Draft decision
Back to topOn 27 November 2014, we released our draft decision on the revenue that Directlink may recover from its customers over the 2015–16 to 2019-20 regulatory control period.
We also released a Fact Sheet on our review of Directlink's proposal, to accompany and summarise our draft decision. The purpose of this Fact Sheet is to make our decision accessible to a wide ranging consumer audience.
Consultant reports
Back to topThe AER commissioned a range of reports from consultants.
| Documents (7) | Author |
|---|---|
| Dr Martin Lally – Implementation issues for the cost of debt – 20 November 2014 ( PDF 517.32 KB ) | Dr Martin Lally |
| Dr Martin Lally – Transitional arrangements for the cost of debt – 24 November 2014 ( PDF 397.04 KB ) | Dr Martin Lally |
| John C. Handley – Advice on the Return on Equity – 16 October 2014 ( PDF 162.58 KB ) | John C Handley |
| John C. Handley – Advice on the Value of Imputation Credits – 29 September 2014 ( PDF 296.1 KB ) | John C Handley |
| Michael McKenzie & Graham Partington – Report to the AER, Part A-Return on Equity – October 2014 ( PDF 1.36 MB ) | Michael McKenzie, Graham Partington |
| Olan Henry – Estimating Beta – An update – April 2014 ( PDF 677.3 KB ) | Olan T Henry |
| ACCC Regulatory Economic Unit, Return on debt estimation, a review of the alternative third party data series - Report for the AER - August 2014 ( PDF 2.03 MB ) | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) |
Models
Back to topThe AER is required to publish certain models with its decision.
Submissions
Back to topSubmissions in response to the draft decision and revised proposal closed 5pm AEDST 6 February 2015. Submissions can be found at the revised proposal milestone.
Stakeholder forum
Back to topWe held a pre-determination conference on 8 December 2014 in Sydney to explain first hand to stakeholders our draft decision and what it means. The presentations made in this conference are available below.
| Documents (3) | Author |
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| NSW pre-determination conference - AER presentation on TransGrid and Directlink draft decisions - 8 December 2014 ( PPTX 643.79 KB ) | AER |
| NSW pre-determination conference - CCP sub-panel 6 presentation (1) on TransGrid and Directlink draft decisions - 8 December 2014 ( PPTX 60.46 KB ) | Consumer Challenge Panel (CCP) |
| NSW pre-determination conference - CCP sub-panel 6 presentation (2) on TransGrid and Directlink draft decisions - 8 December 2014 ( PDF 3.01 MB ) | Consumer Challenge Panel (CCP) |