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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 14 Hansard (12 December) . . Page.. 4957 ..

1. (a) What, in detail are the cost components which make up a price charged to a resident for providing an underground electrical cable to a residential block (for instance, materials, connection fees, supply and laying work, labour costs, etc.)?

(b) How is each individual component assessed?

(c) What hourly rates are charged for components representing labour costs?

2. (a) What are the cost components which make up a price charged to a resident for removing/replacing an existing electricity pole, including staywires, retensioning and any other detailed costs?

(b) How is each individual component assessed?

(c) What hourly rates are charged for components representing labour costs?

Mr De Domenico - the answer to the Member's question is as follows:

1. (a) The resident is not charged for an underground service connection from the street verge to the dwelling. The service is installed free of charge at the time of dwelling construction. Customers opening new accounts with ACTEW Corporation pay a standard fee of $34. The fees are published in ACTEW Corporation Schedule of Charges 1996 available from all ACTEW shopfronts. The fees are standardised, the fees are not based on hourly charges.

(b) A customer requesting an undergrounding of the existing overhead service is required to provide the underground conduit and is charged standard rates for the related work. The rates are determined under section 48 of the Energy and Water Act 1988 and were updated in 1995. These include:

service positioning and inspection fee $210

fuse box supply and installation $255

service cable supply and installation @ $13.50 per metre.

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