XRN 5209
Amendments to the CDSP Service Document - Budget & Charging Methodology v4

Summary

This is a proposal to amend v4 of the Budget & Charging Methodology. The slide deck attached (which is based on what was submitted to the 15^th July CoMC) provides the background to the change; a summary of our engagement with customers through attendance at various industry and constituency meetings; and the assessment of financial impacts on charges that result in the proposals below.

1) To change the Charge Base Apportionment Table in paragraph 3.1 replacing the current 22 Service Areas with 15 new Service Area descriptions and for each new Service Area, the revised percentage allocations to Customers.

2) Clarified the definition of cost to include debt (per June CoMC discussions)

3) Cosmetic updates to paragraph references in paragraph 4

4) Update references to Service Areas in paragraph 7.2.2. and include the Managing Change service area as an exception from the standard funding % calculation.

This CP was approved at the Contract Management Committee meeting on 1st Otober