EUAA Submission: AER Issues Paper – NSW Electricity Distribution Determinations
Emily Wood | August 10, 2018
Our members are highly exposed to movements in both gas and electricity prices and have been under increasing stress due to escalating energy costs.
Many of our members have operations in NSW, including some with operations across all three DNSPs and have borne large rises in network charges over the last decade.
There have been some positive developments in network regulation that are welcomed by our members. Limited Merits Review has been abolished, while the AER is developing what we hope will be a binding rate of return guideline which will apply to the NSW distributors. Network wide reviews, like the recently initiated review of the taxation building block, provide all stakeholders with the opportunity to reassess the relevance of the current regulatory framework to the NEO.
This submission comments on the proposals submitted by Ausgrid, Endeavour and Essential Energy for the period 2019-2024 on 30th April 2018…
Full submission attached.