Ensuring consumer energy resources (CER) assets are integrated into the energy system in ways that benefit their owners, and the broader community, is a key priority for Energy Consumers Australia.

The ability to distinguish between inflexible and flexible capacity is going to be of great significance as the energy system transforms – allowing people to be rewarded where they can be flexible in the amount of energy, and the time, they consume. This becomes increasingly important in the context of a renewable energy system with periods of electricity scarcity and abundance.

Our submission to this consultation paper provides our reflection on the draft determination and one core recommendation around consumer-centric research, that we propose the AEMC should take into consideration in its final decision.

Read the full submission here.