The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has made its draft decision in respect of Energex Limited’s (Energex) and Ergon Energy Corporation Limited’s (Ergon Energy) applications for a waiver from the Queensland Competition Authority’s Ring-Fencing Guidelines, September 2000 (Guidelines). Energex and Ergon Energy (the Queensland DNSPs) are seeking a waiver from sections 1(c), 1(d) and 2 of the Guidelines to avoid incurring the costs of submitting and maintaining two sets of regulatory accounts – one set in accordance with the Guideline and the other set in accordance with the AER’s annual reporting requirements that are currently being developed.
The Draft Decision can be accessed at the AER’s website.
Interested parties are invited to make written submissions on this draft decision to the AER by 5 pm A.E.S.T on Thursday, 29 September 2011. 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 Pattas
General Manager
Network Operations and Development
Australian Energy Regulator
GPO Box 520
Melbourne VIC 3001
The AER will consider all information it receives in accordance with the ACCC/AER information policy. The policy is available at the AER's website.
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
- Provide a non–confidential version of the submission.
All non-confidential submissions will be placed on the AER website. Copies of Energex and Ergon Energy’s waiver applications and other relevant material are available on the AER’s website.
Inquiries about this draft decision or how to make submissions can be made by email to AERInquiryaer [dot] gov [dot] au (AERInquiry[at]aer[dot]gov[dot]au).