SP AusNet submits revised AMI Budget Application for 2009-11

On 28 February 2011, SP AusNet submitted a Revised budget application for its 2009-11 Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) budget, seeking to vary the AER’s Final Decision on the Victorian DNSPs’ 2009-11 AMI budgets, which was released in October 2009.

SP AusNet’s Revised budget application was submitted under clause 5F of 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. Clause 5F requires that the AER determine to approve or reject the proposed variation to the approved budget within 40 business days of receiving an application. If the AER does not make a decision in that time, it is taken to have approved the variance.

A public version of SP AusNet’s Revised budget application is available on the AER’s website. The AER’s final decision for 2009-11 AMI budgets, as well as SP AusNet’s original budget proposal for 2009-11 are available on the AER’s website.

The AER will assess SP AusNet’s Revised budget application by applying a series of tests set out in the Order in Council. The AER will release a draft decision on SP AusNet’s Revised budget application in early April 2011, and must make its final decision by 29 April 2011.

The AER seeks stakeholder submissions on SP AusNet’s Revised budget application. Submissions close COB 18 March 2011.

Submissions may 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 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.