Type
Sector
Electricity
Segment
Distribution
Issue date
AER reference
AC 027/13

On 24 April 2013, the AER published its draft decision to to waive the obligation for Aurora Energy’s electricity distribution business to prepare regulatory accounts in accordance with the Office of the Tasmanian Economic Regulator’s accounting ring-fencing guideline. Instead, Aurora Energy will be required to comply with the AER’s annual reporting requirements.

Invitation for submissions

The AER is seeking written comments from stakeholders on the proposed amendment to the OTTER accounting ring-fencing guidelines. Submissions close on 7 June 2013. Written submissions can be mailed to:

Mr Chris Pattas
General Manager
Network Operations and Development
Australian Energy Regulator
GPO Box 520

Alternatively, submissions can be emailed to AERinquiryataer [dot] gov [dot] au (AERinquiry[at]aer[dot]gov[dot]au) with ‘Submission – amendment to accounting ring-fencing guideline applying to Aurora Energy ’ in the subject line.

We prefer that all submissions be sent in an electronic format in Microsoft Word or other text-readable document form and publicly available, to facilitate an informed, transparent and robust consultation process. Accordingly, we will treat submissions as public documents and post these on our website, except and unless prior arrangements are made with us to treat the submission, or portions of it, as confidential. Parties wishing to submit confidential information are requested to:

  • clearly identify the information that is the subject of the confidentiality claim; and
  • provide a non-confidential version of the submission