AER - Annual Pricing Process Review - Attachment A - Pre-lodgement engagement process - December 2021

On 20 December 2021, we released a final position paper on stage 1 of our annual pricing process review. This paper sets out the outcome of the first stage of our review.

This final position paper is accompanied by a document outlining the formal pre-lodgement engagement process, pricing model and price-capped ACS pricing model templates, and a handbook to accompany the models. These documents and models will be used by the AER and electricity distributors in the upcoming 2022/23 annual pricing process.

In the second half of 2022, we intend to progress the next stage of the review. The next stage of this process will explore the transparency and accessibility of the pricing proposal and relevant outcomes and will be undertaken in the second half of 2022. We will also revise the pre-lodgement engagement process, standardised models, and handbook as necessary for any issues that arose in the 2022/23 annual pricing process.