The AER has decided not to make Market Monitoring Information Order MMIO-GAS-2025-01 at this time. We still intend to collect information to fulfil our enhanced wholesale market monitoring and reporting functions as this is necessary to properly undertake our role, improve market transparency and provide well-informed advice and analysis that will benefit industry and government. In the short term, we will do this through existing information collection methods and targeted Notices. It will also enable deeper insights into retail markets and drivers underpinning prices that are ultimately paid by consumers.
We received extensive, thoughtful and complex stakeholder feedback on the draft Order. Non-confidential submissions will be published shortly.
Feedback primarily focussed on burden, collection design, and information handling.
Consistent with the principles stated in our Enhanced Wholesale Market Monitoring Guideline, we are committed to making sure that in collecting information, we have appropriately considered the feedback we receive. Given the enduring nature of the Orders, the comprehensive nature of the feedback, and our ongoing commitment to our information handling arrangements, we have decided to further engage stakeholders on some of the issues raised during the draft consultation phase before making any Orders. We will continue to strengthen our approach to data collection, management and security risks raised by stakeholders during consultation.
In late 2025, we will be conducting further engagement on new draft Orders. We will also be engaging with participants on our new portal for collection and this will include providing participants with the opportunity to externally test the portal. We encourage stakeholders to continue engaging with the AER as we progress this work.