Australian Capital Territory

Utilities (Variation of Terms – ActewAGL Retail Standard Customer Contract) Approval Notice 2008 (No 3)

Notifiable Instrument NI2008-591

made under the

Utilities Act 2000, s 91 (Notification and application of terms etc) and 
s 93 (Variation of terms)

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

Paul Baxter
Senior Commissioner
Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission

  17 December 2008

SCHEDULE OF CHARGES FOR ACT ONLY – NATURAL GAS TARIFFS

The following rates (from 1.1 to 2.2) apply from 1 January 2009. Accounts issued on or after that date will be charged on a pro-rata basis.

		From 1 July 2008
GST exclusive rate	From 1 January 2009
GST exclusive rate	From 1 January 2009
GST inclusive rate	
1	Residential				
1.1	Always Home@ActewAGL plan*
•	Supply fee  ($/quarter)
•	Usage rate  (c/MJ)	

38.22
1.690	

44.74
1.735	

49.21
1.9085	
1.2	Always Home@ActewAGL Saver plan*
•	Supply fee  ($/quarter)
•	Usage rate  (c/MJ)	

38.22
1.690	

44.74
1.735	

49.21
1.9085	
1.3	Always Home@ActewAGL Saver Plus plan
•	Supply fee  ($/quarter)
•	Usage rate  (c/MJ)
•	First 4,500 MJ/ quarter
•	Thereafter	

50.05

1.450
1.610	

56.57

1.495
1.655	

62.23

1.6445
1.8205	

1.4	Eligible pensioners may be entitled to an energy concession which covers both electricity and natural gas, but only appears on electricity accounts.

*	The Always Home@ActewAGL plan and the Always Home@ActewAGL Saver plan merged on
 1 July 2005.

		From 1 July 2008
GST exclusive rate	From 1 January 2009
GST exclusive rate	From 1 January 2009
GST inclusive rate	
2	Industrial and commercial				
2.1	Monthly
•	Supply fee ($/month)
•	Usage rates (c/MJ)
•	First 50,000 MJ/month 
•	Thereafter	
16.99

1.570
1.450	
31.30

1.615
1.495	
34.43

1.7765
1.6445	
2.2	Quarterly
•	Supply fee ($/quarter)
•	Usage rates (c/MJ)
•	First 150,000 MJ/ quarter
•	Thereafter	
50.96

1.570
1.450	
93.79

1.615
1.495	
103.17

1.7765
1.6445	

The following miscellaneous fees and charges, applicable from 1 July 2008, continue to apply

		2008-09
GST exclusive rate	2008-09
GST inclusive rate	
3.	Miscellaneous fees and charges – ACT			
3.1	Establishment fee (new customer account)	
$27.73	
$30.50	
3.2	Establishment fee (pensioners)	$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)	

$46.36

$63.64	

$51.00

$70.00	
3.4	Disconnection fee (for non payment)	$49.55	$54.50	
3.5	Reconnection fee (business hours)
Reconnection fee (after hours)	$43.91
$67.36	$48.30
$74.10	
3.6	Check read (second in a billing period)	$39.27	$43.20	
3.7	Disconnection notification fee (for late payment)	$12.82	$14.10	
3.8	Dishonoured cheque and credit card reversal (administration charge). The greater of	$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)	$8.18	$9.00	
3.10	Service application fee:	$268.18	$295.00	
3.11	Special meter read	$45.40	$49.94	
3.12	Network disconnection fee	$116.30	$127.93	
3.13	Network reconnection fee	$85.90	$94.49	
3.14	Meter testing charges:
•	12 cubic metres
•	33 cubic metres
•	85 cubic metres
•	300 cubic metres
•	880 cubic metres	
$47.80
$68.20
$91.10
$342.50
$913.80	
$52.58
$75.02
$100.21
$376.75
$1,005.18