Sewerage services pricing Introduction This chapter starts by describing sewerage services pricing arrangements in the ACT and other Australian jurisdictions. This is followed by canvassing a number of specific theoretical and practical issues related to the pricing of sewerage services. Arrangements in the ACT Since 200304, sewerage tariffs in the ACT have comprised a fixed annual supply charge for residential premises, and the same fixed supply charge plus an annual charge per flushing fixture (in excess of two) for non-residential premises. Icon Water does not apply any volume- or strength-based trade waste charges. Icon Water’s sewerage services tariffs since the 199899 regulatory period as determined by the Commission. Table 5.1 Icon Water sewerage services tariffs, 1998–99 to 2015–16 ($, current prices) 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Supply charge ($/a) 300.00 310.50 317.60 327.80 339.20 354.20 Fixture charge non-residential customers ($/a)(a) 366.20 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 Supply charge ($/a) 375.32 389.00 398.80 413.76 443.82 484.25 Fixture charge non-residential customers ($/a) 366.20 380.72 390.00 404.64 434.04 473.58 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 Supply charge ($/a) 516.11 555.39 600.65 492.02 505.41 523.18 Fixture charge non-residential customers ($/a) 504.74 543.15 587.42 481.18 494.28 511.66 (a) For every additional flushing fixture greater than two.
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