The JEC made a submission to IPART in response to Sydney Water’s 2025-30 regulatory period pricing proposal. Our submission provided feedback on both the community engagement program that underpins the proposal, and on the content of the proposal.
This Pricing Proposal is a particularly challenging one. Consumers are experiencing prolonged cost-of-living challenges, there is planned population growth for Sydney, climate risks for water are increasing and Sydney Water’s infrastructure is aging and in need of renewal and replacement.
In our submission the JEC questioned who is best positioned to bear the necessary costs of resolving these challenges, and whether solutions outside of putting costs onto consumer bills are more appropriate. In both the short and long term, the impacts of these significantly increased costs must be managed to reduce negative bill impacts for consumers, particularly households on low incomes.
