1Short titleThis regulation may be cited as the National Energy Retail Law (Queensland) Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2024.2Regulation amendedThis regulation amends the National Energy Retail Law (Queensland) Regulation 2014.3Insertion of new pt 5AAfter part 5—insert—Part 5AParticular requirements for standing offers18AParticular tariff structures for standing offers apply for this jurisdiction—the NERL (Qld), s 22(1)It is declared that the NERL (Qld), section 22(1a), applies in this jurisdiction.(2)For the NERL (Qld), section 22(1a)(c), a flat tariff structure is prescribed.(3)In this section—flat tariff structure means a tariff structure under which the rate of a tariff a retailer charges a small customer for the consumption of energy is the same rate that applies to energy consumption at all times of the day.4Amendment of sch 5, s 8 (Rule 46)Schedule 5, section 8—insert—(2)Rule 46(4A)(e) and (f)—omit, insert—

(e)specify that the tariffs and charges identified in subrules (4A)(c) and (d) are inclusive of GST;

(f)include information about—

(i)the availability to the customer of a flat tariff structure under a standing offer of the retailer; and

(ii)if an offer of the retailer includes a time of use tariff structure that would be available to the customer—the availability to the customer of the time of use tariff structure and the potential for the customer to save on the cost of energy consumption if the time of use tariff structure were to apply to the customer; and

(g)specify that the customer can request historical billing data and, if they are being sold electricity, energy consumption data, from the retailer.

(3)Rule 46—insert—(6)In this rule—flat tariff structure means a tariff structure under which the rate of a tariff a retailer charges a small customer for the consumption of energy is the same rate that applies to energy consumption at all times of the day.time of use tariff structure means a tariff structure under which the rate of a tariff a retailer charges a small customer for the consumption of energy is a rate that varies depending on the time of day when the energy is consumed.