In 2019, the Minister for Energy and Mining initiated a review of the Residential Energy Efficiency Scheme, under the Electricity (General) Regulations 2012 and the Gas Regulations 2012.
Review report
The Review Report (PDF, 905.0 KB) was tabled in Parliament on 5 February 2020.
Directions paper
The Directions Paper (PDF, 972.7 KB)) was released in October 2019 with submissions closing on 1 November 2019. In response to the Directions Paper, the following submissions were received:
- AGL (PDF, 284.2 KB)
- Australian Energy Council (PDF, 334.9 KB)
- Business SA (PDF, 86.5 KB)
- Demand Manager (PDF, 955.1 KB)
- Ecovantage (PDF, 196.8 KB)
- Energy Australia (PDF, 171.5 KB)
- Energy Efficiency Council (PDF, 191.1 KB)
- Energy Savings Industry Association (PDF, 227.3 KB)
- ERM POWER (PDF, 263.7 KB)
- EWOSA (PDF, 118.4 KB)
- MAC Energy Efficiency Group (PDF, 477.6 KB)
- Meridian Energy Powershop (PDF, 118.1 KB)
- Origin Energy (PDF, 244.3 KB)
- Red & Lumo Energy (PDF, 162.0 KB)
- SACOSS (PDF, 465.0 KB)
- The Saver Group (PDF, 46.1 KB)
- UCWB and SAFCA (PDF, 626.6 KB)
- Wattly (PDF, 395.3 KB)
- Your Energy Saving Solutions (PDF, 363.8 KB)
Independent evaluation
An independent evaluation of the REES (PDF, 1.6 MB) was undertaken by consulting firm, Common Capital. The report outlines past performance and future policy options for REES.
Issues paper
The Issues Paper (PDF, 1.1 MB) was released for consultation on 30 April 2019 with submissions closing on 20 May 2019. In response to the Issues Paper, the following submissions were received:
- AGL Energy (PDF, 350.1 KB)
- Alinta Energy (PDF, 164.8 KB)
- Australian Energy Council (PDF, 272.9 KB)
- Business SA (PDF, 102.4 KB)
- ConnectEd Program (PDF, 341.7 KB)
- Demand Manager (PDF, 592.9 KB)
- Ecologic Apps (PDF, 161.2 KB)
- Ecovantage (PDF, 524.4 KB)
- Energy Australia (PDF, 102.2 KB)
- Energy Efficiency Council (PDF, 490.5 KB)
- Energy Savings Industry Association (PDF, 407.4 KB)
- ERM Power (PDF, 273.4 KB)
- Green Energy Trading (PDF, 200.2 KB)
- Harvest Hot Water (PDF, 895.1 KB)
- MAC Energy Efficiency Group (PDF, 997.5 KB)
- Meridian Energy Australia and Powershop (PDF, 111.0 KB)
- Origin Energy (PDF, 174.4 KB)
- Red and Lumo Energy (PDF, 298.8 KB)
- Your Energy Saving Solutions (PDF, 277.0 KB)