Submission to DCCEEW's Streamlining Network Connection Processes for CER and EVSE Options Paper

The Clean Energy Council (CEC) welcomes the opportunity to provide the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) with a response to the “Streamlining network connection processes for consumer energy resources (CER) and Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) Options Paper” (the Options Paper). The Options Paper makes a number of important recommendations which we have addressed in full.

The CEC recommends that a full coverage consideration of distribution system reforms should consider:

1. Broader scope review into the connection frameworks, roles and responsibilities and tariff structures for assets connecting to the distribution and sub-transmission system.
   • Inclusion of roles and responsibilities is particularly important as it currently sits outside of the scope of the reviews underway but will be integral to the DCCEEW DSO work.
2. Within scope should be front of the meter assets (<5MW), front of the meter assets (>5MW), loads, commercial behind-the-meter (BTM) systems (>200kW <5MW) and commercial loads – specifically EVSE.
   • Residential BTM CER should be excluded and become the sole focus of the AEMC Electricity Pricing Review.