New Retail Electricity Pricing Orders (effective 1 January 2015)
The retail electricity tariffs and charges are regulated by the Territory Government, via an Electricity Pricing Order issued by the Regulatory Minister. This pricing order applies to contestable customers using less than 750 MWh per annum.
Recognising that some customers would experience a significant price shock as they moved from the regulated non-contestable tariff to a cost-reflective contestable tariff, the Territory Government has chosen to intervene in the competition process to allow for the staged movement to cost-reflective prices. The Regulatory Minister has issued an Electricity Pricing Order applying to contestable customers (who use between 750MWh and 2GWh of electricity per annum).