Overview

Consultation

The AER has commenced a review of the information it collects from and about regulated electricity networks.

Our discussion paper initiated our public process, which is aimed at all participants in the energy sector, including regulated networks, energy consumers, policymakers and energy sector analysts. Submissions received have been published.

To address issues raised in the submissions relating to specification of data requirements, we held a series of workshops. Materials were published prior to each workshop and are available below.

Workshop topics and schedule
Workshop Topic Date
Workshop 1 TNSP Economic Benchmarking Data 21 July - Workshop materials
Workshop 2 DNSP Economic Benchmarking Data 28 July - Workshop materials
Workshop 3 TNSP Revenue and Financial Information 11 August - Workshop materials
Workshop 4 DNSP Revenue and Financial Information 18 August - Workshop materials
Workshop 5 TNSP Category Analysis Data 1 September - Workshop materials
Workshop 6 DNSP Category Analysis Data  8 September - Workshop materials
Workshop 7 TNSP Service Performance and Other Data 29 September - Workshop materials
Workshop 8 DNSP Service Performance and Other Data 29 September - Workshop materials

 

Workshop - 1. TNSP Economic Benchmarking

This workshop was held on 21 July 2022 at 10.30am (AEST).

Supporting materials

AER data use cases and AER responses to issues are provided below. 

We have included mapping between existing RIN templates and the consultation workbooks with our data use cases. For ease of navigation links to our existing RIN templates and consultation workbooks are provided below.  

Existing Economic Benchmarking RIN template

Proposed data requirement Workbooks

Workbooks relevant to Workshop 1 (name and relevant sheet name)
  • 02: Operational outputs (Energy delivered, Demand, Connections)
  • 03: Network metrics (Length, Capacity, Age, Staff and Terrain)
  • 05: Service performance (STPIS outcomes)
  • 06: Operating expenditure (Regulatory accounts)
  • 08: Asset base values (Regulatory accounts)
  • 09: Revenue and financial statements (Regulatory accounts, Provisions)

Workshop - 2. DNSP Economic Benchmarking

This workshop was held on 28 July 2022 at 3pm (AEST).

Supporting materials

AER data use cases and AER responses to issues are provided below. 

We have included mapping between existing RIN templates and the consultation workbooks with our data use cases. For ease of navigation links to our existing RIN templates and consultation workbooks are provided below.  

Existing Economic Benchmarking RIN template

Proposed data requirement Workbooks

Workbooks relevant to Workshop 2 (name and relevant sheet name)

  • 02: Operational outputs (Energy delivered, Demand, Connections)
  • 03: Network metrics (Length, Capacity, Age, Staff and Terrain)
  • 05: Service performance (STPIS outcomes)
  • 06: Operating expenditure (Regulatory accounts)
  • 08: Asset base values (Regulatory accounts)
  • 09: Revenue and financial statements (Regulatory accounts, Provisions)

Workshop - 3. TNSP Revenue and Financial Information

This workshop was held on 11 August 2022 at 2pm (AEST).

Supporting materials

AER data use cases and AER responses to issues are provided below. 

We have included mapping between existing RIN templates and the consultation workbooks with our data use cases. For ease of navigation links to our existing RIN templates and consultation workbooks are provided below.  

Information Guideline 2015

Existing Economic Benchmarking RIN template

Proposed data requirement Workbooks

Workbooks relevant to Workshop 3 (name and relevant sheet name)

  • 06: Operating expenditure (Audited Statutory accounts, Regulatory accounts)
  • 08: Asset base values (Regulatory accounts)
  • 09: Revenue and financial statements (Audited Statutory accounts, Regulatory accounts, Other financial information)

Workshop - 4. DNSP Revenue and Financial Information

This workshop was held on 18 August 2022 at 2pm (AEST).

Supporting materials

AER data use cases and AER responses to issues are provided below. 

We have included mapping between existing RIN templates and the consultation workbooks with our data use cases. For ease of navigation, links to our existing RIN templates and consultation workbooks are provided below.  

Existing Annual Reporting RIN Notice and templates (attached below)

Existing Economic Benchmarking RIN template

Proposed data requirement Workbooks

Workbooks relevant to Workshop 4 (name and relevant sheet name)

  • 06: Operating expenditure (Distribution Businesses)
  • 08: Asset base values (Standard Control, Alternative Control, Network Services)
  • 09: Revenue and financial statements (all sheets)

Workshop - 5. TNSP Category Analysis data

This workshop was held on 1 September at 9.30am (AEST).

Supporting materials

AER data use cases and AER responses to issues are provided below. 

We have included mapping between existing RIN templates and the consultation workbooks with our data use cases. For ease of navigation links to our existing RIN templates and consultation workbooks are provided below.  

Existing Category Analysis RIN template

Proposed data requirement Workbooks

Workbooks relevant to Workshop 5

  • 02: Operational outputs
  • 03: Network metrics
  • 06: Operating expenditure
  • 07: Capital expenditure
  • 10: Prices

Workshop - 6. DNSP Category Analysis data

This workshop was held on 8 September. 

Supporting materials

AER data use cases and AER responses to issues are provided below. 

We have included mapping between existing RIN templates and the consultation workbooks with our data use cases. For ease of navigation links to our existing RIN templates and consultation workbooks are provided below.  

Existing Category Analysis RIN template

Proposed data requirement Workbooks

Workbooks relevant to Workshop 6

  • 02: Operational outputs
  • 03: Network metrics
  • 06: Operating expenditure
  • 07: Capital expenditure
  • 10: Prices

Workshop - 7. TNSP Service Performance and Other Information

This workshop was held on Thursday, 29 September 2022 at 2pm (AEST).

Supporting materials

Provided below are the following materials to support this workshop:

  • AER data use cases
  • AER responses to issues raised
  • New Safety incidents data requirements

We have included mapping between existing RIN templates and the consultation workbooks with our data use cases. For ease of navigation links to our existing RIN templates and consultation workbooks are provided below.  

Information Guideline 2015

Existing Economic Benchmarking RIN template

Proposed data requirement Workbooks

Workbook relevant to Workshop 7

  • 05: Service performance

Workshop - 8. DNSP Service Performance and Other Information

This workshop was held on Thursday, 29 September 2022 at 9.30am (AEST).

Supporting materials

Provided below are the following materials to support this workshop:

  • AER data use cases
  • AER responses to issues raised
  • New Export Service data requirements tables 
  • New Safety incidents data requirements
  • Existing Annual Reporting RIN Notice and templates

We have included mapping between existing RIN templates and the consultation workbooks with our data use cases. For ease of navigation links to our existing RIN templates and consultation workbooks are provided below.  

Existing Economic Benchmarking RIN template

Proposed data requirement Workbooks

Workbooks relevant to Workshop 8

  • 04: Customer numbers
  • 05: Service performance
  • 06: Operating expenditure
  • 07: Capital expenditure