Overview

Type
Sector
Electricity
Gas
Segment
Distribution
Transmission
Status
Current
Date initiated
Effective date
Categories
Better regulation
AER reference
50557

As part of the Better Regulation reform program, the AER released its Expenditure Forecast Assessment Guideline and explanatory statement on 29 November 2013. The guidelines describe the process, techniques and associated data requirements for our approach to setting efficient expenditure allowances for network businesses.

The AER issued final RINs for category analysis benchmarking on 7 March 2014.

The AER issued final RINs for economic benchmarking data requirements on 28 November 2013.

Amendments

On 1 August 2022, we released an update to the Expenditure forecast assessment guideline - distribution, to give effect to the new rules allowing distributors to provide SAPS to existing customers, and to offer to connect new customers to existing distributor-operated SAPS (also called regulated SAPS) where it is more economically efficient than connection to the interconnected national electricity system.

On 16 October 2024, we released an update to our Expenditure Forecast Assessment Guidelines (distribution and transmission) to give effect to the new emissions reduction component of the national energy objectives. 

Key Documents

AER explanatory statement - expenditure forecast assessment guideline - November 2013 View details

AER explanatory statement - expenditure forecast assessment guideline - November 2013.DOCX
DOCX (642.56KB)
Expenditure Forecast Assessment Guideline - Explanatory Statement - FINAL.pdf
PDF (3.02MB)
Authors
AER
Content type
Document

AER Better Regulation factsheet - expenditure forecast assessment guideline - November 2013 View details

AER Better Regulation factsheet - expenditure forecast assessment guideline - November 2013.pdf
PDF (293.43KB)
AER Better Regulation factsheet - expenditure forecast assessment guideline - November 2013.DOCX
DOCX (94.96KB)
Authors
AER
Content type
Document

AER - Expenditure forecast assessment Guidelines - October 2024 View details

AER - Final decision and explanatory statement - Expenditure Forecast Assessment Guidelines - October 2024.pdf
PDF (380.77KB)
AER - Final decision - Expenditure Forecast Assessment Guidelines - Electricity Distribution - October 2024 (clean version).pdf
PDF (426.66KB)
AER - Final decision - Expenditure Forecast Assessment Guidelines - Electricity Distribution - October 2024 (marked-up version).pdf
PDF (462.52KB)
AER - Final decision - Expenditure Forecast Assessment Guidelines - Electricity Transmission - October 2024 (clean version).pdf
PDF (422.83KB)
AER - Final decision - Expenditure Forecast Assessment Guidelines - Electricity Transmission - October 2024 (marked-up version).pdf
PDF (455.68KB)
Authors
AER
Content type
Document