Pricing - Price Comparisons
Aurora Pay As You Go Price Comparison Reports
Aurora Pay As You Go (APAYG) is a prepayment option offered to residential customers as an alternative to electricity supply via the standard tariffs.
The Regulator, in his Declaration of Retail Services to be investigated and Terms of Reference for the Price Investigation, Statement of Reasons January 2007, did not include prices charged for APAYG customers in the investigation of maximum prices. Instead, the Regulator made a commitment to monitor and report on price movements and in doing so make comparisons of APAYG costs with standard tariff costs to aid customers in making an informed choice as to which service offers more value to them.
The price comparison is based on the typical customer methodology established by the Regulator in his  Information Paper Typical Electricity Customers, March 2006. The methodology describes a set of "typical customers" based on consumption patterns and the combination of tariffs from which they are supplied. In simulating costs for typical APAYG customers a number of assumptions have been amended to take account of the differences between pricing structures for APAYG as compared to standard tariffs. APAYG rates differ between summer and winter, weekdays and weekends, and time of day.
OTTER has published the fourth  APAYG Price Comparison Report (rates as at 1 August 2010) that compares APAYG rates effective from 1 August 2010 with the standard regulated tariffs available for residential customers as at 1 July 2010.
Previous APAYG Price Comparison Reports
Supplementary Report (concessions available from 1 August 2009)
APAYG Price Comparison Report (rates as at 8 July 2009)
Comparison of APAYG Prices Report (period 2, rates as at 1 July 2008)
Comparison of APAYG Prices Report (period 1, rates as at 1 January 2008)
Comparison of APAYG Prices Report (rates as at January 2007)
Standard Tariff Price Comparison Reports
The Comparison of 2009 Australian Standard Offer Energy Prices Report provides an overview of the pricing environment in both the electricity and gas retail markets for 2009, as an update to information presented in Chapter 13 of the 2007-08 Energy Supply Industry Performance Report. Pricing information has been updated as a result of approved increases in tariffs across Australia, and the Tasmanian tariffs approved by the Regulator for 2009. The Report and Fact Sheet incorporates recently updated Tasmanian natural gas tariffs.
The Comparison of 2009 Australian Electricity Distribution Use of System Charges (DUoS) Report compares the DUoS charges available to small customers across Australian states by comparing distribution charges embedded in standing offer prices as at 1 July 2009. It examines the fixed and variable charges underlying the tariffs using the same methodology to compare tariffs as the Comparison of 2009 Australian Standing Offer Energy Prices Report.
Comparison of 2009 Australian Electricity Distribution Use of System Charges Report
Comparison of 2009 Australian Standing Offer Energy Prices Report
Comparison of 2009 Australian Standing Offer Energy Prices Fact Sheet
Previous Price Comparison Reports
Comparison of 2008 Australian Electricity Distribution Use of System Charges Report
Comparison of 2008 Australian Standard Offer Energy Prices Report
Comparison of 2008 Australian Standard Offer Energy Prices Fact Sheet |