Before publishing a draft RORI, energy laws require the AER to seek concurrent expert opinions or evidence about the proposed RORI. To this end, we expect to publish a report in late-November that has been prepared by the 2026 RORI review’s appointed Eligible Experts, with a particular focus on the key issues raised in the AER’s discussion paper.
Eligible Experts' Report
Public forum
On Thursday 4 December 2025, the AER will host an online public forum to allow stakeholders to ask questions about the Eligible Experts' report before submissions close on 19 December 2025.
The Eligible Experts will provide an overview of the key findings of their report and respond to any pre-submitted stakeholder questions at the public forum.
Stakeholders are invited to register their attendance for the public forum, and submit their written questions to the Eligible Experts to RateOfReturn
aer [dot] gov [dot] au (RateOfReturn[at]aer[dot]gov[dot]au) by no later than 5pm (AEDT) on 1 December 2025.
Submissions
To enable stakeholders to make a consolidated submission on both the AER’s discussion paper and the Eligible Experts’ report, we have extended the submissions closing date until 5pm (AEDT) on 19 December 2025.
Stakeholders’ submissions will inform the AER’s considerations for the draft 2026 RORI which we expect to publish in April 2026.