Investor Presentaiton
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE FUTURE
REGULATORY REVIEWS
We will engage and advocate for outcomes that support returns required while delivering lower costs to customers
Review
Objective
Support retailers in financial difficulty as a result of customers not paying bills due to COVID-19
Assess performance of inflation forecasting methodology and impact on returns
ESB
Converting the ISP into action
(proposed rule changes)
Streamline regulatory processes whilst retaining a rigorous cost/benefit assessment
AEMO
2020 Integrated System Plan (ISP)
Roadmap for Australia's power system that maximises market benefits
AEMC
Deferral of network charges
AER
Inflation Review
AEMC
Rules to integrate DER
AEMC
Regulatory Framework for stand alone
power systems
AER
Rate of Return Instrument (RORI)
AEMC
AEMC
ESB
Rules to facilitate system stability
Coordination of Generation and
Transmission Investment (COGATI)
Access and Charging (1)
Post 2025 National Electricity Market
(NEM) Design
Allow two-way energy flows and charging for export
Allow customers to benefit from new technology that lowers costs of providing regulated
services
Sets out approach to estimate rate of return: return on debt, return on equity and value of
imputation credits
Create new markets for synchronous services, reserve markets and ahead markets
Better co-ordinate generation and transmission investment to improve the efficiency of dispatch
and location of generators; provide certainty to support new investment and improve planning
information
Develop long-term, fit-for-purpose market framework to enable provision of full range of
services to customers necessary to deliver a secure, reliable and lower emissions electricity
system at least-cost
(1) Now incorporated in to the ESB's post 2025 NEM Design program as Grid Access
Spark Infrastructure I Investor Presentation | August 2020
Implementation
1 July 2020
July 2020
August 2020
End 2020
End 2020
End 2021
Dec 2022
Prior to 2025
2025
2025
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