ANNOUNCEMENT: The Minister for Energy has asked Energy Policy WA to undertake a review of the regulatory framework for electricity retail licensing and exemption activities. Given the intended scope of the review, the Minister for Energy has determined that no additional solar power purchase agreement licence exemption applications will be accepted.
The review will determine the most suitable form of regulation to ensure that all electricity consumers have adequate customer protections, regardless of the business model used for the delivery of electricity supplies.
- Ministerial Statement: Regulatory framework review of retail electricity licensing and exemptions (PDF)
- Fact sheet Solar PPA exemptions and retail licensing review (PDF)
- Review of licensing and exemption regulatory framework
Consultations on licence exemption applications and review processes
Energy Policy WA will generally publish licence exemption applications for public comment as part of the assessment process. Details of the open and closed consultations are outlined below, along with decisions on licence exemption applications.
Open consultations
- There are no open consultations
Closed consultations and other changes to licence exemptions - pending decision
- Application for a transmission licence exemption - Pilbara Energy Company Pty Ltd
- Licence Exemption - Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, Extension of exemption arrangement
Licence exemption applications that will not be progressed (following the Ministerial Statement to review the licensing framework)
- Application for electricity retail licence exemption – Geniux Energy Pty Ltd
- Application for electricity retail licence exemption – GTL Renewable Energy Pty Ltd
- Application for electricity retail licence exemption – Juice Capital Pty Ltd
- Application for electricity retail licence exemption – Nomadic Energy Pty Ltd
- Application for electricity retail licence exemption – One Stop Renewable Energy Pty Ltd
- Application for electricity retail licence exemption – Power Ledger
- Application for electricity retail licence exemption – UPX Pty Ltd
Licence exemptions granted
- Decision to grant amendments to electricity and gas on-selling licence exemptions
- Electricity distribution and retail licence exemptions granted to Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council
- Electricity distribution licence exemption granted to Woodside Energy Ltd – Mt Wongama Communications Tower
- Electricity retail licence exemption granted to AGL Energy Services Pty Limited
- Electricity retail licence exemption granted to Alectrona Pty Ltd (t/a Behind the Meter Energy)
- Electricity retail licence exemption granted to Ausuntech Solar Pty Ltd
- Electricity retail licence exemption granted to Continuum Solar Pty Ltd
- Electricity retail licence exemption granted to CSP National Pty Ltd
- Electricity retail licence exemption granted to Diamond Energy Asset Holdings Pty Ltd
- Electricity retail licence exemption granted to Distributed Power Generation Limited (t/a Disgen)
- Electricity retail licence exemption granted to Efficient Homes Australia Pty Ltd (t/a Infinite Energy)
- Electricity retail licence exemption granted to Element47 Pty Ltd
- Electricity retail licence exemption granted to Green Peak Energy Pty Ltd
- Electricity retail licence exemption granted to Lester Energy Pty Ltd
- Electricity retail licence exemption granted to Origin Energy Retail No.2 Pty Ltd (t/a Origin Energy)
- Electricity retail licence exemption granted to Perdaman Advanced Energy Pty Ltd and PAE Northam Pty Ltd
- Electricity retail licence exemption granted to Powertex Capital Pty Ltd
- Electricity retail licence exemption granted to Protean Energy Ltd
- Electricity retail licence exemption granted to Solar Assets Pty Ltd
- Electricity retail licence exemption granted to Tai Feng (WA) Pty Ltd
- Electricity retail licence exemption granted to Voltaic Energy Pty Ltd (t/a Upstream Energy)
- Electricity retail licence exemption granted to Wesglo Pty Ltd (t/a Perth Power Supply)
- Electricity retail licence exemption granted to Zeus Appollo Pty Ltd
- Generation licence exemption granted to Kwinana WTE Project Co Pty Ltd (2017)
- Generation licence exemption granted to Kwinana WTE Project Co Pty Ltd (2015)