9Matters to be considered

9 Matters to be considered

In making a price-regulated retail service price determination in relation to a regulated offer retailer, the Regulator is to consider the following matters:

(a) any interstate or international benchmarks for prices, costs, revenues and return on assets in bodies providing a service similar to the services, under a standard retail contract with a small customer, to which the determination relates;

(b) the effects of inflation;

(c) the impact on pricing policies of any borrowing, capital, dividend, or taxation, obligations of the regulated offer retailer, including obligations to renew or increase assets;

(d) the quality of the provision of services, to small customers under standard retail contracts, of the regulated offer retailer;

(e) any licence, obligation, or retailer authorisation, under the Act, any regulations made under the Act, the National Energy Retail Law (Tasmania), the National Energy Retail Regulations (Tasmania), the National Energy Retail Law (Tasmania) Act 2012 and any regulations made under that Act, that apply, or are likely to apply, to the regulated offer retailer;

(f) the Code;

(g) the National Electricity Rules;

(h) any costs (including capital expenditure) incurred by the regulated offer retailer;

(i) the public interest;

(j) the protection of consumers of electricity;

(k) any other matter that the Regulator considers relevant.