DISER (now DCCEEW) commissioned SPR to compile Regulation Information Notice (RIN) data – from the Australian Energy Regulator – and analyse the potential to make wider user of this data for energy policy development, while also assessing the consistency of energy consumption data from a range of sources.
This project generated a report that was intended for internal, Departmental use,which also contained commercially-sensitive data. It was therefore not published. Its purpose was to assess the potential to supplement known energy data sources – such as Australian Energy Statistics (AES) – with data from other sources. We compiled and compared data from AEMO, AER (RIN data), AES and also state/territory sources, and subjected them to comparative analysis. The strengths and limitations of each source were highlighted, along with recommendations to improve energy statistics in Australia.