VIC distributors submit Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) budget and charges applications for 2012-15

On 28 February 2011, the five Victorian electricity distributors submitted their AMI budget and charges applications for 2012-15.

These applications set out the distributors’ proposed costs for the final years of the AMI rollout in Victoria, as well as charges for these years to cover their proposed costs. Public versions of the applications are now available on the AER’s website. Public versions of supporting documents will be added to the DNSPs’ applications on the AER’s website over the next few days. Please note that all public attachments will be available on the AER website by Friday, 11 March.

The AER will assess the submitted applications by applying a series of tests set out in the Victorian Government’s Order in Council made under Sections 15A and 46D of the Electricity Industry Act 2000 on 28 August 2007, and as amended thereafter. The AER will release a draft decision on the distributors’ budget and charges applications in July 2011, and must make its final decision by 31 October 2011.

Submissions on the distributors’ applications may be sent electronically to AERIinquiryaer [dot] gov [dot] au (AERIinquiry[at]aer[dot]gov[dot]au)  by close of business 4 April 2011. Alternatively, submissions can be mailed to:

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.