SEQ grid service charges for 2012–13

Status
Past review
Final report
16/07/2012

We released our final report to the Minister for Energy and Water Supply in July 2012.

Total GSCs ($ million)Volume (ML)$/ML
Seqwater702.0284,5332,468
LinkWater221.7230,138963
Total923.7284,533 3,431

The total recommended grid service charge of $3,431/ML compares to the $2,015/ML bulk water price charged to users in 2012–13. The SEQ Water Grid Manager was therefore forecast to recover only 59% of bulk water costs.

We received submissions from Seqwater and LinkWater on 29 February 2012, and we published our draft report on 4 May 2012.

We recommended grid service charges (GSCs) for Seqwater in 2012–13  for a total of $719.9 million. This was higher than 2011–12, due to increases in capital charges resulting from the commissioning of Wyaralong Dam and Hinze Dam raising, the correction of a modelling error, and increased input prices.

Despite downward revisions to several of LinkWater’s proposed costs, LinkWater’s draft recommended GSCs of $234.8 million were higher than in 2011–12, due to the correction of a modelling error.

We received a direction notice under the SEQ Water Market Rules from the Minister for Energy and Water Utilities to investigate and recommend bulk water GSCs for 2012–13.

The GSCs were to be paid by the SEQ Water Grid Manager to Seqwater and LinkWater.

We were required to review fixed and variable operating costs and to provide advice on potential efficiency improvements and business savings based on good industry practice.

Report and papers

 Title Document
16 July 2012 Final report SEQ Grid Service Charges 2012-13 Final Report pdf, 2.69 Mb
Title Document
15 June 2012 Consultant report SKM Assessment of Merger and Duplication of Effort and Benchmarking – Seqwater pdf, 6.87 Mb
15 June 2012 Consultant report SKM Assessment of Merger- Duplication of Effort and Benchmarking – LinkWater pdf, 6.77 Mb
15 June 2012 Consultant report SKM Assessment of Merger and Duplication of Effort – Addendum pdf, 237.31 Kb
15 June 2012 Consultant report SKM Assessment of Capital and Operating Expenditure – Seqwater pdf, 7.60 Mb
15 June 2012 Consultant report SKM Assessment of Capital and Operating Expenditure – LinkWater pdf, 5.84 Mb
Title Document
07 February 2014 Submission LinkWater submission re- Draft Report pdf, 204.13 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Seqwater submission re- Draft Report – Cover Letter pdf, 115.40 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Seqwater submission re- Draft Report pdf, 960.48 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission SEQ Water Grid Manager Submission re- Draft Report pdf, 268.32 Kb
Title Document
15 May 2012 Draft report SEQ Grid Service Charges 2012-13 Draft Report pdf, 1.46 Mb
Title Document
15 May 2012 Consultant report SKM Assessment of Merger – Duplication of Effort and Benchmarking – Seqwater May 12 pdf, 2.67 Mb
15 May 2012 Consultant report SKM Assessment of Merger- Duplication of Effort and Benchmarking – LinkWater pdf, 4.24 Mb
15 May 2012 Consultant report SKM Assessment of Capital and Operating Expenditure – Seqwater pdf, 7.25 Mb
15 May 2012 Consultant report SKM Assessment of Capital and Operating Expenditure – LinkWater pdf, 5.47 Mb
Title Document
07 February 2014 Submission Seqwater 2012-13 Submission pdf, 2.92 Mb
07 February 2014 Submission Seqwater 2012-13 Submission- Cover Letter pdf, 1.42 Mb
07 February 2014 Submission Seqwater 2012-13 Submission- Response to SEQ Water Grid Manager submission pdf, 1.01 Mb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A32 Opex – Luggage Point AWTP pdf, 79.45 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A31 Opex – Gibson Island AWTP pdf, 77.22 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A30 Opex – Bundamba AWTP pdf, 79.67 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A29 Opex – Gold Coast Desalination Plant pdf, 79.79 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A28 Opex – Ewen Maddock Dam pdf, 77.49 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A27 Opex – Baroon Pocket Dam pdf, 77.83 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A26 Opex – Moogerah Dam pdf, 77.53 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A25 Opex – Lake McDonald pdf, 78.01 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A24 Opex – Hinze Dam pdf, 78.26 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A23 Opex – Leslie Harrison Dam pdf, 77.48 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A22 Opex – Wyaralong Dam pdf, 77.67 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A21 Opex – North Pine Dam pdf, 78.07 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A20 Opex – Somerset Dam pdf, 77.52 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A19 Opex – Wivenhoe Dam pdf, 79.63 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A18 Opex – Mt Crosby Westbank WTP pdf, 80.54 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A17 Opex – Nth Stradebroke WTP pdf, 80.77 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A16 Opex – Noosa WTP pdf, 79.68 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A15 Opex – Petrie WTP pdf, 80.20 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A14 Opex – Capalaba WTP pdf, 80.44 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A13 Opex – Mudgeeraba WTP pdf, 80.17 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A12 Opex – Landers Shute WTP pdf, 80.20 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A11 Opex – Molendinar WTP pdf, 80.56 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A10 Opex – North Pine WTP pdf, 80.51 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A9 Opex – Mt Crosby Eastbank WTP pdf, 80.15 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A8 Capex 2012-13 pdf, 149.63 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A7 Capex 2011-12 pdf, 118.01 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A6 Irrigation pdf, 43.61 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A5 Allowable Costs pdf, 42.37 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A4 Working Capital pdf, 42.98 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A3 RAB pdf, 52.27 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A2 Operating Costs – consolidated pdf, 88.03 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A1 Summary pdf, 19.05 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A33 Opex – Pipeline Network pdf, 76.99 Kb
07 February 2014 Submission Information Return – A34 Opex – Other Metrics pdf, 43.24 Kb
Title Document
16 July 2012 Submission Cover Letter pdf, 80.31 Kb
15 May 2012 Submission Annual Operations Plan pdf, 5.16 Mb
15 May 2012 Submission SEQ Water Grid Submission pdf, 20.61 Mb
Title Document
15 May 2012 Submission Cover Letter pdf, 388.35 Kb
15 May 2012 Submission LinkWater Submission pdf, 2.68 Mb
Title Document
15 May 2012 Other documents Grid Service Providers- Costs of Debt pdf, 2.13 Mb
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