On 10 December 2012, the AER released the Better regulation issues paper with more information on the guidelines and our plans for the consultation processes for each work stream.

The AER held a videoconference forum on 18 December 2012 to discuss our work program and the consultation process that we are planning.

A shared asset is any electricity supply asset providing both standard regulated electricity supply services and unregulated services. The shared asset guideline will set out the AER’s approach to reducing the regulatory value of such assets to reflect costs recovered through charging for unregulated services. The revised National Electricity Rules recognise that, without shared asset cost reductions, businesses may recover regulated asset costs more than once.

The AER released an issues paper on shared assets as part of its Better Regulation program. Submissions closed on 17 May 2013.

Submissions closed on 17 May 2013.

The AER held stakeholder forums on 7 May and 12 June 2013.