On 29 September 2011, AEMC gave notice under section 99 of the National Electricity Law of the making of the "Inclusion of Embedded Generation Research into Demand Management Incentive Scheme" draft Rule and draft Rule determination.

The Commission has considered the rule change proposal from the Ministerial Council on Energy regarding expanding the existing Demand Management Incentive Scheme for Distribution Network Service Providers to include incentives for innovation in connection of embedded generators.. The Commission has decided to make a draft Rule in response to the Rule change request.

 The AEMC is inviting submissions on the draft Rule determination and the draft Rule by 10 November 2011.