Guidelines, schemes, models and reviews

We examine the relative efficiency of the distribution and transmission electricity network service providers in 2024.

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.

We examine the relative efficiency of the distribution and transmission electricity network service providers in 2023.

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

The AER's final guidance note on how we will address material impacts on the benchmarking results of differences in electricity DNSP's capitalisation process

The AER has been consulting on its approach to incentivising and measuring export service performance.

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.

We examine the relative efficiency of the distribution and transmission electricity network service providers in 2022.

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.