These documents are available on the website at or AER’s http://www.aer.gov.au/node/21843. We have considered the costs to DNSP of providing the information and consider they are outweighed by the social benefits. The explanatory statement for the final Expenditure Forecast Assessment Guideline (referred to above) contains detailed consideration of the costs and benefits. Furthermore, we had regard to the regulatory purposes in preparing and providing the draft of the Notice. Subsequently, the AER has considered written and oral representations made by NSPs in response to the draft Notice, including issues they raised regarding the contents of the Notice and the nature of the obligations to comply with it. In response to those representations, we have made significant amendments to the draft of the Notice. In particular, we have reduced the scope of the information that we require and we have modified some procedural requirements set out in the Notice. In making these changes we again had regard to the matters to be addressed by the service of the Notice and to the likely costs that may be incurred by an efficient network service provider in complying with the Notice. Therefore, the AER considers that the information required by this is reasonably Notice necessary for the AER to perform its functions under chapter 6 of the NER. APPENDIX E: PRINCIPLES AND REQUIREMENTS GENERAL In responding to this Notice DNSP must allocate costs for each Regulatory Year in accordance with the AER approved cost allocation method in effect for that Regulatory Year. In responding to this Notice DNSP must apply the classification of services for each Regulatory Year as per the final determination on the classification of services AER’s for that year. DNSP must provide all information required in the Regulatory Templates, subject to the following exceptions: Weather corrected maximum demand (see paragraphs 8.13(b) and 8.6(b)) Adjustments to demand data for embedded generation (see paragraphs 8.5(b) and 8.12(c)) Connection point ratings (see paragraph 8.11(b)) Detailed reasons for sustained interruptions to supply (see paragraph 18.5) Hazard tree clearance expenditure (see paragraph 12.11)
These documents are available on the AER’s website at or http://www.aer.gov.au/node/21843. We have considered the costs to DNSP of providing the information and consider they are outweighed by the social benefits. The explanatory statement for the final Expenditure Forecast Assessment Guideline (referred to above) contains detailed consideration of the costs and benefits. Furthermore, we had regard to the regulatory purposes in preparing and providing the draft of the Notice. Subsequently, the AER has considered written and oral representations made by NSPs in response to the draft Notice, including issues they raised regarding the contents of the Notice and the nature of the obligations to comply with it. In response to those representations, we have made significant amendments to the draft of the Notice. In particular, we have reduced the scope of the information that we require and we have modified some procedural requirements set out in the Notice. In making these changes we again had regard to the matters to be addressed by the service of the Notice and to the likely costs that may be incurred by an efficient network service provider in complying with the Notice. Therefore, the AER considers that the information required by this Notice is reasonably necessary for the AER to perform its functions under chapter 6 of the NER. APPENDIX E: PRINCIPLES AND REQUIREMENTS GENERAL In responding to this Notice DNSP must allocate costs for each Regulatory Year in accordance with the AER approved cost allocation method in effect for that Regulatory Year. In responding to this Notice DNSP must apply the classification of services for each Regulatory Year as per the AER’s final determination on the classification of services for that year. DNSP must provide all information required in the Regulatory Templates, subject to the following exceptions: Weather corrected maximum demand (see paragraphs 8.13(b) and 8.6(b)) Adjustments to demand data for embedded generation (see paragraphs 8.5(b) and 8.12(c)) Connection point ratings (see paragraph 8.11(b)) Detailed reasons for sustained interruptions to supply (see paragraph 18.5) Hazard tree clearance expenditure (see paragraph 12.11)
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