Alternative control service Customer specific or customer requested services. These services may also have potential for provision on a competitive basis rather than by the local distributor. We set service specific prices to enable the distributor to recover the full cost of each service from customers using that service. Negotiated service Services we consider require a less prescriptive regulatory approach because all relevant parties have sufficient countervailing market power to negotiate the provision of those services. Distributors and customers are able to negotiate prices according to a framework established by the NER. We are available to arbitrate if necessary. Unclassified service Services that are not distribution services or services that are contestable. We have no role in regulating these services. Source: AER Our preliminary position is to change the classification of some NSW distribution services for the 2019−24 regulatory control period. While we propose to retain the existing service classifications for most services, we intend to clarify service descriptions to better align with the services being provided, create consistency across jurisdictions as far as practicable and predictability in how new distribution services might be classified. Our proposed service classifications for the NSW network businesses are set out in figure 1
Planned Interruption – Customer requested Where the customer requests to move a planned interruption and agrees to fund the additional cost of performing this distribution service outside of normal business hours. N/A Alternative control (specific monopoly service) Attendance at customers' premises to perform a statutory right where access is prevented. A follow up attendance at a customer's premises to perform a statutory right where access was prevented or declined by the customer on the initial visit. This includes the costs of arranging, and the provision of, a security escort or police escort (where the cost is passed through to the distributor). Alternative control Alternative control (specific monopoly service) Inspection services - Private electrical installations and alternative service providers (ASPs) Inspection of and reinspection by a distributor of: private electrical wiring work undertaken by an electrical contractor ASP contestable connection and relocation works including investigation, review and implementation of remedial actions that may lead to corrective and disciplinary action of an ASP due to unsafe practices or substandard workmanship. Alternative control Alternative control (specific monopoly service) Authorisation of ASPs and associated administrative services Includes annual authorisation of individual employees and of ASPs and additional authorisations at request of ASP and other administrative services performed by the distributor relating to work performed by an ASP Alternative control Alternative control (specific monopoly service) Metering services Type 1-4 metering services Type 1 to 4 meters and supporting services are competitively available. Unclassified Unclassified Type 5 and 6 metering provision (before 1 July 2015) Distributors may recover the capital cost of type 5 and 6 metering equipment installed before 1 July 2015. Alternative control Alternative control (specific monopoly service)