Under the new Roundtable structure introduced in 2018/19, the Roundtable has established 'Enabling Groups' which operate to progress collective action on agreed issues.
Each Enabling Group consists of Members of the Roundtable and have an appointed Enabling Group Lead responsible for coordinating activity and reporting outputs and outcomes to Roundtable.
Currently, three Enabling Groups have been established:
The Payment Difficulty / Hardship Enabling Group
This Enabling Group has been established to develop a common, co-ordinated understanding on support and assistance for people experiencing payment difficulty. Enabling Group Members are:
- Douglas McCloskey (PIAC, lead)
- Robyn Robinson (COTA)
- Mark Henley (Uniting Communities)
- Fiona Hawthorne / Rose McGrath (QCOSS)
- Georgie Morris (SACOSS)
- Iain Maitland (ECC)
- Jake Lilley (CALC)
- Bernadette Jago (TasCOSS)
- Kellie Caught (ACOSS)
Presentations and outputs:
- Hardship Enabling Group Report - March 2019
- PIAC Response to Hardship Guidelines
- Hardship Enabling Group Report - July 2019
The Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Enabling Group
This Enabling Group has been established to identify and discuss the opportunities and challenges facing consumers created by the DER transition, with a focus on inclusion and equity. Enabling Group Members are:
- Mark Byrne (TEC, co-lead)
- Kellie Caught (ACOSS, co-lead)
- Craig Memery (PIAC)
- Douglas McCloskey (PIAC)
- Maureen Boyle (SACOSS)
- Dean Lombard (ATA)
- Rob Law (CVGA)
- Gavin Dufty (SvDP)
- Mark Henley (Uniting Communities)
Presentations and outputs:
- Roundtable DERG Presentation - June 2019
- Roundtable DERG Presentation - Feb 2019
- DER Enabling Group Report - March 2019
- DER Enabling Group Report - July 2019
The Concessions Enabling Group
This Enabling Group has been established to improve the effectiveness of energy concessions across all jurisdictions. Enabling Group Members are:
- Rebecca Law (SACOSS, co-lead)
- Kellie Caught (ACOSS, co-lead)
- Robyn Robinson (COTA)
- Douglas McCloskey (PIAC)
- Jarrod Lenne (VCOSS)
- Stephen Durney (TASCOSS)
- Geoff Buchanan (ACTCOSS)
- Gavin Dufty (SvDP)
- Graham Hansen (WACOSS)
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