Before publishing a draft RORI, energy laws require the AER to seek concurrent expert opinions or evidence about the proposed RORI. To this end, on 24 November 2025, we published a report that has been prepared by the 2026 RORI review’s appointed Eligible Experts, with a particular focus on the key issues raised in the AER’s discussion paper.

The Eligible Experts have asked the AER to also publish a separate paper that has been prepared by one of the Eligible Experts, Professor Johnstone, which sets out in more detail some of the ideas referenced in the Eligible Experts’ report.

The AER held an online public forum on the 2026 RORI review Eligible Experts’ report on 4 December 2025. The forum presentation and the Eligible Experts’ responses to stakeholders’ submitted questions are provided below.

A video of the forum can be viewed below.

To enable stakeholders to make a consolidated submission on both the AER’s discussion paper and the Eligible Experts’ report, we have extended the submissions closing date until 5pm (AEDT) on 19 December 2025. 

Stakeholders’ submissions will inform the AER’s considerations for the draft 2026 RORI which we expect to publish in April 2026.