Bill & The Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming) Amendment Rules 2022
‘…The EUAA work closely with other industry peak bodies, including the Australian Aluminium Council (AAC). We have viewed the AAC submission and are supportive of it. The proposed Safeguard reforms come at a time of significant disruption and uncertainty for business, governments and the broader community. Energy users face escalating costs in both electricity and […]
EUAA Submission: Extension of AEMO Powers & Functions
‘…Attached is our combined template response that also includes our 7th October submission. If we have been unsuccessful in getting our proposed changes in the legislation then we would recommend that they be incorporated in the rules. We appreciate the discussions we have had with Departmental and AEMO officials to help us prepare these comments […]
EUAA Submission: Amending The Administered Price Cap
‘…The Energy Users’ Association of Australia (EUAA) makes two comments on the Directions Paper. We were surprised and disappointed to see the endorsement of the Draft Decision by the CEO of Energy Consumers Australia. We do not think it is good practice for the Commission to use a stakeholder endorsement in a Directions Paper (or […]
EUAA Submission: Gas Market Parameters Review
‘….Our members have had firsthand experience of the dysfunctional east coast gas market that has been highlighted by many recent ACCC gas reports eg dramatically rising prices particularly in the last 12 months, lack of competition for supply, significant fall in the availability of supply from Bass Strait, various State government restrictions on new gas […]
EUAA Submission: Extension of AEMO Functions & Powers
‘….Perhaps the starkest issue for our members is that they may find themselves subject to a direction and not able to take delivery of gas under a firm gas supply contract. Yet they the Federal Government in its recent Heads of Agreement negotiation with the LNG producers assured their international customers there would be no […]
EUAA Submission: Victorian Gas Access Arrangements Proposal 2023-2028
‘…This submission provides a combined response to the 1 July Proposals and 2nd September Addendums by AGN, Multinet (MGN), and AusNet Services (AusNet) gas distribution networks in Victoria for the period 2023-2028. It builds on our earlier submission on the Draft Plans where we1: • Commented on the excellent combined engagement by all three networks […]
EUAA Submission: Safeguard Mechanism Reforms Consultation Paper
‘…Transformation of the electricity sector is also creating significant disruption with consumers facing a tsunami of additional costs as we rapidly replace our centralised, dispatchable energy system with one that is dominated by highly decentralised variable renewable energy. The challenges are complex, hard to solve and will add costs to consumer bills. This is not […]
EUAA Submission: VNI West PADR
‘…This submission comments on a range of issues across the PADR. For each issue we discuss what the proponents say and make comment. We then provide a number of questions that would form the basis of further engagement with AEMO and Transgrid. We would propose that these questions be combined with other questions that arise […]
EUAA Submission: APA Gas Transmission Access Arrangements
‘…This short submission comments on the AER’s Draft Decision and APA’s Revised Proposal. The EUAA is a member of the APA Stakeholder Engagement Group. The major issues for our members are highlighted in the Draft Decision and summarised by APA’s ‘balancing competiting objectives’ narrative: demand is going to fall, but by how much and how […]