The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) is seeking feedback on the draft AER price-responsive reporting guideline (guideline) in response to a recent rule change to the National Electricity Rules (NER). Stakeholder input will be collated and used to inform the final version of the guideline.
The guideline specifies how we will meet our monitoring and reporting obligations under rule 3.10C.3(b) of the NER to prepare and publish annual reports that analyse the impact of unscheduled price-responsive resources on forecast deviations and the consequential impacts on the efficiency of the market. The objective of our monitoring and reporting obligations is to provide transparency on the impacts of unscheduled price-responsive resources on efficient market outcomes to inform future market reform.
Consultation
Interested parties are invited to make written submissions on the draft AER price-responsive reporting guideline by close of business 8 October 2025. We are using the expedited rules consultation procedure for our review; the due date for any requests to use the standard rules consultation procedure is 23 September 2025.
Submissions should be sent to: AERElectricityPerformanceReporting
accc [dot] gov [dot] au (AERElectricityPerformanceReporting[at]accc[dot]gov[dot]au)
We prefer that all submissions be publicly available to facilitate an informed and transparent consultative process. Submissions will be treated as public documents unless otherwise requested.
Parities wishing to submit confidential information are requested to:
- Clearly identify the information that is the subject of the confidentiality claim.
- Provide a non-confidential version of the submission in a form suitable for publication.
All non-confidential information will be published on the AER website. For further information on submissions and our use and disclosure of the information provided to us, see the ACCC/AER Information Policy.
Enquiries about the guideline or about lodging submissions should be directed to the Electricity Performance Reporting team of the AER on 1300 585 165 or AERElectricityPerformanceReportingaccc [dot] gov [dot] au (AERElectricityPerformanceReporting[at]accc[dot]gov[dot]au).