Market reviews and advice

In our reviews and advice we take a long term view of what needs to be done to deliver reliable, secure energy at the best price for consumers. We conduct reviews and provide advice:

  • in accordance with terms of reference provided by the nation’s energy ministers - reviews are generally initiated by the Energy Ministers’ Meeting
  • and can also formally initiate our own reviews on matters related to the rules.

Summary

Market reviews Accepting submissions Recently updated

Actions Title Date Initiated Stage Completion Submission Reference
VoLL 2008 Review 21-Feb-2008 Review completed 18-Apr-2008 REL0020
Differences between actual and forecast demand in network regulation 14-Feb-2013 Review completed 26-Apr-2013 EPR0035
Determination of Schedule for the Administered Price Cap 5-Nov-2007 Review completed 21-May-2008 EMO0003
Review of Competition in the Retail Electricity and Natural Gas Markets in NSW 13-Dec-2012 Review completed 31-Oct-2013 RPR0001
Review of distribution reliability outcomes and standards - NSW Workstream 3-Nov-2011 Review completed 31-Aug-2012 EPR0027
Power of Choice - Stage 3 DSP Review 29-Mar-2011 Review completed 30-Nov-2012 EPR0022
Review of Mainland Frequency Operating Standards during Periods of Supply Scarcity 18-Mar-2008 Review completed 16-Apr-2009 REL0030
Comprehensive Reliability Review 6-Dec-2005 Review completed 21-Dec-2007 REL0001
Gas market scoping study 9-May-2013 Review completed 27-Sep-2013 GPR0001
Impact of the enhanced Renewable Energy Target on energy markets 16-Sep-2010 Review completed 9-Dec-2011 EMO0017
Review of the effectiveness of competition in the electricity retail market in the ACT 4-Mar-2010 Review completed 3-Mar-2011 EPR0017
Management of Negative Inter-regional Settlements Residues 18-Apr-2013 Review completed 20-Feb-2014 EPR0032
System Restart Standard 4-Nov-2011 Review completed 12-Apr-2012 REL0045
Reliability and Emergency Reserve Trader (RERT) Guidelines 15-Aug-2008 Review completed 24-Nov-2008 REL0026
Last Resort Planning Power Guidelines 9-Mar-2010 Review completed 18-May-2010 EMO0005
National Transmission Planner 3-Jul-2007 Review completed 22-Jul-2008 EPR0003
Review of the Effectiveness of Competition in the Electricity and Gas Retail Markets - Victoria 25-May-2007 Review completed 29-Feb-2008 EOR0008
Annual Market Performance Review 2009 17-Aug-2009 Review completed 18-Dec-2009 REL0038
Establishment of First Compensation Guidelines 5-Mar-2009 Review completed 30-Jun-2009 EMO0007
Annual Electricity Market Performance Review (2007) 18-Dec-2007 Review completed 27-Feb-2008 REL0015
Revised guidelines for intervention by NEMMCO for reliability 18-Feb-2005 Review completed 19-Sep-2005 REL0011
Last Resort Planning Power: 2012 Review 11-Dec-2012 Review completed 11-Dec-2012 EPR0030
Energy Market Arrangements for Electric and Natural Gas Vehicles 5-Sep-2011 Review completed 11-Dec-2012 EMO0022
Review of the Reliability Standard and Settings 31-May-2009 Review completed 30-Apr-2010 REL0034
Transmission Frameworks Review 20-Apr-2010 Review completed 11-Apr-2013 EPR0019
Review into the enforcement of and compliance with technical standards 1-Dec-2005 Review completed 1-Sep-2006 EPR0010
Annual Market Performance Review 2011 10-Nov-2011 Review completed 1-Mar-2012 REL0046
2013 Residential Electricity Price Trends 19-Dec-2012 Review completed 13-Dec-2013 EPR0036
Reliability Panel's review of the guidelines for identifying reviewable operating incidents 8-May-2012 Review completed 20-Dec-2012 REL0048
Review into the Role of Hedging Contracts in the Existing NEM Prudential Framework 3-Mar-2009 Review completed 27-Jul-2010 EMO0008
Reliability Standard and Settings Review 2014 9-May-2013 Review completed 16-Jul-2014 REL0051
Advice on Best Practice Retail Price Regulation Methodology 9-May-2013 Review completed 27-Sep-2013 EMO0027
VoLL 2009 Review 6-Mar-2009 Review completed 16-Apr-2009 REL0033
Review of the Compensation Guidelines 28-Oct-2010 Review completed 17-Feb-2011 EPR0023
Tasmanian reliability and frequency standards review 24-Mar-2006 Review completed 25-May-2006 REL0002
Review of Frequency Operating Standards for Tasmania 18-Mar-2008 Review completed 18-Dec-2008 REL0028
Review of Demand Side Participation in the National Electricity Market 23-Oct-2007 Review completed 7-Dec-2009 EPR0002
Compensation claim from Synergen Power 24-Mar-2010 Review completed 8-Sep-2010 EPR0016
Review of the national framework for distribution reliability 8-Feb-2013 Review completed 27-Sep-2013 EPR0033
Annual Market Performance Review 2012 8-Nov-2012 Review completed 27-Mar-2013 REL0050
Review of Template for Generator Compliance Programs 21-Dec-2011 Review completed 27-Jun-2012 REL0047
Review of the national framework for transmission reliability 8-Feb-2013 Review completed 1-Nov-2013 EPR0028
Review of the Operational Arrangements for the Reliability Standards 30-Mar-2009 Review completed 21-Dec-2009 REL0035
Future Possible Retail Electricity Price Movements: 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2013 17-Sep-2010 Review completed 10-Jun-2011 EPR0021
Annual Electricity Market Performance Review (2006) 24-Aug-2006 Review completed 21-Dec-2006 REL0008
Transmission Reliability Standards Review 17-Aug-2007 Review completed 30-Sep-2008 REL0017
Retail Electricity Price Movements 2012 17-Apr-2012 Review completed 22-Mar-2013 EPR0029
Energy Adequacy Assessment Projection Review 26-Jul-2012 Review completed 21-Feb-2013 REL0049
Reliability Panel Technical Standards Review 14-Feb-2008 Review completed 30-Apr-2009 REL0019
Review of Energy Market Frameworks in light of Climate Change Policies 25-Aug-2008 Review completed 8-Oct-2009 EMO0001
Review of Electricity Transmission Revenue and Pricing Rules 16-Feb-2006 Review completed 16-Nov-2006 ERC0001
Review of national framework for electricity distribution network planning and expansion 17-Dec-2008 Review completed 23-Sep-2009 EPR0015
Review Into the Use of Total Factor Productivity for the Determination of Prices and Revenues 21-Nov-2008 Review completed 7-Jul-2011 EMO0006
Review of Arrangements for Compensation following an Administered Price, Market Price Cap or Market 26-May-2011 Review completed 16-May-2013 EPR0026
VoLL 2007 Review 2-Apr-2007 Review completed 27-Apr-2007 REL0005
Congestion Management Review 5-Oct-2005 Review completed 16-Jun-2008 EPR0001
Annual Market Performance Review 2010 23-Sep-2010 Review completed 23-Dec-2010 REL0042
Determination for System Operating Incidents Guidelines 24-Jul-2006 Review completed 5-Oct-2006 REL0012
Template for Generator Compliance Programs 21-Nov-2008 Review completed 31-Jul-2009 REL0032
Review of the Reliability and Emergency Reserve Trader (RERT) 5-Jul-2010 Review completed 21-Apr-2011 REL0041
Strategic Priorities for Energy Market Development 1-Apr-2011 Review completed 20-Oct-2011 EMO0011
Review of the Effectiveness of NEM Security and Reliability Arrangements in light of Extreme Weather Events 21-May-2009 Review completed 31-May-2010 EMO0010
Possible Future Retail Electricity Price Movements: 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2014 31-Mar-2011 Review completed 9-Dec-2011 EPR0025
Framework for open access and communication standards 25-Jul-2013 Review completed 10-Apr-2014 EMO0028
Consultation on the Amended RERT Guidelines 25-Jan-2010 Review completed 16-Jun-2010 REL0039
Review of the Effectiveness of Competition in Electricity and Gas Retail Markets in South Australia 13-Dec-2007 Review completed 18-Dec-2008 EMO0004
Review of Electricity Customer Switching 7-Aug-2013 Review completed 10-Apr-2014 EPR0038
Review of Distribution Reliability Outcomes and Standards - National Workstream 28-Jun-2012 Review completed 14-Mar-2013 EPR0031
Last Resort Planning Power: 2011 Review 1-Jul-2011 Review completed 3-Nov-2011 EPR0024
VoLL 2006 Review 1-Feb-2006 Review completed 28-Apr-2006 REL0003
NEM Reliability Settings: VoLL, CPT and Future Reliability Review 18-Dec-2008 Review completed 18-Dec-2008 REL0024
Request for Advice on Cost Recovery for Mandated Smart Metering Infrastructure 19-Nov-2009 Review completed 22-Dec-2010 EPR0018
NEM financial market resilience 8-Jun-2012 Review completed 6-Mar-2015 EMO0024
Advice on linking the reliability standard and reliability settings with VCR 29-Oct-2013 Review completed 20-Dec-2013 EMO0026
Annual Market Performance Review 2013 2-Sep-2013 Review completed 7-May-2014 REL0052
Last Resort Planning Power - 2013 Review 15-May-2013 Review completed 5-Dec-2013 EPR0037
2014 Retail Competition Review 17-Jan-2014 Review completed 22-Aug-2014 RPR0002
Strategic Priorities for Energy Market Development 2013 15-May-2012 Review completed 23-Oct-2013 EMO0025
Annual Electricity Market Performance Review (2008) 4-Sep-2008 Review completed 17-Dec-2008 REL0029
Optional Firm Access, Design and Testing 6-Mar-2014 Review completed 9-Jul-2015 EPR0039
Distribution Reliability Measures 30-Jan-2014 Review completed 18-Sep-2014 EPR0041
Template for Generator Compliance Programs Review 2015 13-Nov-2014 Review completed 18-Jun-2015 REL0054
2015 Retail Competition Review 31-Oct-2014 Review completed 30-Jun-2015 RPR0003
Last Resort Planning Power - 2014 Review 1-Jul-2014 Review completed 6-Nov-2014 EPR0042
2014 Residential Electricity Price Trends 10-Mar-2014 Review completed 11-Dec-2014 EPR0040
Implementation advice on the Shared Market Protocol 18-Dec-2014 Review completed 8-Oct-2015 EMO0029
East Coast Wholesale Gas Market and Pipeline Frameworks Review 20-Feb-2015 Review completed 28-Jul-2016 GPR0003
Review of the Victorian Declared Wholesale Gas Market 4-Mar-2015 Review completed 14-Jul-2017 11-May-2017 GPR0002
Annual Market Performance Review 2014 13-May-2015 Review completed 16-Jul-2015 REL0055
Review of the last resort planning power guidelines 23-Jul-2015 Review completed 24-Sep-2015 EPR0047
Strategic Priorities for Energy Market Development 2015 10-Sep-2015 Review completed 26-Nov-2015 EMO0030
Barriers to Generators Exiting the Market 13-Apr-2015 Review completed 16-Jun-2015 EPR0045
2016 Retail Competition Review 22-Oct-2015 Review completed 30-Jun-2016 RPR0004
Review of the System Restart Standard 19-Nov-2015 Review completed 15-Dec-2016 27-Oct-2016 REL0057
Last resort planning power - 2015 review 3-Dec-2015 Review completed 3-Dec-2015 EPR0046
2015 Residential Electricity Price Trends 1-Jan-2015 Review completed 4-Dec-2015 EPR0044
Review of Compensation Guidelines 18-Feb-2016 Review completed 8-Sep-2016 EPR0048
Annual Market Performance Review 2015 16-Jun-2016 Review completed 1-Sep-2016 28-Jul-2016 REL0058
Review of Reliability Standard and Settings Guidelines 7-Jul-2016 Review completed 1-Dec-2016 3-Nov-2016 REL0059
System Security Market Frameworks Review 14-Jul-2016 Review completed 27-Jun-2017 EPR0053
Coordination of generation and transmission investment 18-Jul-2016 Review completed 21-Dec-2018 19-Oct-2018 EPR0052
Electricity Network Economic Regulatory Framework Review 2017 31-Aug-2016 Review completed 18-Jul-2017 2-Feb-2017 EPR0050
Review of the Reliability and Emergency Reserve Trader Guidelines 29-Sep-2016 Review completed 15-Dec-2016 10-Nov-2016 REL0061
Last resort planning power - 2016 review 13-Oct-2016 Review completed 13-Oct-2016 EPR0051
Integration of energy and emissions reduction policy 18-Feb-2016 Review completed 9-Dec-2016 EPR0055
2016 Residential Electricity Price Trends 11-Jan-2016 Review completed 14-Dec-2016 EPR0049
2017 Retail Energy Competition Review 22-Dec-2016 Review completed 25-Jul-2017 RPR0005
Review of regulatory arrangements for embedded networks 26-Jan-2017 Review completed 28-Nov-2017 RPR0006
Review of the System Black Event in South Australia on 28 September 2016 6-Jan-2017 Review completed 12-Dec-2019 6-Sep-2019 EPR0057
2017 Energy sector strategic priorities 13-Jan-2017 Review completed 21-Nov-2017 EMO0032
Integration of storage 1-Oct-2015 Review completed 3-Dec-2015 SEA0002
Distribution Market Model 1-Dec-2016 Review completed 22-Aug-2017 SEA0004
Annual market performance review 2016 6-Jul-2016 Review completed 16-May-2017 REL0060
Reliability standard and settings review 2018 30-Mar-2017 Review completed 30-Apr-2018 REL0064
Review of the Frequency Operating Standard 30-Mar-2017 Review completed 18-Apr-2019 17-Jan-2019 REL0065
Review into the scope of economic regulation applied to covered pipelines 16-May-2017 Review completed 2-Jul-2018 27-Mar-2018 GPR0004
Frequency control frameworks review 7-Jul-2017 Review completed 26-Jul-2018 EPR0059
Reliability Frameworks Review 11-Jul-2017 Review completed 26-Jul-2018 EPR0060
Annual Market Performance Review 2017 8-Aug-2017 Review completed 20-Mar-2018 19-Sep-2017 REL0066
Last resort planning power - 2017 review 24-Aug-2017 Review completed 7-Nov-2017 7-Nov-2017 EPR0061
2018 Retail Energy Competition Review 5-Dec-2017 Review completed 15-Jun-2018 RPR0007
2017 Residential Electricity Price Trends 1-Nov-2017 Review completed 18-Dec-2017 EPR0056
Review of the application of capacity trading reforms in the Northern Territory 16-Jan-2018 Review completed 16-Mar-2018 GPR0006
Biennial review into liquidity in wholesale gas and pipeline trading markets 16-Jan-2018 Review completed 16-Aug-2018 24-May-2018 GPR0005
Electricity network economic regulatory framework review 2018 6-Feb-2018 Review completed 26-Jul-2018 EPR0062
Updating the regulatory frameworks for embedded networks 30-Aug-2018 Review completed 20-Jun-2019 EMO0036
Review of the regulatory frameworks for stand-alone power systems 11-Sep-2018 Review completed 31-Oct-2019 EMO0037
Annual market performance review 2018 6-Sep-2018 Review completed 4-Apr-2019 REL0067
Gaming in rebidding (Grattan response) 10-Jul-2018 Review completed 28-Sep-2018 EPR0066
Last resort planning power - 2018 review 7-Aug-2018 Review completed 14-Feb-2019 EPR0067
Request for declaration of protected event - November 2018 5-Nov-2018 Review completed 20-Jun-2019 REL0069
Advice to COAG Energy Council: Default offer 12-Nov-2018 Review completed 20-Dec-2018 RPR0011
AEMC and AEMO joint COAG Energy Council advice: customer transfers Review completed 3-Dec-2018 RPR0008
Electricity network economic regulatory framework review 2019 20-Dec-2018 Review completed 26-Sep-2019 8-Aug-2019 EPR0068
Residential electricity price trends 2018 1-Jun-2018 Review completed 21-Dec-2018 EPR0064
2019 Retail Energy Competition Review 24-Jan-2019 Review completed 28-Jun-2019 RPR0009
Coordination of generation and transmission investment implementation – access and charging 1-Mar-2019 Preparation of final report 19-Oct-2020 EPR0073
Definition of unserved energy 4-Apr-2019 Review completed 1-Aug-2019 REL0072
Investigation into intervention mechanisms and system strength in the NEM 4-Apr-2019 Review completed 15-Aug-2019 EPR0070
Generator Compliance Template Review - 2019 13-Mar-2019 Review completed 19-Dec-2019 17-Oct-2019 REL0070
Review of the Reliability and Emergency Reserve Trader Guidelines 2019 23-May-2019 Review completed 25-Jul-2019 20-Jun-2019 REL0071
Updating the regulatory frameworks for distributor-led stand-alone power systems 19-Sep-2019 Review completed 28-May-2020 13-Feb-2020 EMO0038
Annual market performance review 2019 21-Nov-2019 Review completed 12-Mar-2020 REL0074
Last resort planning power - 2019 review Review completed 28-Nov-2019 EPR0077
Residential electricity price trends 2019 3-Jun-2019 Review completed 9-Dec-2019 EPR0075
2020 Retail Energy Competition Review 5-Dec-2019 Review completed 30-Jun-2020 RPR0012
Consumer protections in an evolving market 12-Dec-2019 Review completed 30-Jun-2020 13-Feb-2020 RPR0013
Regulatory Sandboxes 22-Nov-2019 Review completed 26-Mar-2020 EPR0079
Investigation into system strength frameworks in the NEM 4-Apr-2019 Review completed 15-Oct-2020 7-May-2020 EPR0076
2020 Biennial review into liquidity in wholesale and gas pipeline trading markets 30-Jan-2020 Review completed 17-Jul-2020 GPR0007
Electricity network economic regulatory framework review 2020 4-Jun-2020 Review completed 1-Oct-2020 EPR0085
Review of the system restart standard 2020 24-Jun-2020 Review completed 28-Jan-2021 26-Nov-2020 REL0077
Amendments to the RERT Guidelines August 2020 20-Aug-2020 Review completed 20-Aug-2020 REL0078
Review of the Gas Supply Guarantee 11-Mar-2021 Review completed 4-Nov-2021 EMO0041
Review of the retailer of last resort scheme 22-Oct-2020 Review completed 25-Feb-2021 RPR0015
Review of the regulatory framework for metering services 3-Dec-2020 Review completed 30-Aug-2023 EMO0040
Residential electricity price trends 2020 29-Jun-2020 Review completed 21-Dec-2020 EPR0080
Annual Market Performance Review 2020 28-Sep-2020 Review completed 20-May-2021 REL0079
Review of the reliability standard and settings guidelines 4-Mar-2021 Review completed 1-Jul-2021 REL0080
Annual Market Performance Review: Final Report 9-Mar-2021 Review completed 20-May-2021 REL0081
Transmission Planning and Investment Review 19-Aug-2021 Review completed 4-May-2023 EPR0087
Review of Compensation Guidelines to include wholesale demand response 26-Aug-2021 Review completed 21-Oct-2021 EPR0088
Review into extending the regulatory frameworks to hydrogen and renewable gases 21-Oct-2021 Review completed 24-Nov-2022 13-Oct-2022 EMO0042
Residential electricity price trends 2021 14-Apr-2021 Review completed EPR0086
Annual Market Performance Review 2021 30-Sep-2021 Review completed 28-Apr-2022 REL0083
2022 Reliability Standard and Settings Review 27-Jan-2022 Review completed 1-Sep-2022 7-Jul-2022 REL0082
Review of the Frequency operating standard 2022 16-Mar-2022 Review completed 6-Apr-2023 2-Feb-2023 REL0084
Review of the guidelines for identifying reviewable operating incidents 30-Jun-2022 Review completed 29-Sep-2022 28-Jul-2022 REL0085
Review into consumer energy resources technical standards 29-Sep-2022 Review completed 21-Sep-2023 EMO0045
Review into the arrangements for failed retailers’ electricity and gas contracts 13-Oct-2022 Review completed 20-Jun-2024 RPR0016
Annual Market Performance Review 2022 2-Feb-2023 Review completed 30-Mar-2023 REL0087
​​Review of the Interim reliability measure​ 9-Mar-2023 Review completed 25-May-2023 13-Apr-2023 EPR0090
​​Review of the Retailer Reliability Obligation​ 23-Mar-2023 Review completed 29-Feb-2024 EPR0091
​​Review of the form of the reliability standard and APC​ 30-Mar-2023 Review completed 27-Jun-2024 REL0086
Revoking the South Australian Protected Event 17-May-2023 Review completed 14-Sep-2023 3-Aug-2023 REL0088
Reliability Panel guide to applying the emissions component of the National Electricity Objective Review completed 12-Oct-2023 18-Aug-2023 REL0089
AEMC guide to applying the emissions component of the national energy objectives Review completed 1-Aug-2024 CRP0159
Billing Data Transparency 1-Aug-2023 Initiation 1-Sep-2023 EMO0047
Review into electricity compensation frameworks 2-Nov-2023 Review completed 12-Dec-2024 EPR0095
Transmission access reform 7-Mar-2024 Review completed 6-Jun-2024 EPR0098
Annual Market Performance Review FY2023 15-Apr-2024 Review completed 27-Jun-2024 REL0090
​​Review of the Wholesale Demand Response Mechanism​ 13-Mar-2025 Review completed 23-Oct-2025 EPR0099
The Pricing Review: Electricity pricing for a consumer-driven future 123 25-Jul-2024 Preparation of final report 13-Feb-2026 EPR0097
Offshore electricity infrastructure analysis Review completed CRP0162
​​Residential Electricity Price Trends 2024​ Review completed 28-Nov-2024 RPR0017
​​Review of the System Restart Standard​ 12-Dec-2024 Review completed 16-Oct-2025 REL0091
​​Future of the wholesale market​ 26-Mar-2024 EPR0093
Jurisdictional REZ frameworks review Review completed CRP0180
National Electricity Market Reliability & Security Report FY2024 10-Apr-2025 Review completed 26-Jun-2025 REL0093
​​2026 Reliability Standard and Settings Review​ 19-Jun-2025 Review completed 23-Apr-2026 REL0094
​​Review of the REZ planning framework in the NER​ 19-Jun-2025 Review completed 19-Jun-2025 EPR0105
​​Review of the Integrated System Plan​ framework 18-Dec-2025 Initiation 19-Feb-2026 EPR0092
Residential Electricity Price Trends 2025 3-Mar-2025 Review completed 4-Dec-2025 RPR0018
Compliance Template Review 2026 11-Dec-2025 Consultation on draft report 14-May-2026 REL0095
Electricity Network Regulation Review Pending EPR0106
National Electricity Market Reliability & Security Report FY2025 3-Dec-2025 Review completed REL0096
Charlotte TESTING 10-Sep-2026 Consultation on Draft Determination 1-Oct-2026 DATE090926

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