Electricity Industry Participation Code Amendment (Access to Retail Data) 2014

This amendment to the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 ("Code") comes into force on 1 February 2016.

The amendment requires retailers to provide information about a consumer's electricity consumption if the consumer requests it.

Retailers are required to give the relevant information to any consumer with whom the retailer has a contract to supply electricity, or with whom the retailer has had a contract to supply electricity in the last 24 months.

Retailers must provide the information within a specified time frame and in accordance with a format to be publicised by the Authority. Retailers must also notify each consumer of their ability to make a request to the retailer for information about the consumer's consumption of electricity.