Australian Competition Tribunal - Annexure A (Part 2) - 10 February 2012

On 10 February 2012, the Australian Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) made its final determination in relation to the access arrangement made by the AER in July 2011 for the South Australian gas distribution network owned by Envestra. The determination varied the AER’s approach to calculating the allowance for the cost of debt, and overturned the AER’s decision to not allow Envestra to recover the costs of a ‘network management fee’ margin included in the charges paid to APA, a related party which provides network services to Envestra.