Nexa Advisory’s submission urges the AEMC not to make the draft EV charging rule. The draft decision has not established that regulated network ownership is more efficient than competitive alternatives or that recovering charging infrastructure costs through electricity bills serves consumers’ long-term interests.
The submission highlights gaps in the evidence, limited modelling transparency, insufficient consumer protections and concerns that the program’s timetable risks treating the rule change as a foregone conclusion.
Nexa recommends:
- Targeted, competitively awarded funding for demonstrated regional blackspots and genuine viability gaps.
- Networks focus on enabling investment through timely connections, transparent capacity information and fair infrastructure access.
- Existing trials inform further intervention before expanding regulated network ownership.
- If the rule proceeds, exclude charger assets and operating costs from regulated recovery, with independent scrutiny and hard, enforceable caps on consumer-funded network-enabling costs.
Here is a link to the full submission: Nexa Advisory submission – Facilitating EVCI rollout under Cwlth grants – 05112026