On 1 April 2006 Centralines moved from the Wholesale Delivery Model to the Retail Delivery Model. Consumption is now billed using consumption metered at an Individual Connection Point (ICP) level rather than using the Reconciliation Manager (RM) data which grosses up consumption to the Grid Exit Point (GXP) level. The revenue split between fixed and variable was also changed. Previously line charges were almost 100% variable. This was changed so that 40% of revenue was obtained from the fixed tariffs.

The 1 April 2007 changes to tariff and pricing methodology has continued this development and the main changes are highlighted below:

• Centralines has introduced a new consumer group specifically for Temporary Builder’s Supplies that are metered.
  
• Introduced tariff options to encourage controllable load and off peak usage.
• Introduced Time of Use (TOU) tariffs to reflect costs, and encourage end-consumers to reduce load at pre-determined congestion periods.

Centralines is committed to ongoing improvements in pricing methodology and will take into consideration industry developments and user requirements in consultation with its customers. The review is likely to involve (but not limited or bound to):

• Allocating consumers to load groups based on connected capacity rather than assessed consumption.
• Introducing dedicated equipment charges to ensure that where an asset is dedicated to an end-consumer, that consumer pays.
• Applying the power factor charges to encourage consumers to improve power factor.

For further information regarding Centralines Pricing Policy as PDF: Download
Centralines current Price Schedule is available as PDF: Download