Utilities
The Utilities sub-category in General Goods and Services manages the large and small site electricity arrangements, the metering and data services arrangement and the natural gas arrangement.
The category negotiates the buying on behalf of customers under a consolidated whole-of-government portfolio with 1 supplier for the large and small site electricity and metering and data services arrangements and 2 suppliers for the natural gas arrangement.
Standing offer arrangements (SOAs)
The category manages 4 SOAs that aim to maximise savings and, through the aggregation of sites, provides government agencies with value for money. The SOAs include:
- retail and wholesale electricity for large market sites
- retail electricity for small market sites
- metering and data services
- supply of natural gas to large market sites.
Retail and wholesale electricity (large site)
The arrangement consists of retail services (GGS0056-18) and a long-term wholesale agreement (GGS0055-18) for large market sites with usage over 100,000 kWh/annum.
The retail service is a simple cost to serve mechanism of $/NMI/month.
The wholesale energy price is a base price with each customer having its own pricing factor. The factor is based on the customer's consumption and the wholesale energy price during daily periods, resulting in an adjustment of the base price.
Renewable energy Power Purchase Agreements are incorporated into the arrangement with a target of 50% renewable energy by 2030 to support Queensland Government objectives.
This arrangement is closed to new customers.
Read more about GGS0055-18 and GGS0056-18 on the Queensland Government Arrangements Directory.
Retail electricity (small site)
The arrangement provides electricity to small market sites (GGS0106-23) located in South East Queensland with usage under 100,000 kWh/annum.
To join, new customers must execute a retail electricity agreement with Origin Energy.
Pricing under this SOA is based on a fixed commodity rate that has been bundled for billing purposes. A breakdown of the charges is provided to customers.
Billing contains a daily rate that combines the network and metering component and the agreed energy rate charged at c/kWh.
The arrangement provides the option of site specific or consolidated billing. Green Power is an option under this arrangement, customers can elect to purchase either 25%, 50% or 100% green power for their sites.
Read more about GGS0106-23 on the Queensland Government Arrangements Directory.
Metering and data services
The arrangement (GGS0067-20) covers contestable customer metering (large sites), non-market customer metering (small sites), electricity sub-metering, temporary metering as well as water and gas sub-metering.
The supplier also offers access to metering data through an on-line portal providing a variety of reports and graphs that can be downloaded for internal use.
To join, new customers must execute a Metering and Data Services Agreement with Yurika Metering.
Read more about GGS0067–20 on the Queensland Government Arrangements Directory.
Supply of natural gas to large market sites
This arrangement is available for large market sites (GGS0107-23) consuming more than 1000Gj of natural gas per annum.
Not all gas suppliers can supply all sites, and this can only be determined through inquiry with the exact location details and MIRN (Meter Installation Reference Number); reach out to the team to enquire about the eligibility of your sites.
Read more about GGS0107-23 on the Queensland Government Arrangements Directory.