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AusNet Services reverses decision to charge meter reading fee
Victorian electricity distributor, AusNet Services, has written a subsequent letter to customers who have retained a manually read meter. It states that, ‘After much consideration, we have decided not to charge a fee for manually reading your meter’ (SSMA emphasis). AusNet customers have been asked to disregard its previous letter, which stated that a new quarterly fee of $34.80 (excluding GST)…
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AusNet Services hits customers on manually read meters with quarterly fee
It appears that AusNet Services, which is one of the five Victorian power distributors, has lost its moral compass. According to a letter which it mailed to customers, changes to its manual reading process will result in customers with a manually read meter being charged a quarterly fee of $34.80 (excluding GST) from 1 July 2023. The letter states that this fee will increase every financial…
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Victorians beware: New push to install smart meters!
Victorians beware: New push to install smart meters!
It has come to SSMA’s attention that Victorian power distributors are once again targeting residences that refused a smart meter during the 2009-2014 state-mandated rollout of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI).
Despite the Victorian government’s 2014 Order in Council stating, in the case of account holder refusal, that a distributor is not required to comply with the requirement that a…
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AusNet Services renews push to get smart meter network operational
AusNet Services renews push to get smart meter network operational
In July 2015 the Essential Services Commission accepted an administrative undertaking from AusNet Services regarding their ‘non-compliance’ with their smart meter obligations under the Victorian Government’s Advanced Metering Infrastructure regulatory framework. In an October 2014 audit, the Commission found that AusNet Services: • had not used its best endeavours to install smart meters by 31…
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A smart meter cost blowout threatens to add up to $520 more to many power bills - Herald Sun
A smart meter cost blowout threatens to add up to $520 more to many power bills – Herald Sun
Electricity giant AusNet Services plans to ask for a forecast $350 million extra from hundreds of thousands of customers over the next 15 years.
It overspent $70 million last year, and wants to pass on most of it. And it forecasts a further $280 million blowout by the end of next year.
It has applied to increase next year’s charges for the most common smart meter to $208.87 plus GST — $51.27 more…
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