Guidelines, schemes, models and reviews

We are reviewing our compliance procedures and guidelines. Submissions on the draft Guidelines are invited from interested stakeholders by 19 April 2024.

The AER Compliance Procedures and Guidelines provide guidance and information to service providers about their legislative and reporting requirements.

We've conducted a form of regulation review of the South West Queensland Pipeline, which is owned and operated by APA Group.

We published our Wholesale Market Monitoring and Reporting Guideline on 5 November 2024.

The Annual Compliance Order (ACO) is the mechanism with which the AER has previously monitored the compliance of service providers with these obligations. The new ACO replaces the previous ACO, which was in place from 2008 to 2022.

Our guidance on applying a value of emissions reduction.

Our issues paper investigates changes to the framework that would ensure that consumers experiencing payment difficulty receive effective, tailored assistance.

This guideline sets out the requirements for pipeline operators and how the AER will make decisions in relation to gas ring-fencing applications.

The draft Order follows the publishing of our Wholesale Market Monitoring and Reporting Guideline, which sets out our general approach to our expanded functions