The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of NSW - IPART has reviewed the maximum prices State Water Corporation State Water can charge for bulk water services.
In December 2008, IPART released it's final report and determination of CityRail's fares for 2009-2012 period. Consistent with the determination CityRail has proposed new fares from 3 January 2010.
This Information Paper provides an outline of IPART’s review of the inflation factor in industry price determinations and the reasons why it intends to adopt a ‘through-the-year’ method to measure general price inflation for future industry price
Draft System Performance Standards for Hunter Water Corporation covering water pressure, sewer overflows and water supply continuity. Standards are for number of properties affected and number of repeat events.
In 2010, IPART released an information paper setting out our views at the time on how different types of affordability concerns for utility services and public transport could be addressed.
In December 2008, IPART released its final report and determination of CityRail's fares for 2009-2012. In December 2009 IPART released its final report and determination on metropolitan and outer metropolitan buses for 2010-2013.
The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal - IPART today released a final report which determines increases in regulated gas prices for small gas customers in New South Wales over the next 3 years.
In its pricing determinations, IPART uses a real rate of return to determine the cost of capital allowance of its building blocks model. This cost of capital allowance forms a substantial part of the annual revenue requirement of utilities.
This report sets out the changes IPART is making to its current approach to applying regulatory tests for capital expenditure (capex) in its building-block-based pricing reviews.The changes are relatively minor compared to the extensive enhancemen