Guidelines, schemes, models and reviews

The Rate of Return Instrument specifies how the AER will determine the allowed rate of return on capital invested in regulated electricity and gas networks.

The DMO is a maximum price that retailers can charge electricity customers on default contracts known as standing offer contracts.

The DMO is a maximum price that retailers can charge electricity customers on default contracts known as standing offer contracts.

The AER has completed its annual review on the Market Liquidity Obligation (MLO) exchanges for 2023.

The intent of the annual updates is to provide stakeholders with information on rate of return data changes since the publication of the most recent Instrument.

The Default Market Offer is a price safety net for consumers and acts as a reference price to compare energy deals.

The Retailer Reliability Obligation (RRO) is designed to support reliability in the National Electricity Market (NEM).

The Rate of Return Instrument (the Instrument) sets out the approach by which we will estimate the rate of return, and comprises the return on debt and the return on equity, as well as the value of imputation credits. We publish a new Instrument every 4 years that will bind all regulatory determinations in the subsequent 4 years.

Better bills helps build consumer trust and participation in the energy market by helping them make more confident decisions.

On 18 March 2021, the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) made a final rule requiring us to publish a Better bills guideline (the Guideline) by 1 April 2

The DMO is a maximum price that retailers can charge electricity customers on default contracts known as standing offer contracts.