Australian Capital Territory

Utilities (National regulatory obligations and costs) Notice 2007 (No 1)  

Notifiable Instrument NI2007-304

made under the

Utilities Act 2000, section 54E

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Utilities (National regulatory obligations and costs) Notice 2007 (No1).
2	Determination
Under section 54E of the Utilities Act 2000, the Administrator determines that the national regulatory cost to the Territory for the 2007-08 levy year is $232,000.

The estimated national cost to be applied to each energy sector for the 2007-08 levy year is:

where K is the determined estimate of fixed net regulatory cost for the energy industry sector for the levy year; and
NC is the determined number of energy utilities providing energy utility services in the sector for an energy industry sector at any time before 1 October 2007.

For gas distribution, K = $21,874, and N = 1;
For electricity distribution, K = $162,978, and N = 1;
For electricity supply, K = $36,958 and N = 15;
For gas supply, K = $10,190, and N = 6.
3	Commencement 
The notice commences on the day after the notification.    

Susan Faulbaum
Levy administrator
26 September 2007