Draft FY26 budget and fees consultation

Timeline

Key contact

Email: stakeholderrelations@aemo.com.au

Overview

At AEMO, we prioritise strong financial and program governance to ensure financial stability, stakeholder trust and a maintain a strong licence to operate. Our annual budget is one of the ways we provide transparency over our costs.

AEMO’s annual budget reflects our committed program to deliver on our core functions and responsibilities and our strategic priorities, outlined in the Strategic Corporate Plan. It is comprised of distinct financial segments, which are aligned with our sources of funding. The majority of AEMO’s financial segments are funded by fees paid by registered market participants, however, an increasing portion of AEMO’s activities are directly funded by state and federal governments and via fee-for-service arrangements.

AEMO's board and management are committed to further improving trust and transparency with industry. We understand that to achieve this we must continue to exercise financial discipline through prudency and efficiency. As part of this commitment, AEMO annually consults on a draft budget and fees prior to ensure stakeholders’ feedback can be considered prior to finalising the budget.

We invite all stakeholders to review AEMO’s FY26 Draft Budget and Fees and to provide feedback. Consultation is open from 3 April 2025 until 6pm AEDT 23 April 2025. If you cannot make the webinar, a recording will be made available on this page from 11 April 2025.

Learn more

All stakeholders are invited to attend a webinar at 3-4pm AEST on Thursday 10 April 2025 to hear more about AEMO’s budgeting process, the draft budget and fees and to seek clarification.

Consultation is open from 3 April 2025 until 6pm AEST 23 April 2025. If you cannot make the webinar, a recording will be made available on this page from 11 April 2025.