Consultation Groups

The Secretariat liaises with other Government agencies, businesses, consumer, welfare, and private organisations, special interest groups, and individuals to provide IPART with advice.

As well as receiving a wide range of information from the Government agencies whose monopoly services are subject to review or price determination by IPART, the Secretariat receives substantial input from various Government agencies whose operations or policy areas impinge on the business activities of those agencies.

A number of consultative groups have been formed to improve IPART's awareness of the views of interested parties and to provide forums for discussion developments in regulated markets. These include:

Energy Industry Consultation Group

IPART has convened groups of service providers, users and prospective users to consult on matters relating to energy pricing and licensing issues. Current members are representatives of all the NSW DNSPs, NSW standard electricity retailers, NSW standard gas retailers, NSW gas networks and PIAC. Second-tier retailers are represented by the National Retailers Forum, EWON, MoEU, NSW Treasury and several large energy users.

For further information contact Andrew Hall.

2004 Network Determination Consultation

Various consultation groups have been established as part of the 2004 Network Determination Review:

Pricing Issues Consultation Group

As part of the 2004 network review process, the alternate pricing methodology to Part E of the Code, Pricing Principles and Methodologies for Prescribed Electricity Distribution Services will be reviewed in consultation with stakeholders. A Pricing Issues Consultation Group has been established for this purpose, comprising of representatives from the DNSPs, independent retailers, embedded generators, customer representative groups and other regulators.

This consultation group will be the main forum for stakeholders to provide feedback on DNSP and Secretariat proposals on pricing issues, including demand management. Minutes and presentations from the meetings will be placed on the website.

Miscellaneous Charges Consultation Group

The role of this consultation group is to provide expert and practical advice and options to the IPART's Secretariat regarding network distribution miscellaneous fees.

Monopoly Fees Consultation Group

The role of this consultation group is to assist IPART's Secretariat regarding monopoly fees associated with contestable works.