News & Views
12th April 2022
Essential Energy is introducing fees for some Low Voltage Connection Applications from 2 May 2022
These fees cover the costs of services it already provides and, under our agreement with the Australian Energy Regulator (AER), are expected to charge the specific customers requiring the service.
From 2 May 2022, they will apply:
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fees for connection enquiries based on the estimated effort to complete (noting that not all enquiries will be charged a fee)
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additional fees to some connection applications where detailed engineering assessments (1% of applications) or power quality studies are required (0.1% of all applications a year)
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rejection fees for applications submitted without the required information or attachments/supporting information.
Fee changes
ANS Service
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Primary use case
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Network Service
(as per Price Schedule for Ancillary Network Services 1 July 2021)
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Amount
(as per Price Schedule for Ancillary Network Services 1 July 2021) (exc GST)
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What is changing?
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Applied from
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Upfront payment
(from 2 May)
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Billed through secure online payment gateway
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Currently billed?
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LV Connection Enquiry
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New land development, new home build
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2.2 Preliminary Enquiry Service
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Starting from $185.95/hr
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2 May
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Planning Assessments
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Renewables development |
2.5 Planning, Protection and Power Quality Studies
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$205.63/hr
(Engineer Officer R3)
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2 May
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Power Quality Assessments
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Requiring additional load on the network
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2.5 Planning, Protection and Power Quality Studies
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$185.95/hr
(Technical Specialist R2b)
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2 May
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Incomplete Information
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Insufficient information provided by applicant
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2.4 Connection Offer Service
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$27.42
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2 May
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Connection application fees
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Solar Connections/ Upgrades
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2.4 Connection Offer Service
Basic + Tech Review
Standard
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$27.42 per offer
$123.38 per offer
$164.50 per offer
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Already applied
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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The table of Ancillary Network Service and Amounts are as per the Price Schedule for Ancillary Network Services 1 July 2021. These Network Service changes will move to upfront payment via the secure online payment gateway.
What do you need to do?
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Accredited Service Providers, Authorised Persons and Electrical Contractors should consider pricing changes when preparing quotations for customers regarding future work.
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Communicate this information to relevant members of your organisation.