Guidelines, schemes, models and reviews

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

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

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

The Contribution determination guideline (the Guideline) addresses cost recovery under the NSW Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap.

On 29 July 2022, the NSW Office of Energy and Climate Change (OECC) lodged an application for the AER to consider whether the scheme established under section 58(6) of the Electricity Infrastructure Investment Act 2020 (NSW) and clause 37 of the Electricity Infrastructure Investment Regulation 2021 is a jurisdictional scheme.

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.

On 11 November 2021, the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) lodged an application for the AER to consider whether the scheme established under section 58(1) of the Electricity Infrastructure Investment Act (NSW) 2020 (the Act) is a jurisdictional scheme.

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

The default market offer (DMO) came into effect on 1 July 2019. The DMO is a new rule that limits the price that retailers can charge electricity customers on default contracts, known as standing offer contracts. The AER’s role is to determine the maximum price that a retailer can charge a standing offer customer each year.