Our 2021-26 Regulatory Proposal

Welcome to our 2021-2026 Regulatory Proposal Page

On 31 January 2020, we submitted our 2021-2026 Regulatory Proposal for Jemena's Electricity Network (JEN) to the Australian Energy Regulator (AER). The proposal was compiled following extensive feedback from more than 80 hours of JEN customer engagement over a two year period.

This submission is pending review by the AER so may be subject to change once feedback is received.

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Proposal highlights

Our proposal aims to keep energy affordable while maintaining reliability, safety, and preparing the network for the future.

We are proposing cutting network charges for our residential customers by $320 over the upcoming plan period and an average of $739 for our small businesses customers, with a call to energy retailers to pass these savings on to customers in full.

The proposal also includes a number of improvements and initiatives to prepare our network for the future, including:

• Connecting over 30,000 new residential customers and 1,300 business customers
• Replacing or re-enforcing over 7,300 electricity poles
• Providing over 65 MW of new renewable energy generation with a platform to export
• Adding 50 MWh of new battery storage capacity to the grid
• Investing in new technology to prepare the network for the future
• Enabling the connection of more renewable energy sources for a more sustainable future

We are also looking to keep our capital expenditure in line with our historical average, while still maintaining a reliable network. This is in line with feedback we received from our residential customers throughout our customer engagement program.

Not only did we listen to what our customers wanted, we adopted each of their final 25 recommendations, and with such strong customer endorsement, we trust the AER will approve our proposal in full.