This amendment to the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (the Code) comes into force on 30 October 2026.

The amendment amends Parts 1 and 11 of the Code to:

a. require retailers to assign a unique product identification code to each of the retail tariff plans they offer and to provide the applicable unique product identifier for a consumer’s ICP to the consumer or their authorised agent upon request;

b. extend the existing requirement on retailers to provide information upon request on generally available retail tariffs to the provision of the unique product identification code and information on tariff plans that were, but are no longer, generally available retail tariff plans but which remain active and are supplied to existing consumers; and

c. enable the Authority to prescribe an Electricity Information Exchange Protocol for the provision of electricity product information through the Electricity Information Exchange system.