Guidelines, schemes, models and reviews

We are undertaking a consultative process for amending the Capital Expenditure Incentive Guideline.

Expenditure Forecast Assessment Guideline describe the process, techniques and associated data requirements for our approach to setting efficient expenditure

We have updated the Better Resets Handbook to accommodate the addition of the emissions reduction objective to the existing National Energy Objectives.

AER updated its capital expenditure incentives guideline and efficiency benefit sharing scheme to accommodate the amended National Energy Objectives.

The DMO is a maximum price that retailers can charge electricity customers on default contracts known as standing offer contracts.

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.

The Default Market Offer is a price safety net for consumers and acts as a reference price to compare energy deals.

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.

Better bills helps build consumer trust and participation in the energy market by helping them make more confident decisions.

On 18 March 2021, the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) made a final rule requiring us to publish a Better bills guideline (the Guideline) by 1 April 2

The DMO is a maximum price that retailers can charge electricity customers on default contracts known as standing offer contracts.