On 3 April 2025, the AER released its preliminary Framework and Approach for Queensland transmission service provider, Powerlink. 

Submissions to the Framework and Approach position paper closed on Tuesday, 6 May 2025. The following submissions were received.

The AER has published its Framework and Approach for the upcoming revenue determination for Queensland electricity transmission network service provider, Powerlink.

A regulated network business must periodically apply to the AER for a determination on the maximum amount of revenue that it can earn from consumers over a 5-year period.

The Framework and Approach sets out our approach to key elements of the upcoming determination including:

• Which incentive schemes will apply, for example, to service quality, improvements in network reliability or capital and operating expenditure.
• Our approach to setting efficient expenditure forecasts and the establishment of the opening regulatory asset base for the upcoming regulatory control period.
   

Powerlink are due to submit their next revenue proposals on 31 January 2026, for the period 1 July 2027 to 30 June 2032.

On 25 June 2025, Powerlink notified the AER of its proposed approach to forecasting expenditure for the 2027–32 period.