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Pricing - Price Comparisons
Price comparison reports are prepared regularly to provide an overview of the pricing environment in both the electricity and gas retail markets. The reports include a comparison of retail products available in Tasmania for small customers (Aurora Pay As You Go and standard regulated tariffs) and a comparison of distribution network pricing across Australia
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.
OTTER has published its sixth  APAYG Price Comparison Report (rates as at 13 July 2011) that compares APAYG rates effective from 13 July 2011 with the standard regulated tariffs available for residential customers as at 1 July 2011. The Report includes a comparison of APAYG and regulated tariff prices for concession card holders
The price comparison is based on the typical customer methodology established by the Regulator in 2006.
Previous APAYG Price Comparison Reports
 APAYG Price Comparison Report (rates as at 1 January 2011)
APAYG Price Comparison Report (rates as at 1 August 2010)
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 2011 Australian Standard Offer Energy Prices Report, August 2011 provides an overview of the pricing environment in both the electricity and gas retail markets for the second half of 2011, as an update to its 2011 price Comparison Report, released in January 2011. Pricing information has been updated as a result of approved increases in regulated tariffs and standing offers across Australia including the Tasmanian regulated tariffs approved by the Regulator which took effect from 1 July 2011. The Report and interstate comparison of prices show the price per unit of consumption (cents per kWh) paid by residential and small business customers in Australia for natural gas and electricity. The Report incorporates Tasmanian natural gas tariffs as at 1 January 2011.
Comparison of 2011 Australian Standing Offer Energy Prices Report, August 2011
The Comparison of 2011 Australian Electricity Distribution Network Charges Report compares the distribution network charges available to small customers across Australian states by comparing distribution use of system charges embedded in standing offer prices as at 1 August 2011. It examines the fixed and variable charges underlying the tariffs using the same methodology to compare tariffs as the Comparison of 2011 Australian Standing Offer Energy Prices Report.
Comparison of 2011 Australian Electricity Distribution Network Charges Report
Previous Price Comparison Reports
Comparison of 2011 Australian Standing Offer Energy Prices Report, January 2011
Comparison of 2010 Australian Electricity Distribution Use of System Charges Report
Comparison of 2010 Australian Standing Offer Energy Prices Report
Comparison of 2010 Australian Standing Offer Energy Prices Fact Sheet
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
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
Typical Customer Methodology
| Price comparison are based on the typical customer methodology established by the Regulator in the 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 September 2010, OTTER released an update to the information paper, Typical Electricity Customers, September 2010 which redefines typical residential and business customers based on 2009-10 consumption data and available regulated tariffs.
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