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Making room on the grid for more solar

Our new draft reform package addresses the question of how to employ home energy options to decarbonise the electricity sector faster and for less cost.

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Post 2025 electricity market design project

The Energy Security Board, in collaboration with the market bodies is making the national electricity market fit-for-purpose.

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System security and reliability action plan

Our plan is focussed on keeping the lights on, giving you power when you need it at the least cost.

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Consumer protection action plan at a glance

We are working on new rules and reviews to help deliver more affordable energy by giving consumers more control over their energy bills

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Consideration of synchronous services markets and capacity commitment mechanism extended

Extension for two rule change determinations The AEMC announced today  we will extend consideration of two rule change proposals: ...

17 June 2021

Final determination on urgent rule change to address NEM settlement risks

The Australian Energy Market Commission has acted urgently to avoid significant disruption to the Australian Energy Market Operator’s payments ...

17 June 2021

Draft determination on NEM settlement under low operational demand

The AEMC has decided not to amend the formulas used for financial settlement of non-energy costs because the issue is ...

17 June 2021

Arrangements for system security during market suspension clarified

The AEMC has today taken the pragmatic approach of clarifying the applicability of the National Electricity Rules (NER) during market ...

17 June 2021

AEMC weighs up views on solar, new energy integration

Analysis of stakeholder feedback is underway to inform the AEMC’s final determination on ways to make room on the ...

08 June 2021

New version 166 of the National Electricity Rules

The Australian Energy Market Commission today published version 166 of the National Electricity Rules, which incorporates Schedule 2 of the National Electricity ...

03 June 2021

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