Regulated electricity prices 2015–16

Status
Past review
Final report
18/06/2015

On 18 June 2015, we released our final decision on the regulated retail electricity prices that will apply from 1 July 2015.  The prices have also been published in the Queensland Government gazette.

The gazette notice and all other public documents relating to our final decision can be downloaded below.

On 28 April 2015, the Queensland Government announced that it will retain price regulation in south east Queensland for 2015-16, rather than introduce price monitoring.  As a result of this decision, we have received a new delegation, which can be downloaded below, to determine regulated prices to apply throughout the state.

Since this was a significant change in the scope of our review, we conducted further consultation before making a final decision.  We released a consultation paper, conducted an additional stakeholder workshop and accepted submissions from interested parties. To allow sufficient time for further consultation, we advised that we would release our final decision on 12 June 2015.

Unfortunately, it was necessary to delay the release of our final decision because we were awaiting the appointment of a third member to the board of the QCA.  We advised that we now expected to release our final decision by 19 June 2015.

On 10 December 2014, we released our draft determination.  Submissions in response to the draft determination closed on 27 February 2015.  All non-confidential submissions received can be downloaded below.

At the request of the Minister for Energy and Water Supply, we also provided advice on the estimated impact of removing Solar Bonus Scheme costs from electricity prices.

On 28 August 2014, the Minister for Energy and Water Supply provided us with a Delegation to set regulated retail electricity prices for regional Queensland from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

On 30 September, we commenced our review by releasing an Interim Consultation Paper.

As in previous reviews, we have engaged ACIL Allen to provide advice on energy costs.  The terms of reference for ACIL Allen’s engagement are below.

Report and papers

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18 June 2015 Final report QCA Final Determination – Regulated electricity prices for 2015-16 pdf, 2.56 Mb
02 June 2015 Consultant report ACIL Allen – Estimated energy costs for Final Determination 2015-16 pdf, 1.32 Mb
02 June 2015 Consultant report ACIL Allen – Cost of energy modelling data xlsx, 62.75 Kb
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18 June 2015 Notice Gazette Notice – 18 June 2015 pdf, 399.04 Kb
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18 June 2015 Fact sheet Regulated electricity prices from 1 July 2015 pdf, 389.25 Kb
18 June 2015 Fact sheet Residential electricity prices from 1 July 2015 pdf, 445.45 Kb
18 June 2015 Fact sheet Business electricity prices from 1 July 2015 pdf, 506.65 Kb
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04 May 2015 Consultation paper Further Consultation Paper – Regulated Retail Electricity Prices for 2015-16 pdf, 1.46 Mb
12 May 2015 Other documents Consultation workshop presentation pdf, 686.15 Kb
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18 May 2015 Submission AGL Submission pdf, 182.74 Kb
21 May 2015 Submission Australian Sugar Milling Council – late submission pdf, 178.91 Kb
21 May 2015 Submission Australian Sugar Milling Council – late submission attachment 1 pdf, 425.30 Kb
21 May 2015 Submission Australian Sugar Milling Council – late submission attachment 2 pdf, 1.17 Mb
18 May 2015 Submission Australians in Retirement – Cairns and District Branch Submission pdf, 480.93 Kb
18 May 2015 Submission Canegrowers Isis Submission pdf, 231.76 Kb
18 May 2015 Submission Energy Retailers Association of Australia pdf, 231.23 Kb
19 May 2015 Submission Energy Supply Association of Australia Submission pdf, 55.29 Kb
18 May 2015 Submission EnergyAustralia Submission pdf, 77.88 Kb
18 May 2015 Submission Ergon Energy Corporation Limited Submission pdf, 191.11 Kb
18 May 2015 Submission Ergon Energy Queensland Submission pdf, 195.65 Kb
18 May 2015 Submission Far North Queensland Electricity Users Network Submission pdf, 496.08 Kb
18 May 2015 Submission Lumo Energy Submission pdf, 523.25 Kb
18 May 2015 Submission Origin Energy Submission pdf, 67.40 Kb
18 May 2015 Submission QCOSS Submission pdf, 596.90 Kb
18 May 2015 Submission Queensland Consumers Association Submission pdf, 145.74 Kb
18 May 2015 Submission Queensland Farmers – Federation Submission pdf, 150.34 Kb
18 May 2015 Submission Red Energy Submission pdf, 527.18 Kb
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10 December 2014 Draft report QCA Draft Determination – Regulated Electricity Prices for 2015-16 pdf, 9.41 Mb
10 December 2014 Consultant report ACIL Allen report – Estimated Energy Costs for Draft Determination 2015-16 pdf, 1.24 Mb
10 December 2014 Consultant report ACIL Allen – Cost of Energy Modelling Data pdf, 742.18 Kb
10 December 2014 Consultant report ACIL Allen – Cost of Energy Modelling Data Excel Format xlsx, 57.53 Kb
17 February 2015 Other documents Consultation workshop presentation pdf, 890.22 Kb
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10 December 2014 Fact sheet Regional electricity prices from 1 July 2015 pdf, 149.61 Kb
10 December 2014 Fact sheet Residential electricity prices from 1 July 2015 pdf, 203.53 Kb
10 December 2014 Fact sheet Business electricity prices from 1 July 2015 pdf, 194.67 Kb
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02 March 2015 Submission Australians in Retirement Submission pdf, 367.66 Kb
02 March 2015 Submission Canegrowers ISIS Submission pdf, 690.02 Kb
04 March 2015 Submission Canegrowers Submission pdf, 121.43 Kb
02 March 2015 Submission CCIQ Submission pdf, 299.44 Kb
11 March 2015 Submission COTA Queensland Late Submission pdf, 107.03 Kb
02 March 2015 Submission Cummings Economics Submission pdf, 700.30 Kb
02 March 2015 Submission Energy Retailers Association of Australia Submission pdf, 75.01 Kb
02 March 2015 Submission Energy Supply Association of Australia Submission pdf, 49.90 Kb
02 March 2015 Submission Ergon Energy Corporation Limited Submission pdf, 205.10 Kb
02 March 2015 Submission Ergon Energy Queensland Submission pdf, 270.78 Kb
03 March 2015 Submission Local Government Association of Queensland Submission pdf, 791.26 Kb
02 March 2015 Submission Origin Energy Submission pdf, 90.70 Kb
02 March 2015 Submission Pioneer Canegrowers Submission pdf, 458.52 Kb
02 March 2015 Submission Queensland Consumers Association Submission pdf, 126.80 Kb
03 March 2015 Submission Queensland Council of Social Service Submission pdf, 906.60 Kb
02 March 2015 Submission Queensland Farmers – Federation Submission pdf, 150.69 Kb
02 March 2015 Submission Toowoomba Regional Council Submission pdf, 864.36 Kb
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08 December 2014 Minister’s direction Ministers’ Direction pdf, 287.60 Kb
09 December 2014 Final report Advice to Minister pdf, 612.53 Kb
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30 September 2014 Consultation paper Interim Consultation Paper pdf, 1.37 Mb
30 September 2014 Other documents ACIL Allen – Terms of Reference pdf, 333.16 Kb
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30 September 2014 Fact sheet Interim Consultation Paper – Fact Sheet pdf, 285.21 Kb
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05 November 2014 Submission Australian Sugar Industry Alliance pdf, 411.59 Kb
05 November 2014 Submission Australian Sugar Industry Alliance – Attachment pdf, 4.87 Mb
29 October 2014 Submission Canegrowers ISIS pdf, 497.29 Kb
29 October 2014 Submission COTA Queensland pdf, 138.62 Kb
29 October 2014 Submission Energy Retailers Association of Australia pdf, 225.68 Kb
05 November 2014 Submission Energy Supply Association of Australia – received 5 Nov pdf, 205.69 Kb
29 October 2014 Submission Ergon Energy – Distribution pdf, 283.75 Kb
29 October 2014 Submission Ergon Energy – Retail pdf, 287.49 Kb
29 October 2014 Submission Origin Energy pdf, 114.28 Kb
29 October 2014 Submission Queensland Consumers – Association pdf, 240.19 Kb
30 October 2014 Submission Queensland Council of Social Service pdf, 322.05 Kb
29 October 2014 Submission Toowoomba Regional Council pdf, 86.75 Kb
29 October 2014 Submission Tranter M pdf, 449.04 Kb
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28 April 2015 Minister’s direction Current Ministerial Delegation – 22 April 2015 pdf, 2.35 Mb
03 September 2014 Minister’s direction Previous Ministerial Delegation – 28 August 2014 pdf, 875.71 Kb
03 September 2014 Minister’s direction Previous Ministerial Delegation cover letter – 29 August 2014 pdf, 440.75 Kb