Nexa Advisory welcomes the opportunity to respond to the AEMC’s Integrated distribution system planning (IDSP) consultation paper (ERC0410). As outlined in our recent AEMC Pricing Review submission and our recent report, Empowering Consumer Energy, we advocate for comprehensive and consumer-centric reforms to enable a flexible, efficient, and competitive energy market.
Australia is now on a path toward a dynamic, decentralised, consumer-centric electricity system – with consumers leading the way. As coal units retire, this rapidly growing pool of consumer‑owned generation and storage will become the dominant source of both daytime energy and critical evening capacity. Planning must therefore change to reflect this two‑way, consumer‑led paradigm, where demand-side and distribution-level developments play a significant role in system planning.
Nexa has consistently argued that the DAPRs are no longer fit‑for‑purpose in a system that needs integrated, state‑wide planning. DNSPs possess monopoly access to critical network data, including locational information and hosting capacity constraints which is critical to the integration of distributed and CER.
By mandating greater, real‑time transparency through the IDSP – particularly low‑voltage hosting‑capacity and utilisation data – this information gap will be closed, better reflecting the value which CER provides to the system.
Read our submission here: Nexa Advisory submission – AEMC IDSP Consultation Paper