The below table sets out the key milestones planned for this review. 

*Dates are indicative and subject to change. 

On 18 May 2026, the AER published a consultation paper seeking stakeholder views on the AER’s proposal to amend the Network Exemptions Guideline and the Retail Exempt Selling Guideline to:

• reflect new energy rules relating to secondary settlement points and flexible metering flexible trading reforms and ensure our exemptions guidance remains clear and consistent
• reduce unnecessary regulatory burden for commercial embedded network retrofits while maintaining appropriate consumer protections for embedded network customers.

We invited interested parties to make submissions on the consultation paper. Submissions closed on 15 June 2026.