Australian Capital Territory
Utilities (Annual Licence Fees Determination) Notice 2005 (No 2)
Notifiable instrument NI2005–398
made under the  
Utilities Act 2000, s 52 (1)

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Utilities (Annual Licence Fees Determination) Notice 2005 (No 2).
2	Commencement 
This instrument commences on the day after notification. 
3	Determination of licence fees
The Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has determined the Annual Licence Fees payable by licensed utilities under the Utilities Act 2000 (the Act) for the year ending on 30 June 2006. The licence fee payable by TRUenergy Pty Ltd is set out in the attached schedule.
Table 1 sets out the costs expected to be incurred by the Commission, the Essential Services Consumer Council and the chief executive under part 5 (Technical regulation) of the Act, in the exercise of functions in the ACT or elsewhere in relation to utility services. The Annual Licence Fee determined is the amount considered by the Commission to be a reasonable contribution by that utility to the sum of these expected costs.
In determining the licence fee payable by the utility, the Commission had regard to:
•	the extent of costs in relation to the utility;
•	the annual licence fees payable by all utilities; and
•	the relative scope and nature of the services provided by the 
utility (Table 2).
Table 3 sets out the amount of the fee that is payable by TRUenergy Pty Ltd. The fee is payable by 28 November 2005.

4	Public access to determination of annual licence fees
Copies of the Commission’s determination of annual licence fees are available for inspection by members of the public on the Commission’s Webpage (http://www.icrc.act.gov.au) and from the ICRC during ordinary office hours at Level 7, Eclipse House, 197 London Circuit, Civic ACT.

Paul Baxter
Senior Commissioner
for the Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission
24 October 2005

Table 1: Expected costs relating to licences			
Licensee	Utility Service 	Technical Regulator (ACTPLA and Workcover)	Essential Services Consumer Commission	Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission 	Total 2005-06 Licence Fee	
TRUenergy Pty Ltd 	Electricity supply	 $              -   	 $        1,600 	 $           3,400 	 $          5,000 	
Total	 	 $              - 	 $        1,600 	 $           3,400 	 $          5,000 	

Table 2: Scope and nature of services provided by licensee
Section of the Act/
Utility Service	Scope and nature of services	
6(c)
Electricity supply	Supply of electricity from an electricity network to premises for consumption. 	

Table 3: Annual licence fees		
Licensee	Total licence fee 2005-06	
TRUenergy Pty Ltd (Electricity)	 $     5,000 	
Total 	 $     5,000