Overview

Draft decision

On 27 November 2014, we released our draft decision on the revenue that Directlink may recover from its customers over the 2015–16 to 2019-20 regulatory control period.

We also released a Fact Sheet on our review of Directlink'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 - Draft decision Directlink transmission determination - Overview - November 2014 View details

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AER - Draft decision Directlink transmission determination - Fact sheet - November 2014 View details

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AER Rate of return - Fact sheet - November 2014 View details

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AER - Draft decision Directlink transmission determination - Attachment 1 - Maximum allowed revenue - November 2014 View details

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AER - Draft decision Directlink transmission determination - Attachment 2 - Regulatory asset base - November 2014 View details

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AER - Draft decision Directlink transmission determination - Attachment 3 - Rate of return - November 2014 View details

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AER - Draft decision Directlink transmission determination - Attachment 4 - Value of imputation credits - November 2014 View details

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AER - Draft decision Directlink transmission determination - Attachment 5 - Regulatory depreciation - November 2014 View details

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AER - Draft decision Directlink transmission determination - Attachment 6 - Capital expenditure - November 2014 View details

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AER - Draft decision Directlink transmission determination - Attachment 7 - Operating expenditure - November 2014 View details

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AER - Draft decision Directlink transmission determination - Attachment 8 - Corporate income tax - November 2014 View details

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AER - Draft decision Directlink transmission determination - Attachment 9 - Efficiency benefit sharing scheme - November 2014 View details

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AER - Draft decision Directlink transmission determination - Attachment 10 - Capital expenditure sharing scheme - November 2014 View details

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AER - Draft decision Directlink transmission determination - Attachment 11 - Service target performance incentive scheme - November 2014 View details

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AER - Draft decision Directlink transmission determination - Attachment 12 - Pricing methodology and negotiated services - November 2014 View details

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AER - Draft decision Directlink transmission determination - Attachment 13 - Pass through events - November 2014 View details

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Consultant reports

The AER commissioned a range of reports from consultants.

Dr Martin Lally – Implementation issues for the cost of debt – 20 November 2014

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Dr Martin Lally – Transitional arrangements for the cost of debt – 24 November 2014

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John C. Handley – Advice on the Return on Equity – 16 October 2014

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John C Handley
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John C. Handley – Advice on the Value of Imputation Credits – 29 September 2014

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John C Handley
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Michael McKenzie & Graham Partington – Report to the AER, Part A-Return on Equity – October 2014

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Graham Partington
Michael McKenzie
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Olan Henry – Estimating Beta – An update – April 2014

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Olan T Henry
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ACCC Regulatory Economic Unit, Return on debt estimation, a review of the alternative third party data series - Report for the AER - August 2014

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Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
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Models

The AER is required to publish certain models with its decision.

AER Draft decision Directlink transmission determination - Directlink 2015 - post tax revenue model - November 2014

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AER Draft decision Directlink transmission determination - Directlink 2015 - roll forward model - November 2014

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AER Draft decision Directlink transmission determination - AER Capex adjustments - projects - November 2014

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AER Draft decision Directlink transmission determination - Adjustments to RBA and BVAL curves illustrative example - November 2014

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Submissions

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Submissions in response to the draft decision and revised proposal closed 5pm AEDST 6 February 2015. Submissions can be found at the revised proposal milestone.

Stakeholder forum

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.

NSW pre-determination conference - AER presentation on TransGrid and Directlink draft decisions - 8 December 2014

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NSW pre-determination conference - CCP sub-panel 6 presentation (1) on TransGrid and Directlink draft decisions - 8 December 2014

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Consumer Challenge Panel (CCP)
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NSW pre-determination conference - CCP sub-panel 6 presentation (2) on TransGrid and Directlink draft decisions - 8 December 2014

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Consumer Challenge Panel (CCP)
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