This report was prepared by the Tribunal in 1999 in response to a request by the then NSW Premier to review specific aspects of the NSW Rail Access Regime, when Rail Access Corporation (RAC) was owner of the NSW rail track.
Twenty years ago the Greiner Government established the first independent economic price regulator in Australia. Perhaps the boldness of that step is not fully appreciated.
This presentation summarises our draft decisions on changes in regulated electricity retail prices from 1 July 2011, and recommended actions to improve electricity affordability.