In the wake of today’s showdown with the Actew board Andrew Barr has announced plans to lower the cost of water and sewerage:
The ACT Government has supported the ICRC’s draft determination to provide relief from cost of living pressures on Canberra households by lowering water and sewerage bills in the Territory.
The ACT Government has provided [...]

The Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission has proposed a reduction in water prices in the wake of its draft report on regulated water and sewerage services:
If the prices proposed in this review were to come into effect, volumetric water prices would drop by about 17 per cent and sewerage services prices by about 24 [...]

Stand up and be counted on water.

The Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission has released a discussion paper on water prices.
• The most significant factor that could affect prices and bills in the next regulatory period would be recovering the revenue shortfall over a five-year period, which would increase prices in 2013–14 by 37 per cent and the bulk of customer bills [...]

The Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission has announced the release of its draft report on Secondary water use in the ACT and has declared:
‘The ACT has now emerged from one of its worst droughts on record. Based on the major investments that are underway currently and the actions of the ACT community in reducing their [...]

The Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission has made Zed Seselja’s day by announcing that the price on carbon is sending your power bills shooting up as of July 2012:
The Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission today released its draft report on retail prices for franchise electricity customers. The draft price direction in that report increases the [...]

The Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission has released their compliance and performance report for Licensed Electricity, Gas, Water and Sewerage Utilities.
Generally it’s very rosy stuff. Performance is good and generally improving to my reading.
The gas network, however, came in for some worrying criticism:
– A compliance audit of all high-pressure meter set enclosures located inside buildings [...]

The Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission has put out an issues paper asking for your thoughts on recycled water in the ACT and how it should be used.
To get everyone on the same page they’ve also produced a context paper.
Submissions can be sent to icrc@act.gov.au before 5pm, 20 December 2011.

Simon Corbell has announced that he’s going against the advice of the Australian Energy Market Commission and keeping price regulation for households in the ACT.
The ACT Government does not agree with the AEMC recommendation on price regulation that the Transitional Franchise Tariff or TFT should be removed for small electricity customers, such as households.
The AEMC, [...]

The Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission has published their latest summary of generation under the troubled feed-in tariff scheme.
• During the June 2011 quarter, 1,653 new connections of renewable generators were made to the distribution network, compared with 868 made during the previous quarter.
• In total, 6,057 renewable generators were connected to the distribution network [...]

The Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission has not yet bestirred itself to update its website, but the ABC informs us they’ve approved a 6.4% rise in the price of electricity for the coming financial year.
Acting senior commissioner Malcolm Gray says the main reason for the rise is the Federal Government’s increased renewable energy [...]

The Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission has announced it’s determination that water prices are going to be jumping 15%:
‘Increases in water and wastewater charges announced by the Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission reflect additional costs associated with water security projects being undertaken by ACTEW and reduced levels of demand for water over projections for the [...]

Minister for Energy Simon Corbell has announced that despite two weeks ago taking on board the recommendation of the ICRC, that the feed-in tarriff for solar power should fall, he’s going to keep it where it is:
Simon Corbell, has today announced that the premium rate for the micro-generation category of the ACT feed-in tariff scheme [...]

The Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission has released its activity summary on the Electricity Feed-in Scheme for feed-in from renewable energy generators to the electricity network.
So basically the home owners getting paid by non home-owners to get solar panels on their roofs.
The summary lists the Suburbs with the greatest number of connections to the scheme:
– [...]

The ABC are reporting on a draft they’ve seen from the Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission into the $7 million a year the ACT Goverment is paying to keep the racing industry happy and healthy in the ACT.
In this year’s budget the ACT Government stepped in, funding the industry $7 million a year for four [...]

ACTEW are happy to report that after a protracted process the Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission has given a tick to the Enlarged Cotter Dam:
ACTEW Managing Director Mark Sullivan said he was pleased the ICRC’s report confirmed the final price of $363 million represents an efficient cost for building the dam and found that the [...]