Sewerage services pricing Introduction This chapter starts by describing sewerage services pricing arrangements in the ACT and other Australian jurisdictions. This is followed by canvassing a number of specific theoretical and practical issues related to the pricing of sewerage services. Arrangements in the ACT Since 200304, sewerage tariffs in the ACT have comprised a fixed annual supply charge for residential premises, and the same fixed supply charge plus an annual charge per flushing fixture (in excess of two) for non-residential premises. Icon Water does not apply any volume- or strength-based trade waste charges. Icon Water’s sewerage services tariffs since the 199899 regulatory period as determined by the Commission. Table 5.1 Icon Water sewerage services tariffs, 1998–99 to 2015–16 ($, current prices) 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 300.00 310.50 317.60 327.80 339.20 354.20 Supply charge ($/a) Fixture charge non-residential 366.20 customers ($/a)(a) 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 375.32 389.00 398.80 413.76 443.82 484.25 Supply charge ($/a) Fixture charge non-residential 366.20 380.72 390.00 404.64 434.04 473.58 customers ($/a) 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 Supply charge ($/a) 516.11 555.39 600.65 492.02 505.41 523.18 Fixture charge non-residential 504.74 543.15 587.42 481.18 494.28 511.66 customers ($/a) (a) For every additional flushing fixture greater than two.
Sewerage services pricing Introduction This chapter starts by describing sewerage services pricing arrangements in the ACT and other Australian jurisdictions. This is followed by canvassing a number of specific theoretical and practical issues related to the pricing of sewerage services. Arrangements in the ACT Since 200304, sewerage tariffs in the ACT have comprised a fixed annual supply charge for residential premises, and the same fixed supply charge plus an annual charge per flushing fixture (in excess of two) for non-residential premises. Icon Water does not apply any volume- or strength-based trade waste charges. Icon Water’s sewerage services tariffs since the 199899 regulatory period as determined by the Commission. Table 5.1 Icon Water sewerage services tariffs, 1998–99 to 2015–16 ($, current prices) 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Supply charge ($/a) 300.00 310.50 317.60 327.80 339.20 354.20 Fixture charge non-residential customers ($/a)(a) 366.20 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 Supply charge ($/a) 375.32 389.00 398.80 413.76 443.82 484.25 Fixture charge non-residential customers ($/a) 366.20 380.72 390.00 404.64 434.04 473.58 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 Supply charge ($/a) 516.11 555.39 600.65 492.02 505.41 523.18 Fixture charge non-residential customers ($/a) 504.74 543.15 587.42 481.18 494.28 511.66 (a) For every additional flushing fixture greater than two.
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