MCE
The Ministerial Council on Energy Standing Committee of Officials (SCO) engaged NERA Economic Consulting (NERA) and Allen Consulting Group (ACG) to provide expert advice on:
the proposed electricity distribution revenue and pricing rules, with the aim of removing impediments to the uptake of DSR and DG. The report is presented in two parts:
the development of a national framework for electricity distribution network expansion and planning, connection charges and capital work contributions. The report is presented in two parts:
The above reports have been released for stakeholder comment as independent papers and do not represent a policy position by SCO. The reports should be read in the context of the broader energy market reform process and as such SCO may consider progressing any of the recommendations through an Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) rule change process and/or as part of the non economic retail package.
In MCE EMR Bulletin 95 
[PDF, 40KB], SCO responded to the NERA report titled Distribution Rules Review – Network Incentives for Demand Side Response and Distributed Generation. Recommendations from that report which are relevant to the electricity distribution revenue and pricing electricity rules will be included as part of the economic legislative package. Recommendations or outstanding issues from that report which are relevant to the network planning and connection work stream have been considered further and addressed in the NERA/ACG paper.