Guidelines, schemes, models and reviews

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.

Our guideline explains the Transmission Efficiency Test and how we determine revenue for network operators selected for projects through a competitive process.

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 AER governs who can on-sell energy without becoming an authorised retailer, and the conditions exempt sellers have to comply with, via its Retail Exempt Selling Guideline.

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

The AER has completed a review to assess whether the current energy consumer protection framework remains fit for purpose in a transitioning energy market.

We examine the relative efficiency of the distribution and transmission electricity network service providers in 2021.

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.