Project timeline

Overview

Initiation

Indicative timetable

Proposed timeline to determine the Default Market Offer prices applying for 2025–26

Please note that this timeline is subject to change.
Date Milestone
11 October 2024Publish DMO 7 issues paper
Late October 2024Retailer workshops and one-on-one stakeholder consultation
8 November 2024DMO 7 issues paper submissions due
Early March 2025Publish DMO 7 draft determination
Late March 2025Consultation for the DMO 7 draft determination
Early April 2025DMO 7 draft determination submissions due
26 May 2025Publish DMO 7 final determination
1 July 2025DMO 7 applies

Issues paper

On 11 October 2024 we published the issues paper for the 2025–26 DMO price determination (DMO 7).

The issues paper is the first step in the process in setting the upcoming DMO prices. Stakeholder engagement is a valuable input to our determination process.

The issues paper outlines several refinements we are considering to improve the methodology we will use to set DMO prices. As part of the issues paper consultation process we are seeking views on the following aspects: 

  • use of the 75th percentile estimate of modelled wholesale cost outcomes, length of the assumed book build period, and use of ASX options in the wholesale modelling process
  • seeking feedback on alternatives to best estimate an assumed load profile given various methodological changes made by AEMO to the Net System Load Profile
  • making our own retail cost data requests to capture a broader range of retailers (than captured by the existing ACCC dataset used in previous DMO decisions) to inform our retail costs and competition allowance calculations 
  • whether improving the residential Time of Use consumption patterns is feasible and desired by stakeholders
  • whether to determine customer network costs under a blended network tariff approach.

Default market offer prices 2025–26 issues paper

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Invitation for issues paper submissions

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Stakeholder engagement is a valuable input to our determination. The issues paper sets out specific questions on key topics the AER is considering. Stakeholders can contribute to our price determination process by providing their positions or comments on our issues paper. We invite interested parties to make written submissions to the AER at dmoataer [dot] gov [dot] au (dmo[at]aer[dot]gov[dot]au) by 8 November 2024.

We prefer that all submissions are made publicly available to facilitate an informed and transparent consultative process. We will treat submissions as public documents unless otherwise requested. All non-confidential submissions will be placed on the AER's website. For further information regarding the AER's use and disclosure of information provided to it, see the ACCC/AER Information Policy.

Over the consultation period, we will also provide stakeholders with opportunities to meet with AER staff to discuss the issues paper broadly and clarify specific aspects or issues to inform a written submission.