Access, pricing and incentive arrangements for distributed energy resources (ERC0311) - AEMC draft determination
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Key Findings
Treating export services as a distribution service is a necessary and important step in the energy transition
Consumers need to be confident in the export services provided by Distribution Network Service Providers
The focus should be on urgent issues of distributed energy resource integration.
Executive Summary
The Australian Energy Market Commission (AMEC) is to be commended for seeking to help make distributed energy resources (DER) an integrated part of the national electricity system for the benefit of everyone. When the National Electricity Market (NEM) was designed, there was almost no rooftop solar or other small generation, demand response or storage in the system. The National Electricity Law (NEL) and Rules (NER) for distribution networks were focused on efficient one-way flows of electricity from large generators to homes and businesses. No responsibility for the efficient or effective integration of DER was incorporated into the responsibilities of Distribution Network Service Providers (DNSPs). Now that over 2.7 million homes in the NEM have solar systems installed on their rooftops, such responsibility is well overdue for inclusion in the NER.
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