The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) recently released the Review of the AER and draft exemption policies for energy networks, retailers, and for customers who may be affected by family violence (based on the advice of Safe and Equal). To view the documents themselves, or for more background into the review, please read the original on the AER’s website here.
Submissions are due COB Monday, 28 April 2025, the guidelines for submissions are available on the AER’s website and are also detailed bellow.
Submissions
We invite stakeholders to make submissions on our draft guidelines by COB, Monday, 28 April 2025.
We prefer that all submissions are in Microsoft Word or another text readable document format. Submissions on the draft guidelines should be emailed to AERexemptions@aer.gov.au with the subject heading ‘Submission on Draft Retail Exempt Selling Guideline and Draft Network Exemptions Guideline (version 7)’.
Alternatively, submissions can be sent to:
Ms Stephanie Jolly
Acting Executive General Manager, Consumers, Policy & Markets
Australian Energy Regulator
GPO Box 3131
Canberra ACT 2601
We prefer that all submissions be publicly available to facilitate an informed and transparent consultative process. Submissions will be treated as public documents unless otherwise requested. Parties wishing to submit confidential information should:
- clearly identify the information that is the subject of the confidentiality claim; and
- provide a non-confidential version of the submission in a form suitable for publication.
We will place all non-confidential submissions on our website. For further information on our use and disclosure of information provided to us, see the ACCC/AER Information Policy.