The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has released its draft decision on SP AusNet's electricity transmission determination for the period 1 April 2008 to 21 March 2014.
The draft decision and reports prepared by the AER's consultants are now available on the AER's website.
The AER will hold a pre-determination conference on this draft decision in Melbourne on Tuesday 11 September 2007 for the purpose of explaining its draft decision and receiving oral submissions from interested parties. Interested parties can register to attend the pre-determination conference by contacting Maria Djopa on 03 9290 1436 or at aerinquiry
aer [dot] gov [dot] au (aerinquiry[at]aer[dot]gov[dot]au), by Friday 7 September 2007.
Issues regarding this draft decision and the consultants report can be addressed in written submissions to the AER by 14 November 2007.
Submissions can be sent electronically to: aerinquiryaer [dot] gov [dot] au (aerinquiry[at]aer[dot]gov[dot]au)
Alternatively, submissions can be sent to:
Mr Chris Pattas
General Manager
Network Regulation South
Australian Energy Regulator
GPO Box 520
Melbourne VIC 3000
The AER prefers that all submissions be publicly available to facilitate an informed and transparent consultative process. Submissions will be treated as public documents unless otherwise requested. Parties wishing to submit confidential information are requested to:
- clearly identify the information that is the subject of the confidentiality claim; and
- provide a non-confidential version of the submission.
All non-confidential submissions will be placed on the AER's website.
A copy of SP AusNet's revenue proposal, proposed negotiating framework, proposed pricing methodology, consultancy reports and submissions from interested parties are available on the AER's website.
Enquiries about the draft decision, or about lodging submissions, should be directed to the Network South Branch.
Please note that the AER's draft decision on VENCorp's electricity transmission determination has been deferred, and will be released separately.