The AER today released for consultation proposed amendments to its service target performance incentive scheme to apply to electricity distribution networks.
The proposed amendments are designed to improve the clarity, effectiveness and operation of the scheme and to increase its flexibility, most notably with respect to determining the major event day boundary. The amended scheme and an explanatory statement detailing the amendments are available on the AER's website.
Interested parties may lodge submissions in response to the proposed amendments. Submissions must be sent to the AER by 30 October 2009. Submissions can be sent electronically to: aerinquiry
aer [dot] gov [dot] au (aerinquiry[at]aer[dot]gov[dot]au).
Alternatively, submissions can be mailed to:
Mr Chris PattasGeneral Manager
Network Regulation South
Australian Energy Regulator
GPO Box 520
Melbourne VIC 3001
The AER prefers that all submissions are publicly available. This is to facilitate an informed and transparent consultative process. Accordingly, 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. For further information regarding the AER's use and disclosure of information provided to it, see the ACCC/AER information policy, October 2008 available on the AER's website.