Guidelines, schemes, models and reviews

Due to reforms, the AER is now responsible for determining the regulatory treatment of gas pipelines. The AER published a final Guide on 12 September 2023.

The gas pipeline information disclosure guidelines, price reporting guidelines and accompanying templates are required under the new Part 10 & 18A of the NGR.

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

The Export service incentive scheme allows DNSPs to propose bespoke incentives related to export services based on their network circumstances, customer preferences and evidence-based performance data.

The Retailer Reliability Obligation (RRO) is designed to support reliability in the National Electricity Market (NEM).

Learn how the National Electricity Rules' Post-Tax Revenue Model can be amended for non-contestable revenue determinations within the NSW infrastructure roadmap

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

The Ring-fencing guideline (electricity transmission) 2023 ensures the Guideline remains fit for purpose in a changing regulatory landscape and electricity mark

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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