Powercor Cost Pass Through Application - Invitation for submissions (March 2011)

On 24 February 2011 the AER received an application from Powercor for the pass through of costs resulting from the change in the compliance framework made in response to the Victorian Bushfire Royal Commission recommendations. Powercor has proposed that additional revenues of $103.6 million be passed through to distribution network users during the 2011-15 regulatory control period.

The AER must assess Powercor's application under clause 6.6.1 of the NER. The AER must determine whether a positive change event has occurred and if so, it must then determine the approved pass through amount. In making this decision, the AER must take account of the factors in clause 6.6.1(j).

The AER expects to make its determination on Powercor’s application in May 2011. Powercor’s application is available on the AER's website.

Invitation for submissions

Interested parties are invited to make written submissions to the AER on Powercor's application by close of business 15 April 2011. Submissions can be sent electronically to: AERInquiryaer [dot] gov [dot] au (AERInquiry[at]aer[dot]gov[dot]au) .

Alternatively, submissions can be mailed to:

The AER prefers that all written 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 asked to provide both confidential and non-confidential versions of their submission. All non-confidential submissions will be placed on the AER's website.