Following recent consultation with stakeholders, the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has decided to delay its final 2020-25 network revenue determinations due on 30 April 2020.The AER now intends to release its final decision for Directlink on 5 June 2020.

The short delay is to allow the AER to use short-term forecasts of inflation from the Reserve Bank of Australia released on 8 May 2020. This will allow the AER to include a more accurate reflection of the economic circumstances in our decision for the next regulatory control period.

Submissions to the AER regarding the proposed delay of final decisions.

On 3 July 2020, the AER provided a brief report to the Commonwealth, State and Territory Energy Ministers explaining the delay to the revenue determinations and access arrangement final decisions released by the AER on 5 June 2020.