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Merits review - Amending and remaking of the 2011-15 Victorian electricity distribution determinations - Australian Competition Tribunal Orders (5 April 2012)

In accordance with the Australian Competition Tribunal’s Orders of 5 April 2012 in Application by United Energy Distribution Pty Limited (No 2) [2012] ACompT 8, the AER is in the process of amending and remaking the distribution determinations for CitiPower, Powercor, Jemena Electricity Networks, SP AusNet and United Energy Distribution.

Merits review - of the AER’s 2011–15 Victorian electricity distribution determinations

On 5 April 2012, the Australian Competition Tribunal published its orders and reasons in the review of the 2011–15 distribution determinations for the Victorian electricity distribution network service providers (DNSPs), CitiPower, Powercor, Jemena Electricity Networks, SP AusNet and United Energy.

Each Victorian DNSP applied for a review on a number of aspects of the AER’s October 2010 distribution determinations. The Tribunal’s orders have allowed each Victorian DNSP to recover some additional revenues above those allowed by the AER during the 2011–15 regulatory control period.

A copy of the Tribunal’s Orders is available at: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/ACompT/2012/8.html

Amended - 2011-15 distribution determination

The AER has amended Jemena's 2011-15 distribution determination in accordance with the Tribunal’s orders of 5 April 2012. The amended 2011-15 distribution determination covers the regulatory control period from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2015. It sets out the amount of revenue that Jemena may recover from providing regulated electricity distribution network services.