Australian Competition Tribunal overules AER , allows untendered Victoria Advanced Interval Meter Rollout contract billed to end users |
First 2 of 11 paragraphs shown Victorian small consumer tariffs would increase about 3 per cent on top of other rises, after a 25 January ruling by the Australian Competition Tribunal overuled a determination by the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) and allowed an untendered internal contract between related firms (AIMRO Services Requirements) for Advanced Interval Meter Rollout (AIMRO) to Alinta Asset Management, to get billed to end customers. This decision allowed fees of $13.1 million by United Energy Distribution Pty Ltd (UED) to be billed to end users. Jemena Electricity, too: Related party margins/management fees of $8.4 million were allowed for Jemena Electricity Networks (Vic) Ltd ...Log in to read rest of Article or image. |