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Sydney Water concerned about proposed prices

by Jessica Dickers
April 27, 2016
in Company news, News, Retail, Water
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Sydney Water has expressed concern at some aspects of the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal’s (IPART) draft pricing determination.

The draft pricing determination was released by IPART in March 2016 and Sydney Water has since evaluated its recommendations.

Sydney Water Managing Director, Kevin Young, said it was pleasing to see a big bill reduction for customers, but some of the determinations were likely to have a material impact on the long-term interests of customers.

“We have customers at the heart of all our decisions and they have been our focus in making this submission,” Mr Young said.

“Many elements of IPART’s draft determination support our original proposals, including modernising the guidelines under which we operate and passing on a substantial saving to customers through cheaper bills.

“The bill reduction is a recognition of the hard work and efficiencies that the organisation has made over the period of the last price determination.

“In fact, our new submission recommends even lower bills than our original proposal because of the better ways that we are managing our business.

“It’s great that our customers will reap the rewards of our efforts.”

However, Mr Young said Sydney Water’s main concerns about the submission centre on the additional efficiencies and savings that it has been instructed to make while still passing on the high bill reduction and maintaining top quality services.

Mr Young said Sydney Water needed to balance the needs of customers with business sustainability.

“The IPART draft determination recommended an $80million reduction in operating expenditure and a $420million reduction in capital expenditure, over the significant efficiencies already flagged by Sydney Water,” Mr Young said.

“We believe the proposed reductions increase our risk of being able to maintain appropriate service levels for our customers, community and the environment.

“We have a strong track record of finding efficiencies, especially through the use of modern technology to improve our work practices.

“This will continue, however we think that more appropriate reductions are $56million in operating expenditure and $186million in capital expenditure.”

Mr Young said he hoped IPART would consider these and other elements of Sydney Water’s submission, before making its final determination.

“We have an absolute commitment to providing high quality services that benefit the entire community and the environment,” Mr Young said.

“Service delivery and our customers will continue to be a priority.

“If adopted though, our submission will foster an even greater confidence in Sydney Water and the essential work that we do.”

View the full IPART draft pricing determination for Sydney Water here.

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