Australia’s energy system reform continues to be dominated by consumer energy resource (CER) integration. The Draft Prototype National Technical Regulatory Framework for CER proposes a unified national approach to device standards, to device accreditation and to data visibility. For retailers this is both a tightening of compliance obligations and potentially improves commercial opportunity, whilst for their customers it promises the potential for safer, more reliable and more transparent CER products and services. We expand on the core implications, and elaborate on the practical outcomes for customers, for retailers, and other stakeholders.
