Services Sydney Pty Ltd has notified the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, under Part IIIA of the Trade Practices Act 1974, of an access dispute with Sydney Water Corporation.
The dispute relates to the pricing methodology to be used to determine access prices to be paid by Services Sydney for the following declared services provided by Sydney Water:
- (a) a service for the transportation of sewage provided by means of the North Head Reticulation Network, from a customer's boundary trap to points of interconnection
- (b) a service for the connection of new sewers to the North Head Reticulation Network at points of interconnection
- (c) a service for the transportation of sewage provided by means of the Bondi Reticulation Network, from a customer's boundary trap to points of interconnection
- (d) a service for connection of new sewers to the Bondi Reticulation Network at points of interconnection
- (e) a service for the transportation of sewage provided by means of the Malabar Reticulation Network, from a customer's boundary trap to points of interconnection, and
- (f) a service for connection of new sewers to the Malabar Reticulation Network at points of interconnection.
The ACCC has commenced the arbitration process for this access dispute. Given that the legislation contemplates that arbitrations be conducted in private, the ACCC will not be making any public comment at this stage.