Australian Energy Regulator (AER)
Australian Energy Regulator (AER)
Verified figures
- Contracts (all years): 75
- Contract value (all years): 20,030,351 AUD
- Contract value (2026): 7,928,758 AUD
- APS headcount: no publishable rows matched — this means the figure is unknown, not nil
- Budget 2026-27: 123,859 thousand AUD
- Highest total remuneration: no publishable rows matched — this means the figure is unknown, not nil
- Directory roles: no publishable rows matched — this means the figure is unknown, not nil
Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.
Coverage — named in the headline (2)
- 2020-09-04 — Australian Energy Regulator only ‘partly effective’, audit finds
- 2019-08-13 — Why is the Australian Energy Regulator suing wind farms – and why now?
Passing mentions (10 shown)
Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.
- 2026-06-25 — Senator’s highest-paid public servant claim misses the mark
- 2026-06-04 — Movers & Shakers: ACT Reconciliation Council co-chair resigns
- 2026-05-28 — Ratings agency Fitch warns on Australia’s rapacious AI data centre power consumption
- 2026-05-13 — Budget 2026: Federal agency ups and downs
- 2026-05-12 — Budget 2026: APS headcount flatlines
- 2026-03-19 — Movers & Shakers: Grattan research team reunited in APS
- 2026-03-19 — Harris named ‘fuel tsar’ as ACCC probes anti-competitive conduct by suppliers
- 2026-03-05 — Movers & Shakers: Energy regulator to oversee Murray-Darling Basin review
- 2025-11-13 — Movers & Shakers: Director-general departs Australian Submarine Agency
- 2025-07-04 — Gallagher directs regulators to cut the clutter
Names over time
What each source called this agency, and in which years. Taken from the sources themselves, not from a register of establishment dates — those are not published.
| Reported as | Source | Years | Rows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Energy Regulator ⚠️ | AusTender (names as at today, not as at the contract) | 2022-23 to 2026-27 | 75 |
| Australian Energy Regulator ⚠️ | Portfolio Budget Statements | 2025-26 to 2029-30 | 15 |
⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as Australian Energy Regulator (2025-26 to 2029-30). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.
Year by year
| Measure | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contracts | 1 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 15 |
| Contract value | $394,590 | $2,415,803 | $7,818,592 | $7,829,721 | $1,571,645 |
| Budget ($000) | 123,859 |
An empty cell means no publishable row for that year — unknown, not nil. Never read a blank as a fall to zero. ⚠️ This agency has not always carried its current name. Figures in the earlier years were reported as Australian Energy Regulator (2025-26 to 2029-30). They are shown here because the series is continuous, not because the agency is.
