Australian Capital Territory

Utilities (Variation of Terms – ActewAGL Retail Standard Customer Contract) Approval Notice 2010

Notifiable Instrument NI2010- 290    

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 2010.
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

   8 June 2010

Schedule of charges for ACT only – natural gas tariffs
The following rates (from 1.1 to 2.1) apply from 1 July 2010. Accounts issued on or after that date will be charged on a pro-rata basis.
		From 1 July  2009
GST exclusive rate	2010-11 GST exclusive rate	2010-11 GST inclusive rate	
1	Residential				
1.1	Always Home@ActewAGL plan*
•	Supply fee  (c/day)
•	Usage rate  (c/MJ)	

51.69
1.806	

52.63
1.874	

57.893
2.0614	
1.2	Always Home@ActewAGL Saver plan*
•	Supply fee  (c/day)
•	Usage rate  (c/MJ)	

51.69
1.806	

52.63
1.874	

57.893
2.0614	
1.3	Always Home@ActewAGL Saver Plus plan
•	Supply fee  (c/day)
•	Usage rate  (c/MJ)
•	First 49.3151MJ/day
•	Thereafter	

64.69

1.634
1.704	

65.86

1.696
1.767	

72.446

1.8656
1.9437	
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  2009
GST exclusive rate	2010-11 GST exclusive rate	2010-11 GST inclusive rate	
2	Industrial and commercial				
2.1	Daily
•	Supply fee (c/day)
•	Usage rates (c/MJ)
•	First 1,643.8356 MJ/day 
•	Thereafter	
102.78

1.736
1.533	
102.78

1.802
1.561	
113.058

1.9822
1.7171	

3   Miscellaneous fees and charges – ACT only

The following miscellaneous fees and charges (from 3.1 to 3.14) apply to the ACT only from 1 July 2010.

		From 1 July  2009
GST exclusive rate	2010-11 GST exclusive rate	2010-11 GST inclusive rate	
3	Miscellaneous fees and charges 				
3.1	Establishment fee (new customer account)	
$28.91	
$29.55	
$32.50	
3.2	Establishment fee (pensioners)	$11.64	$11.82	$13.00	
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)	

$48.18

$66.36	

$49.09

$67.27	

$54.00

$74.00	
3.4	Disconnection fee (for non payment)	$51.73	$52.73	$58.00	
3.5	Reconnection fee (business hours)
Reconnection fee (after hours)	$46.36

$70.27	$47.27

$71.82	$52.00

$79.00	
3.6	Check read (second in a billing period)	
$41.00	
$41.82	
$46.00	
3.7	Disconnection notification fee (for late payment)	
$13.36	
$13.64	
$15.00	
3.8	Dishonoured cheque and credit card reversal (administration charge). The greater of	$13.64 per account or 
$30.00 per cheque or reversal	$13.64 per account or 
$30.91er cheque or reversal	$15.00 per account or 
$34.00 per cheque or reversal	
3.9	Direct debit reject (administration charge per reject)	
$8.18	
$8.18	
$9.00	
3.10	Service application fee:
•	Residential
•	Business	
$268.18
$995.45	
$268.18
$995.45	
$295.00
$1,095.00	
3.11	Special meter read:
•	Meter connection read
•	Final meter read	
$47.30
$47.30	
$50.90
$50.90	
$55.99
$55.99	
3.12	Network disconnection fee	$121.30	$126.20	$138.82	
3.13	Network reconnection fee	$89.60	$93.90	$103.29	
3.14	Meter testing charges:
•	12 cubic metres
•	33 cubic metres
•	85 cubic metres
•	300 cubic metres
•	880 cubic metres	
$49.80
$71.10
$95.00
$357.40
$953.50	
$50.80
$72.60
$97.00
$364.90
$973.60	
$55.88
$79.86
$106.70
$401.39
$1,070.96