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2024 Rate of Return annual data update released
Our 2024 Rate of Return update illustrates annual changes in market data since the publication of the 2022 Rate of Return Instrument.
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Communications
AER amendment to the 2022 Rate of Return Instrument
The AER has today released an amended 2022 Rate of Return Instrument that will continue to apply the trailing average cost of debt method modifications applied to the Victorian electricity and gas distribution businesses.
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Communications
Rate of Return instrument - Reintroduction of RBA's F16 data series
We will now calculate 10-year Commonwealth Government Security yields from the Reserve Bank’s F16 data series, following its reintroduction in December 2023.
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Communications
Call for submissions on proposed amendment to the 2022 Rate of Return Instrument
We are seeking stakeholder feedback on a proposed amendment to the 2022 Rate of Return Instrument that impacts Victorian electricity and gas businesses. Submissions close on 26 January 2024.
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Communications
Use of Reserve Bank data in Rate of Return calculations
The Rate of Return Instrument 2022 will no longer use Reserve Bank F3 data to calculate return on debt.
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Communications
2023 Rate of Return annual data update released
Our 2023 Rate of Return update illustrates annual changes in market data since the publication of the 2022 Rate of Return Instrument.
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Communications
Rate of Return annual updates 2023–26
The intent of the annual updates is to provide stakeholders with information on rate of return data changes since the publication of the most recent Instrument.
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Guidelines
Status
Current
Rate of Return Instrument 2022
The Rate of Return Instrument (the Instrument) sets out the approach by which we will estimate the rate of return, and comprises the return on debt and the return on equity, as well as the value of imputation credits. We publish a new Instrument every 4 years that will bind all regulatory determinations in the subsequent 4 years.
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Guidelines
Status
Open
Rate of return and cashflows in a low interest rate environment - Pathway to Rate of Return 2022
This is the fifth topic in a series of working papers that we will produce as part of our pathway to the 2022 Rate of Return instrument. The outcomes from these working papers will feed in to the active phase of our 2022 Rate of Return instrument review.
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Reviews
Status
Open
AER calls for nominations for Independent Panel members and Concurrent Evidence Sessions experts
The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) today released its position paper on the pathway to the 2022 Rate of Return Instrument.
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Communications