Overview

Draft decision

On 27 November 2014, we released our draft decision on Essential Energy's distribution determination for the 2014-19 regulatory control period.

We also released a Fact Sheet on our review of Essential Energy's proposal, to accompany and summarise our draft decision. The purpose of this Fact Sheet is to make our decision accessible to a wide ranging consumer audience.

AER Rate of return - Fact sheet - November 2014

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AER Benchmarking Fact sheet - November 2014

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AER
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Consultant reports

The AER commissioned a number of reports which it took into account when making its draft decision.

DAE – Forecast growth in labour costs for NSW Tasmania and the ACT – 24 July 2014

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Deloitte Access Economics (DAE)
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Handley – Advice on the Return on Equity – October 2014

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John C Handley
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Handley – Advice on the value of imputation credits – 29 September 2014

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John C Handley
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Henry – Estimating Beta – An update – April 2014

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Olan T Henry
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McKenzie & Partington – Report to the AER – Return on Equity – October 2014

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Graham Partington
Michael McKenzie
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MJA - Provision of advice in relation to alternative control services - 20 October 2014

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Marsden Jacob Associates
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Models

The AER must publish certain models with its draft decision for Essential Energy.

Submissions

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Submissions on the AER draft decision and Essential Energy's revised regulatory proposal closed on 13 February 2015.

Stakeholder forum

On 27 November 2014, the AER published its draft decision for Essential Energy's distribution determination for the 2014-19 regulatory control period.

We held a pre-determination conference on 8 December 2014 in Sydney to explain first hand to stakeholders our draft decision and what it means. The presentations made in this conference are available below.