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Andrew Reeves, Chairman Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate: Energy Regulatory and Market Development Forum 4 November 2010. Overview. Market Governance Policy maker / regulator / operator separation Gas and electricity market development NEM / SWIS Emerging gas market - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Andrew Reeves, Chairman
Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate:Energy Regulatory and Market Development Forum
4 November 2010
Overview
1. Market Governance– Policy maker / regulator / operator separation
2. Gas and electricity market development– NEM / SWIS– Emerging gas market– Coal seam gas
3. Energy price drivers– Economic regulation in Australia– Recent decisions– Retail price impacts
Market governance
Electricity regulatory structure
QLD NSW ACT Vic Tas SA WA NT
LicensingOffice ofEnergy
Ministerfor
Energy/ IPART
ICRC ESCV OTTER ESCOSA
ERA UC
Retail PricingOffice ofEnergy
IPART ICRC DOIOTTER/ GPOC
ESCOSA
Non-priceRetail
Australian Energy Regulator (AER)Distribution
Transmission
Wholesale
CompetitionRegulation
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Overview of AER’s roles in energyWholesale gas
& electricity markets
Transmissionnetworks &
pipelines
DistributionNetworks for gas/electricity
Retail & other
distribution
We monitor wholesale markets and enforce rules
We regulate revenues of transmission businesses
We regulate revenues of distribution businesses
We will regulate non-price retail
activities
Australian electricity snapshot• Population ~ 22.2 million
– 65% in capital cities– 90% on east coast
• Electricity– energy 213TWh pa– peak 38,000MW – installed 50,200MW
Queensland
Demand 8,900
Capacity 12,050
New South Wales
Demand 14,300
Capacity 15,900Victoria
Demand
10, 450
Capacity
10, 000
South Australia
Demand 3300
Capacity 3,850
Tasmania
Demand 1,750 Capacity 2,400
Western Australia
Demand 4,000
Capacity 5,000
Northern Territory
Demand 300
Capacity 1000
Snowy*
* 3676MW at Snowy gen split between NSW & VIC
National electricity market
• fully interconnected AC power system
• covers 4500km• includes 3 DC links• regional pricing model • 5 regions• one market/system
operator
Generation mix
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Black coal Brown coal Gas Hydro Wind Liquid Other
Per
cen
t o
f to
tal
gen
erat
ion
Capacity Output
Ownership of generation
2 000
4 000
6 000
8 000
10 000
12 000
14 000
16 000
18 000
Qld NSW Vic SA Tas
Meg
awat
ts
Government Government/private Private Private/government power purchasing agreement
NEM market design
South Australia - 7 February 2009
-500
0
500
1000
1500
2000
06:30 AM
07:30 AM
08:30 AM
09:30 AM
10:30 AM
11:30 AM
12:30 PM
01:30 PM
02:30 PM
03:30 PM
04:30 PM
05:30 PM
06:30 PM
07:30 PM
08:30 PM
09:30 PM
10:30 PM
11:30 PM
$/M
Wh
Wholesale electricity quarterly prices
0
50
100
150
200
250
Ma
r 99
Ma
r 00
Ma
r 01
Ma
r 02
Ma
r 03
Ma
r 04
Ma
r 05
Ma
r 06
Ma
r 07
Ma
r 08
Ma
r 09
Ma
r 10
$/M
Wh
Queensland New South Wales Victoria South Australia Tasmania
Futures prices - electricity
0
30
60
90
120
150
Q4
20
10
Q1
20
11
Q2
20
11
Q3
20
11
Q4
20
11
Q1
20
12
Q2
20
12
Q3
20
12
Q4
20
12
Q1
20
13
Q2
20
13
Q3
20
13
Q4
20
13
Q1
20
14
Q2
20
14
Q3
20
14
Q4
20
14
$/M
Wh
Queensland New South Wales Victoria South Australia
WA electricity market
NT electricity
Gas market development
New gas transmission
Wholesale gas prices
Market average price for Sep-Oct Price $/GJ
Victorian Gas Market (weighted average daily price)
$2.11
STTM – Sydney Hub (ex ante) $2.27
STTM – Sydney Hub (ex post) $2.82*
STTM – Adelaide Hub (ex ante) $3.11
STTM – Adelaide Hub (ex post) $3.20
*Excludes 8 October 2010 event
Coal seam gas (CSG)NSW QLD
WA and NT gas
Reporting on market outcomes
• Weekly report– Now produced for electricity and gas– market dynamics and forecasts
• Longer-term statistics - website
• Annual state of the market report
• www.aer.gov.au – market snapshot
Energy price drivers
• Economic regulatory regime
• Factors impacting on network prices
• Recent network revenue determinations
• Retail price outcomes
Network regulation - Building blocks
Return on capital
Depreciation
Operating costs
Tax
Allowable
revenue
÷Demand forecasts
Reference tariffs
RAB
Factors influencing network charges
• Capital expenditure– Ageing asset replacement – Demand Increase– New connections– Reliability and service standards
• Operating expenditure– increasing asset base– increasing input costs (labour and materials)
• Cost of Capital (WACC)• Bushfire safety standards
Network investment and replacement
$-
$10,000,000
$20,000,000
$30,000,000
$40,000,000
19401950
19601970
19801990
20002010
20202030
20402050
INIT
IAL
+ R
EP
LAC
EM
EN
T C
AP
EX
($p
a -
real
dol
lars
)
Initial investment
Indicative replacement investment
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
4,500
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
financial year end
Rea
l Ju
ne
09 $
m
Return on Capital Depreciation Opex Tax
Distributors revenue breakdown NSW only
Distribution regulatory asset bases
0
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Year
Re
al J
un
e 0
9 $
m
Qld NSW Vic SA ACT Tas
Distributor capex
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015
Year
Rea
l Ju
ne
09 $
m
Qld Actual Qld Allowed NSW Actual NSW Allowed
Vic Actual Vic Allowed SA Actual SA Allowed
Distributor opex
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Years
Rea
l Ju
ne
09 $
m
Qld Actual Qld Allowance NSW Actual NSW Allowance
Vic Actual Vic Allowance SA Actual SA Allowance
Electricity distribution revenue
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015Year
Rea
l Ju
ne
09 $
m
Qld SA NSW ACT Vic Tas
What influences retail price
• Wholesale energy costs ~ 31 to 45% for electricity
• Network charges – Transmission ~ 10 %– Distribution ~ 40 to 50%
• Retailer costs ~ 4 to 15%• Regulation of retail tariffs by state
regulators (except Victoria)– Standing offers Vs market offers
Retail electricity pricesHistorically, Australia has had low retail electricity prices
Retail electricity prices
80
90
100
110
120
130
140
150
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Ind
ex
19
90
–9
1 =
10
0
Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Hobart Canberra
Prices are now rising and are expected to rise further
Other development issues
• New low carbon generation
• Demand management
• Smart Grid trial
• Smart meter rollout
Questions