Policy & Projects

Policy & Projects

NEM Governance Reform Project

In July 2025, the EEC released a green paper that was funded by the RACE for 2030 Cooperative Research Centre (RACE) and prepared by Rob Murray-Leach with support from the Energy Efficiency Council (EEC). The green paper finds a fundamental revamp of how Australia governs electricity is needed to ensure the energy transition delivers for families and businesses. 

Read the green paper here: NEM Governance Reform

The release of the green paper provides an opportunity for stakeholders across industry, government and the broader energy sector to contribute their feedback, which will help shape a white paper with clear reform recommendations, to be released by the end of the year. 

 

Providing comments on this green paper

This paper is designed to stimulate discussion and does not represent the formal positions of the author, the EEC or RACE. 

If you have comments on this paper, please email them to consultation@eec.org.au with the subject line: "Comments on NEM green paper". If you would prefer to provide your comments over the phone, please send your phone number to consultation@eec.org.au and a staff member will be in contact to arrange a time to discuss your comments. 

You can provide comments on any aspect of this paper. However, we particularly encourage people to think about:

  • Has the report missed any of the major challenges and gaps in energy governance in the NEM region?
  • Do you believe that any of the challenges or gaps identified in this paper are immaterial?
  • Do you agree with the rough directions identified in this paper (e.g. allocate responsibility for overarching strategic advice to a new or existing body)?
  • Do you have any specific solutions to some of the issues identified in this paper (e.g. a named organisation should have responsibility for overarching strategic advice)?

If your comments relate to a particular part of the document, please identify the page number in your response.