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The rules, determinations and recalls that reach into your home: what the gazetted documents and official registers actually say, kept on the record with dates.
Explainer
AEMC writes the energy rules, the AER sets the Default Market Offer, AEMO runs the system, and the Clean Energy Regulator pays the certificates behind rooftop solar and batteries. Only the first three are energy market bodies, which is why your bill and your rebate never feel like one system.
Policy
The Clean Energy Regulator is set to become the national technical regulator for interoperable consumer energy resources. The aim: your solar inverter, battery, EV charger and hot water work together and switch providers without brand lock-in. Subject to legislation, aimed at new smart devices, and years from biting.
Policy
Customers on plans over three years old pay $221 a year more, the ACCC found. The AEMC's draft same-price fix was dropped in its June final report for a disclosure rule; nine consumer groups call it a missed opportunity, and the AEMC says a stronger rule looked too much like price control.
Policy
From 1 July 2026 retailers in NSW, south east Queensland and SA must offer an opt-in plan with three free hours of electricity in the middle of the day. No solar panels required, and the regulator's own modelling shows it can also produce a higher bill.
The record
Five ACCC recalls now cover electrification hardware, from Tesla Powerwall 2 batteries to a 7 kW EV wall charger recalled on 29 June 2026. Model by model, with each PRA number and what to do.
Getting off gas
All-electric new homes from 1 January 2027, end-of-life gas hot water replaced electric from 1 March 2027, and two things the regulations deliberately do not touch: your cooktop, and your heater if you own your home.