Guidelines, schemes, models and reviews

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

On 28 September 2023, the AER published guidance on the amended national energy objectives. This guidance is supported by an explanatory statement.

The AER has reviewed and refined its incentive schemes and guidelines that apply to regulated electricity and gas networks.

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.

Our strategy seeks to tackle the enduring issues that prevent consumers experiencing vulnerability from getting what they need from Australia’s energy system.

This is the fifth topic in a series of working papers that we will produce as part of our pathway to the 2022 Rate of Return instrument. The outcomes from these working papers will feed in to the active phase of our 2022 Rate of Return instrument review.

The AER has released its final guidance note on the insurance coverage pass through event.

The AER is required to publish the Compulsory Notice Guideline under the Statutes Amendment (National Energy Laws) (Penalties and Enforcement) Act 2020.

AusNet Services has conducted trial of the New Reg Process in the development of its regulatory proposal for the 2021–25 period.

On 17 December 2020 we released our final position paper on the treatment of inflation in the regulatory framework.