sec.13AInnovative trial principles

sec.13A Innovative trial principles

The following principles (the innovative trial principles ) must be taken into account in determining whether a trial project is genuinely innovative in connection with granting a trial waiver or making a trial Rule relating to a trial project: whether the trial project is focused on developing new or materially improved customer connection services or customer retail services; whether the trial project is likely to contribute to the achievement of the national energy retail objective; whether the trial project is able to demonstrate a reasonable prospect of giving rise to materially improved services and outcomes for consumers of energy; whether the trial project maintains adequate consumer protections, including whether the trial project may involve risks to consumers and (if so), how those risks might be mitigated; whether the trial project is unable to proceed under the existing regulatory framework; whether the trial project has moved beyond research and development stages but is not yet established, or of sufficient maturity, size or otherwise commercially ready, to attract investment; whether the trial project may negatively impact on AEMO’s operation of national energy systems and national energy markets or AEMO’s facilitation of customer connection services and customer retail services and, if there are impacts, how those impacts can be mitigated; whether the trial project may impact on competition in a competitive sector of a national energy market; whether the licences, authorisations and consents required for the trial project under jurisdictional gas legislation have been obtained or will be obtained; any other principle prescribed by the National Regulations. s 13A ins 2022 No. 22 (SA) s 19 amd 2023 No. 36 (SA) s 76

• (a) whether the trial project is focused on developing new or materially improved customer connection services or customer retail services;
• (b) whether the trial project is likely to contribute to the achievement of the national energy retail objective;
• (c) whether the trial project is able to demonstrate a reasonable prospect of giving rise to materially improved services and outcomes for consumers of energy;
• (d) whether the trial project maintains adequate consumer protections, including whether the trial project may involve risks to consumers and (if so), how those risks might be mitigated;
• (e) whether the trial project is unable to proceed under the existing regulatory framework;
• (f) whether the trial project has moved beyond research and development stages but is not yet established, or of sufficient maturity, size or otherwise commercially ready, to attract investment;
• (g) whether the trial project may negatively impact on AEMO’s operation of national energy systems and national energy markets or AEMO’s facilitation of customer connection services and customer retail services and, if there are impacts, how those impacts can be mitigated;