The AER has today published its final decision for CitiPower’s and Powercor’s fees to be levied on customers who request the installation of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) ahead of the State Government imposed pre-determined rollout schedule. The final decision, applications and submissions received are available on the AER's website.
Clause 9 of the revised AMI Order, published 25 November 2008, permits the Victorian distribution network service providers (DNSPs) to propose customer requested service fees to deliver unique services to individual customers stemming from the AMI rollout.
CitiPower’s and Powercor’s fees approved by the AER will sunset on 31 December 2013, the date by which all Victorian residential and small business customers consuming less than 160MWh of electricity per annum will receive an AMI meter.