IPART (NSW) ICRC (ACT) QCA ESCOSA (SA) OTTER ESC (Victoria) AER (Queensland) (Tasmania) Transmission guidelines DNSP must DNSP must not DNSP must Not addressed. Separate Not addressed. TNSP that provides Allocation ensure costs a allocate any costs accounting ring-fenced service of costs relating to a related business. that are shared guidelines must allocate costs distribution between covering how that are shared service are fully prescribed DNSP should between any allocated to distribution present accounting services and either prescribed services, excluded reports and any other activity. distribution services and other disaggregation services or activities in a statements where DNSP must DNSP must DNSP must not DNSP must ensure DNSP must DNSP must ensure TNSP that provides excluded manner that they provide provide ensure that, provide distribution that any establish access that distribution ring-fenced services distribution ensures there is no contestable information where network access to information controls so that information it must ensure that Access to services on a cross subsidy and services. relating to the commercially a related business obtained in the users of DNSP’s provides to any information it information causation basis. according to a provision of valuable on more course of information retail business is provides to any methodology prescribed information is favourable terms conducting a systems do not available to all associate that takes approved by the distribution made available than those it licensed business have access to retail businesses. part in a related QCA. services to an to a related provides to any which might information business is independent business it is other customer or reasonably be concerning the available to any accredited also made Code participant. expected to affect distribution service other party, and that service provider available to materially the if the user is preferential on terms that are similarly situated commercial providing a treatment is not no less entities. interests of a contestable given to an favourable than related business or service. associate that takes the terms on provide a related part in a related which that business an business.
IPART (NSW) ICRC (ACT) QCA (Queensland) ESCOSA (SA) OTTER (Tasmania) ESC (Victoria) AER Transmission guidelines Allocation of costs DNSP must ensure costs relating to a distribution service are fully allocated to either prescribed distribution services or excluded distribution services on a causation basis. DNSP must not a related business. DNSP must allocate any costs that are shared between prescribed distribution services, excluded services and other activities in a manner that ensures there is no cross subsidy and according to a methodology approved by the QCA. Not addressed. Separate accounting guidelines covering how DNSP should present accounting reports and disaggregation statements where they provide contestable services. Not addressed. TNSP that provides ring-fenced service must allocate costs that are shared between any services and any other activity. Access to information DNSP must provide information relating to the provision of prescribed distribution services to an independent accredited service provider on terms that are no less favourable than the terms on which that DNSP must ensure that, where commercially valuable information is made available to a related business it is also made available to similarly situated entities. DNSP must not provide distribution network access to a related business on more favourable terms than those it provides to any other customer or Code participant. DNSP must ensure that any information obtained in the course of conducting a licensed business which might reasonably be expected to affect materially the commercial interests of a related business or provide a related business an DNSP must establish access controls so that users of DNSP’s information systems do not have access to information concerning the distribution service if the user is providing a contestable service. DNSP must ensure that distribution information it provides to any retail business is available to all retail businesses. TNSP that provides ring-fenced services must ensure that information it provides to any associate that takes part in a related business is available to any other party, and that preferential treatment is not given to an associate that takes part in a related business.
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