AMI debt risk premium - joint Victorian DNSP submission - 1 June 2009

The distribution network service providers (DNSPs) were required to provide their initial AMI charges applications, covering the period 2010 and 2011, to the AER by 1 June 2009. The purpose of the charges application is to recover expenditure incurred in response to the Victorian government's decision to mandate the rollout of AMI to all customers consuming less than 160MWh per annum. Meter service charges recover the costs associated with meter installation and meter data service costs. These documents do not include data that if made public might limit distributors' negotiations with suppliers and hinder competitive pricing outcomes.

The DNSPs also provided a joint submission outlining the debt risk premium they propose to adopt for the initial AMI Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) period.