Australian Capital Territory

Utilities (Variation of Terms – Standard Customer Contract) Approval 2008   (No 2)

Notifiable Instrument NI2008-243

made under the

Utilities Act 2000, s 91 (Notification and application of terms etc)

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Utilities (Variation of Terms – Standard Customer Contract) Approval 2008 (No 2).
2	Commencement 
This instrument commences on 1 July 2008. 
3	Approval of variation of Standard Customer Contract for gas connection and supply services
The Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission approves the attached variation to ActewAGL Distribution’s schedule of charges in the standard customer contract for gas connection and supply services.  

Paul Baxter
Senior Commissioner
for Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission

25 June 2008

ATTACHMENT
Schedule of charges for ACT only – natural gas tariffs
The following rates apply from 1 July 2008. Accounts issued on or after that date will, where appropriate, be charged on a pro-rata basis.

		2007-08
GST exclusive rate	2008-09
GST exclusive rate	2008-09
GST inclusive rate	
1	Residential				
1.1	Always Home@ActewAGL plan*
•	Supply fee  ($/qtr)
•	Usage rate  (c/MJ)	

36.70
1.500	

38.22
1.690	

42.04
1.8590	
1.2	Always Home@ActewAGL Saver plan*
•	Supply fee  ($/qtr)
•	Usage rate  (c/MJ)	

36.70
1.500	

38.22
1.690	

42.04
1.8590	
1.3	Always Home@ActewAGL Saver Plus plan
•	Supply fee  ($/qtr)
•	Usage rate  (c/MJ)
•	First 4,500 MJ/qtr
•	Thereafter	

48.40

1.275
1.464	

50.05

1.450
1.610	

55.06

1.5950
1.7710	
1.4	Eligible pensioners may be entitled to a rebate.
*   The Always Home@ActewAGL plan and the Always Home@ActewAGL Saver plan merged on 1 July 2005.

		2007-08
GST exclusive rate	2008-09
GST exclusive rate	2008-09
GST inclusive rate	
2	Industrial and commercial				
2.1	Monthly
•	Supply fee ($/month)
•	Usage rates (c/MJ)
•	First 50,000 MJ/month 
•	Thereafter	
16.40

1.410
1.281	
16.99

1.570
1.450	
18.69

1.7270
1.5950	
2.2	Quarterly
•	Supply fee ($/qtr)
•	Usage rates (c/MJ)
•	First 150,000 MJ/qtr 
•	Thereafter	
49.20

1.410
1.281	
50.96

1.570
1.450	
56.06

1.7270
1.5950	

		2007-08
GST exclusive rate	2008-09
GST exclusive rate	2008-09
GST inclusive rate	
3.	Miscellaneous fees and charges – ACT				
3.1	Establishment fee (new customer account)	
$26.95	
$27.73	
$30.50	
3.2	Establishment fee (pensioners)	$10.90	$11.18	$12.30	
3.3	Attendance (debt collection) first visit in a 12-month period (in business hours)
Attendance (debt collection) within a year of a previous visit (in business hours)	

$45.45

$61.82	

$46.36

$63.64	

$51.00

$70.00	
3.4	Disconnection fee (for non payment)	$48.18	$49.55	$54.50	
3.5	Reconnection fee (business hours)
Reconnection fee (after hours)	$43.64
$65.50	$43.91
$67.36	$48.30
$74.10	
3.6	Check read (second in a billing period)	
$38.18	
$39.27	
$43.20	
3.7	Disconnection notification fee (for late payment)	
$12.45	
$12.82	
$14.10	
3.8	Dishonoured cheque and credit card reversal (administration charge). The greater of	$12.00 per account or 
$28.00 per cheque or reversal	$12.73 per account or 
$29.09 per cheque or reversal	$14.00 per account or 
$32.00 per cheque or reversal	
3.9	Direct debit reject (administration charge per reject)	
$8.00	
$8.18	
$9.00	
3.10	Service application fee	$268.18	$268.18	$295.00	
3.11	Special meter read	$44.40	$45.40	$49.94	
3.12	Network disconnection fee	$113.70	$116.30	$127.93	
3.13	Network reconnection fee	$84.00	$85.90	$94.49	
3.14	Meter testing charges:
•	12 cubic metres
•	33 cubic metres
•	85 cubic metres
•	300 cubic metres
•	880 cubic metres	
$46.80
$66.70
$89.10
$334.70
$893.00	
$47.80
$68.20
$91.10
$342.50
$913.80	
$52.58
$75.02
$100.21
$376.75
$1,005.18