Local Energy Networks (LEN)
From 1 January 2023, the Victorian State Government banned new residential Embedded Networks and introduced the Local Energy Network (LEN).
LENs require 5% or more of the electricity sold to residential customers to come from on-site renewable generation, with the balance to be sourced from offsite renewable energy facilities (such as GreenPower).
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Summary of Changes
The Victorian General Exemption Order of 2022 outlines a number of changes to how new Embedded Networks, now Local Energy Networks, will operate moving forwards:
- New Retail Exemption categories.
- New Network Exemption Categories.
- New Conditions of Retail and Network Exemptions.
- New Generation Exemptions.
- Renewable Energy Generation and provision.
- Reporting.
- Informed Consent provisions.
- Pricing Rules.
- Information provision to Minister or Commission.
Local Energy Service (LES) License
In addition to the new exemption process, the government has also proposed the introduction of a new Local Energy Service (LES) license. This license would be required for anyone who supplies or sells electricity within a new Embedded Network (EN). The LES license would require ENs / LENs to meet certain standards, including using clean and renewable energy technologies, and upgrading their metering and infrastructure to ensure that customers have access to competition from other on-market energy retailers. Embedded Networks will have three years from the introduction of the amended GEO to apply for a LES license.
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