sec.90Deciding prices for standard contract customers

### sec.90 Deciding prices for standard contract customers The Minister must, for each tariff year, decide (a price determination ) the prices, or the methodology for fixing the prices, that a retailer may charge its standard contract customers for all or any of the following— customer retail services; charges or fees relating to customer retail services; charges or fees for late or dishonoured payments credit card surcharges for payments for the services other goods and services prescribed under a regulation. The price determination must be in the form of a tariff schedule. To remove any doubt, the following is declared for a price determination— it may be made from time to time and not just once a year; a tariff from the tariff schedule for the current or previous tariff year may be added to, removed or changed; a tariff may be added to the tariff schedule at any time during a tariff year; it may include network charges; it can not be made for distribution non-network charges. The prices, or prices fixed under the methodology, are, for a retailer, called the notified prices . In making a price determination, the pricing entity— must have regard to all of the following— the actual costs of making, producing or supplying the goods or services; the effect of the price determination on competition in the Queensland retail electricity market; if QCA is the pricing entity—any matter the pricing entity is required by delegation to consider; and may have regard to any other matter the pricing entity considers relevant. The pricing entity may decide that the notified prices exclude one of the following— GST; the amount fixed by the pricing entity, or the amount worked out in a way fixed by the pricing entity, as the net effect on prices of GST and matters related to the imposition of GST (the net GST effect ). In this section— distribution non-network charges means charges of a distribution entity, approved by the jurisdictional regulator under the National Electricity (Queensland) Law , that— are referable to a specific customer or retailer request; and do not include network charges. a de-energisation or disconnection fee a reconnection fee a meter test fee network charges means charges of a distribution entity for— distribution use of system charges for the use of a shared supply network of the distribution entity; and any transmission use of system charges payable by the distribution entity for the use of a transmission grid to which the supply network is connected. s 90 sub 1997 No. 50 s 17 ; 1997 No. 77 s 34 amd 2000 No. 20 s 29 sch 3 ; 2003 No. 28 s 6 ; 2004 No. 51 s 17 ; 2006 No. 60 s 22 (amd 2007 No. 17 s 41 ); 2011 No. 29 s 7 ; 2012 No. 8 s 35 ; 2013 No. 28 s 22 ; 2014 No. 48 s 46 (sec.90-ssec.1) The Minister must, for each tariff year, decide (a price determination ) the prices, or the methodology for fixing the prices, that a retailer may charge its standard contract customers for all or any of the following— customer retail services; charges or fees relating to customer retail services; charges or fees for late or dishonoured payments credit card surcharges for payments for the services other goods and services prescribed under a regulation. (sec.90-ssec.2) The price determination must be in the form of a tariff schedule. (sec.90-ssec.3) To remove any doubt, the following is declared for a price determination— it may be made from time to time and not just once a year; a tariff from the tariff schedule for the current or previous tariff year may be added to, removed or changed; a tariff may be added to the tariff schedule at any time during a tariff year; it may include network charges; it can not be made for distribution non-network charges. (sec.90-ssec.4) The prices, or prices fixed under the methodology, are, for a retailer, called the notified prices . (sec.90-ssec.5) In making a price determination, the pricing entity— must have regard to all of the following— the actual costs of making, producing or supplying the goods or services; the effect of the price determination on competition in the Queensland retail electricity market; if QCA is the pricing entity—any matter the pricing entity is required by delegation to consider; and may have regard to any other matter the pricing entity considers relevant. (sec.90-ssec.6) The pricing entity may decide that the notified prices exclude one of the following— GST; the amount fixed by the pricing entity, or the amount worked out in a way fixed by the pricing entity, as the net effect on prices of GST and matters related to the imposition of GST (the net GST effect ). (sec.90-ssec.7) In this section— distribution non-network charges means charges of a distribution entity, approved by the jurisdictional regulator under the National Electricity (Queensland) Law , that— are referable to a specific customer or retailer request; and do not include network charges. a de-energisation or disconnection fee a reconnection fee a meter test fee network charges means charges of a distribution entity for— distribution use of system charges for the use of a shared supply network of the distribution entity; and any transmission use of system charges payable by the distribution entity for the use of a transmission grid to which the supply network is connected. - (a) customer retail services; - (b) charges or fees relating to customer retail services; Examples— • charges or fees for late or dishonoured payments • credit card surcharges for payments for the services - • charges or fees for late or dishonoured payments - • credit card surcharges for payments for the services - (c) other goods and services prescribed under a regulation. - • charges or fees for late or dishonoured payments - • credit card surcharges for payments for the services - (a) it may be made from time to time and not just once a year; - (b) a tariff from the tariff schedule for the current or previous tariff year may be added to, removed or changed; - (c) a tariff may be added to the tariff schedule at any time during a tariff year; - (d) it may include network charges; - (e) it can not be made for distribution non-network charges. - (a) must have regard to all of the following— (i) the actual costs of making, producing or supplying the goods or services; (ii) the effect of the price determination on competition in the Queensland retail electricity market; (iii) if QCA is the pricing entity—any matter the pricing entity is required by delegation to consider; and - (i) the actual costs of making, producing or supplying the goods or services; - (ii) the effect of the price determination on competition in the Queensland retail electricity market; - (iii) if QCA is the pricing entity—any matter the pricing entity is required by delegation to consider; and - (b) may have regard to any other matter the pricing entity considers relevant. - (i) the actual costs of making, producing or supplying the goods or services; - (ii) the effect of the price determination on competition in the Queensland retail electricity market; - (iii) if QCA is the pricing entity—any matter the pricing entity is required by delegation to consider; and - (a) GST; - (b) the amount fixed by the pricing entity, or the amount worked out in a way fixed by the pricing entity, as the net effect on prices of GST and matters related to the imposition of GST (the net GST effect ). - (a) are referable to a specific customer or retailer request; and - (b) do not include network charges. - • a de-energisation or disconnection fee - • a reconnection fee - • a meter test fee - (a) distribution use of system charges for the use of a shared supply network of the distribution entity; and - (b) any transmission use of system charges payable by the distribution entity for the use of a transmission grid to which the supply network is connected.