Annual Report
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Ausgrid and Controlled Entity<br />
Notes to financial statements<br />
For the year ended 30 June 2015<br />
• Distribution use of system revenue<br />
– with effect from 1 July 2014<br />
Ausgrid started operating under<br />
a revenue cap pricing framework<br />
where revenue from distribution<br />
services exceeds or is below the<br />
Maximum Allowed Revenue (MAR) as<br />
determined by the Australian Energy<br />
Regulator (AER) and adjustments<br />
will be made to future prices to<br />
reflect this excess or shortfall,<br />
no liability or asset is recognised,<br />
as such an adjustment relates to<br />
the provision of future services.<br />
• Transmission revenue – where<br />
revenue related to transmission costs,<br />
which operates as a pass‐through<br />
cost to customers exceeds or is<br />
below the actual transmission<br />
costs paid to transmission network<br />
service providers and embedded<br />
generators and adjustments will<br />
be made to future prices to reflect<br />
this excess or shortfall, no liability/<br />
asset is recognised, as such an<br />
adjustment relates to the provision<br />
of future services.<br />
• Climate Change Fund revenue<br />
– where revenue related to the<br />
receipt of contributions to the<br />
Climate Change Fund, which<br />
operates as a pass‐through cost<br />
to customers, exceeds/ is below<br />
the actual contributions paid<br />
to the Office of Environment &<br />
Heritage, and adjustments will be<br />
made to future prices to reflect<br />
this excess or shortfall, no liability<br />
or asset is recognised, as such an<br />
adjustment relates to the provision<br />
of future services.<br />
It is estimated that, at 30 June 2015,<br />
Ausgrid’s NUOS exceeded the maximum<br />
amount permitted by regulatory<br />
agreement by $58.2m and future prices<br />
will be adjusted to reflect this excess.<br />
(v) Contributions for capital works<br />
This represents cash and non‐cash<br />
capital contributed by customers and<br />
developers, mainly towards the capital<br />
cost of electricity connections. Cash and<br />
non‐cash capital contributions have<br />
been reported in order to comply with<br />
Australian Accounting Interpretation<br />
18 Transfers of Assets from Customers.<br />
Cash capital contributions are initially<br />
recorded as liabilities. Once the<br />
network asset is completed or modified<br />
as outlined in the terms of the<br />
contract, the contribution amount is<br />
transferred to revenue, and the asset<br />
is recognised at fair value.<br />
Contributions of non‐current assets<br />
are recognised as revenue and an asset<br />
when Ausgrid gains control of the asset.<br />
The fair value of contributed assets is<br />
recognised at the date at which control is<br />
gained and the assets are ready for use.<br />
(vi) Solar Bonus Rebate Scheme Recovery<br />
Ausgrid recognises solar revenue when<br />
the amount of revenue can be reliably<br />
measured, it is probable that future<br />
economic benefits will flow to the entity<br />
and specific criteria have been met for<br />
each of Ausgrid’s activities.<br />
(vii) Government grants<br />
Government grants are recognised in<br />
the Statement of Financial Position<br />
initially as deferred income when they<br />
are received and Ausgrid complies<br />
with the conditions attaching to them,<br />
in accordance with AASB 120 Accounting<br />
for Government Grants and Disclosure of<br />
Government Assistance.<br />
Grants that compensate Ausgrid for the<br />
cost of an asset are recognised in profit<br />
and loss as revenue on a systematic basis<br />
over the useful life of the asset.<br />
Grants that compensate Ausgrid for<br />
expenses incurred are recognised<br />
as revenue in profit and loss in<br />
the same period in which the<br />
expenses are incurred.<br />
(viii) Other revenue<br />
Other revenue consists of revenue from<br />
the Transitional Service Agreement<br />
(TSA), monopoly fees, miscellaneous<br />
network charges and other<br />
miscellaneous income. The TSA is the<br />
service agreement between Ausgrid and<br />
EnergyAustralia for Ausgrid to provide<br />
agreed services on a transitional basis to<br />
assist EnergyAustralia’s operation of the<br />
retail business. This agreement ceased<br />
during the 2014/15 financial year.<br />
i. Cash and cash equivalents<br />
Cash and cash equivalents in the<br />
Statement of Financial Position comprise<br />
cash balances and call deposits. For the<br />
purposes of the Statement of Cash<br />
Flows, cash includes cash assets net<br />
of bank overdraft.<br />
j. Trade and other receivables<br />
Trade and other receivables are<br />
financial assets recognised initially at<br />
fair value plus any directly attributable<br />
transaction costs and subsequently<br />
measured at amortised cost using the<br />
effective interest method, less any<br />
impairment losses.<br />
Collectability of trade receivables<br />
is reviewed on an ongoing basis in<br />
accordance with AASB 139 Financial<br />
Instruments. Individual debts that are<br />
known to be uncollectible are written off<br />
when identified. An impairment provision<br />
is recognised when there is objective<br />
evidence that the entity will not be<br />
able to collect the receivables, such as<br />
evidence of financial difficulties of the<br />
debtor, and default in payments.<br />
k. Inventories<br />
Inventories are stated at the lower of<br />
cost and net realisable value. Cost is<br />
determined using the average purchase<br />
price of each item. In the case of<br />
manufactured stock for internal use,<br />
costs include direct labour, materials<br />
and a portion of variable overhead<br />
which comprises the cost of bringing the<br />
inventories to their appropriate location<br />
and condition. Net realisable value is the<br />
estimated selling price in the ordinary<br />
course of business, less the estimated<br />
costs of completion and selling expenses.<br />
l. Assets classified as held for sale<br />
Non‐current assets and disposal groups<br />
are classified as held for sale and<br />
measured at the lower of their carrying<br />
amount and fair value less costs to sell,<br />
if their carrying amount will be recovered<br />
principally through a sale transaction as<br />
opposed to use. Once classified as held<br />
for sale, depreciation and amortisation<br />
ceases. For an asset or disposal group<br />
to be classified as held for sale it must<br />
be available for immediate sale in its<br />
present condition and its sale must be<br />
highly probable.