On 30 November the AER released its draft decision on the Murraylink transmission determination for the period 1 July 2013 to 30 June 2023.

Submissions on the draft decision and the consultants' reports close 5pm AEDST 19 February 2013 and should be sent to Murraylink [dot] 2013aer [dot] gov [dot] au (Murraylink[dot]2013[at]aer[dot]gov[dot]au) attention:

Mr Warwick Anderson
General Manager
Network Regulation
Australian Energy Regulator
GPO Box 3131
Canberra ACT 2601

The AER prefers that all submissions be sent in an electronic format in Microsoft Word or other text readable document form and be publicly available to facilitate an informed and transparent consultative process. Submissions will be treated as public documents and posted on the AER website, unless prior arrangements are made with the AER 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
• clearly identify the detriment that will occur if the information is disclosed; and
• provide a non-confidential version of the submission.
   

The AER held a predetermination conference on 12 December 2012.  The purpose of the predetermination conference was for the AER to explain its draft decision and to receive oral submissions from interested parties.