Box 21 Policy Position 7– SCC 7. Distributors should be allowed to SCC as a as a discretionary discretionary product to manage network demand, distribution product subject to the appropriate consumer protections being in place. Box 22 4.1 Are the existing planned interruptions of supply Consultation Questions 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3.– SCC as a sufficient to protect customers if SCC was offered discretionary distribution as a product by distributors? product 4.2. How ready are the distribution businesses to offer these products to consumers? 4.3a What additional consumer protections, including marketing requirements, should be placed on distributors in offering products to consumers? 4.3b. What information should be provided to consumers with products, and who should be responsible for providing it? Box 23 Draft Policy Position 8– 8. For avoidance of doubt, SCC may not be used as an SCC as a discretionary alternative to disconnection action and may not be retail product offered to any customers entering or participating in a hardship program. Box 24 Consultation question 4.4 4.4a In what circumstances might consumers benefit SCC as a discretionary from SCC as a discretionary retail product? – retail product 4.4b How ready is the market to offer these products? 4.4c What consumer protections should apply if these retail products were offered? 4.4d How could the risk of ensuring that these products are not offered, or accepted, by consumers as a means of avoiding de-energisation or mitigating financial hardship be managed? Box 25 Policy Position 9 - Third 9. EMRWG considers that at least the same controls as parties and discretionary apply to retailers and distributors should apply to SCC third parties regarding any offer of SCC to consumers as a discretionary product. Box 26 Consultation Question 4.5 4.5a Under what circumstances could export supply – SCC and embedded capacity control be used? generation 4.5b Should energy exported to the grid be subject to a supply capacity limit? 4.5c. If so, how should this limit be set?
Box 21 Policy Position 7– SCC as a discretionary distribution product 7. Distributors should be allowed to SCC as a discretionary product to manage network demand, subject to the appropriate consumer protections being in place. Box 22 Consultation Questions 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3.– SCC as a discretionary distribution product 4.1 Are the existing planned interruptions of supply sufficient to protect customers if SCC was offered as a product by distributors? 4.2. How ready are the distribution businesses to offer these products to consumers? 4.3a What additional consumer protections, including marketing requirements, should be placed on distributors in offering products to consumers? 4.3b. What information should be provided to consumers with products, and who should be responsible for providing it? Box 23 Draft Policy Position 8– SCC as a discretionary retail product 8. For avoidance of doubt, SCC may not be used as an alternative to disconnection action and may not be offered to any customers entering or participating in a hardship program. Box 24 Consultation question 4.4 – SCC as a discretionary retail product 4.4a In what circumstances might consumers benefit from SCC as a discretionary retail product? 4.4b How ready is the market to offer these products? 4.4c What consumer protections should apply if these retail products were offered? 4.4d How could the risk of ensuring that these products are not offered, or accepted, by consumers as a means of avoiding de-energisation or mitigating financial hardship be managed? Box 25 Policy Position 9 - Third parties and discretionary SCC 9. EMRWG considers that at least the same controls as apply to retailers and distributors should apply to third parties regarding any offer of SCC to consumers as a discretionary product. Box 26 Consultation Question 4.5 – SCC and embedded generation 4.5a Under what circumstances could export supply capacity control be used? 4.5b Should energy exported to the grid be subject to a supply capacity limit? 4.5c. If so, how should this limit be set?