Rule Change: Open
Overview
On 16 October 2025, the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) published a directions paper setting out three different approaches to improve distribution planning in the National Electricity Rules (NER).
We consider that the existing distribution annual planning process is unable to meet the emerging challenges in distribution network planning. The uptake of consumer energy resources (CER) is both:
- making distribution planning more complex; and
- increasing the need and demand for low-voltage network data.
Successfully addressing these challenges will improve transparency for distribution network users, including consumers. They will then be better placed to make informed investments in CER.
We received 24 submissions to our directions paper and held a public forum on Wednesday 5 November 2025. This feedback is informing the draft policy positions we adopt for our draft determination and draft rule.
We are further extending the rule change process
The Commission is extending the time to deliver the draft determination for this rule change request to 23 April 2026. The additional five weeks will enable the Commission to address issues of complexity raised by stakeholders in relation to the directions paper.