Payment Customer can Customer is to pay the If a All financial Full payment required be asked for a full forecast costs of customer/developer components of a prior to connection maximum of 50 any works to provide has the requirement customer capital (except for a limited per cent connection assets. to carry out works on contribution should be number of contribution up the shared network or paid as a single circumstances for Non-capital costs front. bring forward network upfront amount (or example gifted (costs incurred in works within the bank guarantee) prior assets). providing the covered horizon’ to any works ‘planning services including then the new commencing with the operating, customer/developer is exception of basic maintenance and required to fund all, or connection services administrative costs) a share, of the cost. (for which an invoice must be paid in full to will be raised on the network provider. If the works is outside completion of the horizon’ ‘planning A contribution may be assessing the the made: application. customer/developer upfront; or will be required to by period financial fully fund the cost of payments (for the works. If the contributions works fall within the exceeding $50 000) horizon’ ‘planning within a five year then period and interest customer/developer based on will be required to pay commercial rate to the cost of be negotiated. advancement of the Augmentations of the works. network undertaken The cost of by the customer will subdivision electrical transfer the reticulation is: ownership of the payable as a cash augmentation to capital contribution Western Power if Ergon performs without any payment the work; or being made to the if the developers customer. organise for the work to be carried out subject to Ergon’s technical and design requirements, then it is treated as a non-cash capital contribution.
Payment Customer can be asked for a maximum of 50 per cent contribution up front. Customer is to pay the full forecast costs of any works to provide connection assets. Non-capital costs (costs incurred in providing the covered services including operating, maintenance and administrative costs) must be paid in full to the network provider. A contribution may be made: upfront; or by period financial payments (for contributions exceeding $50 000) within a five year period and interest based on commercial rate to be negotiated. Augmentations of the network undertaken by the customer will transfer the ownership of the augmentation to Western Power without any payment being made to the customer. If a customer/developer has the requirement to carry out works on the shared network or bring forward network works within the ‘planning horizon’ then the new customer/developer is required to fund all, or a share, of the cost. If the works is outside the ‘planning horizon’ the customer/developer will be required to fully fund the cost of the works. If the works fall within the ‘planning horizon’ then customer/developer will be required to pay the cost of advancement of the works. The cost of subdivision electrical reticulation is: payable as a cash capital contribution if Ergon performs the work; or if the developers organise for the work to be carried out subject to Ergon’s technical and design requirements, then it is treated as a non-cash capital contribution. All financial components of a customer capital contribution should be paid as a single upfront amount (or bank guarantee) prior to any works commencing with the exception of basic connection services (for which an invoice will be raised on completion of assessing the application. Full payment required prior to connection (except for a limited number of circumstances for example gifted assets).