125Appointment and registration as a default RoLR

125 Appointment and registration as a default RoLR

125 Appointment and registration as a default RoLR

(1) The AER must appoint and register a default RoLR for—

(a) in the case of electricity—each connection point; and

(b) in the case of gas—each distribution system of each distributor.

(2) The AER must ensure that there is one and no more than one default RoLR registered for each connection point (in the case of electricity) and for each distribution system (in the case of gas) at all times.

(3) Lodgement of a RoLR register EoI is not a precondition to the AER appointing and registering a retailer as a default RoLR although if the AER proposes to appoint and register a retailer as a default RoLR without a RoLR register EoI first being lodged, the AER must consult with the retailer before appointing and registering the retailer.

(4) A retailer that the AER proposes to appoint and register as a default RoLR must provide the AER with such information as the AER considers reasonably necessary to make the appointment and register the retailer as a default RoLR.

(5) A retailer’s concurrence is not required for appointment and registration as a default RoLR.

(6) The AER must take the RoLR criteria into consideration when deciding whether to appoint and register a retailer as a default RoLR.

(7) The AER must not appoint and register a retailer as a default RoLR if the retailer does not satisfy all the requirements of the RoLR criteria unless otherwise there would be no default RoLR for a connection point (in the case of electricity) or a distribution system (in the case of gas) and the AER is satisfied that the retailer most nearly satisfies the financial resources criterion (see section 123(1)(b)).

(8) If a retailer does not, at the time of registration as a default RoLR, meet the organisational and technical capacity criterion (see section 123(1)(a)), the retailer must as soon as practicable after registration implement adequate systems to meet that criterion and advise the AER when those systems are implemented.

(9) The AER may terminate a retailer’s appointment and registration as a default RoLR at any time, but is not obliged to do so.

(10) The AER must publish on its website notice of any appointment of a default RoLR or termination of an appointment under this section.