Electricity Retail Supply Code Review
The Power and Water Corporation made an application for amendments to the Electricity Retail Supply Code in response to substantial reform to the Territory's electricity supply industry, including the introduction of a wholesale market, structural separation of the Power and Water Corporation and the entrance of new retailers.
Status: final
- Initiate
- Consultation
- Draft
- Consultation
- Final
The Commission has varied the Electricity Retail Supply Code, to commence on 1 December 2019.
Under the Utilities Commission Act 2000 and the Electricity Reform Act 2000 the Commission can make, vary or revoke a code or rules for the electricity supply industry.
The aim of the code is to strike an appropriate balance between promoting a level playing field and facilitating full retail competition, while protecting the integrity of the market and discouraging inappropriate market signals among industry participants and stakeholders.
The code sets out the rules for:
- transferring customers between retailers
- the arrangements relating to credit support requirements and billing between network providers, generators and retailers
- metrology between retailers and network providers
- Retailer of Last Resort arrangements
- a dispute resolution process
- protecting electricity customers that require life support equipment.
The Commission undertook significant consultation with stakeholders as part of the review of the Electricity Retail Supply Code, through four consultation papers and consideration of the feedback received. Issues considered were primarily in relation to addressing changes in the Territory electricity supply industry, including to associated legislation, such as the adoption of the National Electricity Law and Rules, modified for the Territory and to introducing new protections for electricity customers that require life support equipment.
The Commission released the final varied the Electricity Retail Supply Code, to commence on 1 December 2019.
Related documents
Initiate
Application to Amend the Electricity Retail Supply Code Consultation Paper
Consultation
Power and Water Corporation Supplementary Submission
Initiate (revision)
Amendments to the Electricity Retail Supply Code: Positions Paper May 2017
Consultation
Power and Water Corporation submission
Draft
Proposed Electricity Retail Supply Code April 2018
Electricity Retail Supply Code – Statement of Reasons April 2018
Draft (revision)
Proposed Electricity Retail Supply Code June 2019
Comparison of the Draft Amended Code to the current Code
Comparison of the Draft Amended Code to the April 2018 version
Electricity Retail Supply Code – Statement of Reasons June 2019
Consultation
Department of Treasury and Finance submission
Power and Water Corporation submission
Power and Water Corporation submission – additional
Territory Generation submission
Final
Electricity Retail Supply Code
Statement of Reasons - Final Amendments to the Electricity Retail Supply Code