The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal today announced new price structure for water, sewerage and stormwater services for the Central Coast. For average customers overall bills will rise but at a lower rate than increases in inflation.
For this determination, the Tribunal has conducted an extensive public consultative process, reviewed all written submissions and held public hearings.
The Tribunal has decided that Sydney Water’s overall revenue should increase in line with movements in the consumer price index (CPI) in each year of the determination period.
IPART uses a real rate of return in setting prices to cover a utility's costs. This requires the conversion of a nominal cost of capital to a real cost of capital by adjusting for expected inflation.
Fact Sheet based on Determination and Final Report for the Review of prices for water and sewerage service provided by Council Energy in the Broken Hill area.
This report provides local councils with guidelines for the setting of fees for contestable services. Traditionally, five types of services have been provided solely by local councils which will now be opened up to competition.
This study has been prepared to assist the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of NSW (IPART) assess the efficient costs of local councils providing development control services, particularly the processing of Development Applications (DAs
In making price determinations, the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of NSW (IPART) has usually examined the indicative credit rating of the utility using various cash flow measures.
This consultation paper is a key step in the process of reviewing fees charged by councils and other consent authorities for development control services. Chapters 1-3 outline the current arrangements and provide an overview of submissions.
In keeping with commitments made in 1994 by the Council of Australian Governments (CoAG), the NSW Government is introducing competition into the supply of natural gas.
