On 12 December 2025 the AER published its draft Network alternative support payment guideline and accompanying explanatory statement for consultation.

We invite energy consumers and other interested parties to make submissions on the AER's Network alternative support payment guideline by Friday, 30 January 2026.

Submissions should be emailed to: costpassthroughsaer [dot] gov [dot] au (costpassthroughs[at]aer[dot]gov[dot]au)

We prefer that all submissions be publicly available to facilitate an informed and transparent consultative process. We will treat submissions as public documents unless otherwise requested. All non-confidential submissions will be placed on the AER's website. For further information regarding the AER's use and disclosure of information provided to it, see the ACCC/AER Information Policy.

We request parties wishing to submit confidential information:

• clearly identify the information that is the subject of the confidentiality claim
• provide a non-confidential version of the submission in a form suitable for publication.