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Efficiency reviews to<br />

reduce costs and improve<br />

productivity<br />

<strong>Energy</strong> pricing and affordability<br />

is a major issue in the community.<br />

Electricity prices increased by 15%<br />

for <strong>Endeavour</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> customers<br />

on 1 July 2011, bringing the total<br />

increase over four years to 62%.<br />

Prices are likely to be impacted<br />

further by the Federal Government’s<br />

plan to introduce a carbon tax from<br />

1 July 2012.<br />

<strong>Endeavour</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> recognises that<br />

productivity improvements are<br />

necessary to keep electricity prices<br />

as low as possible. In line with our<br />

objective to improve customer<br />

value, we:<br />

• Continued our focus on improved<br />

productivity and efficiency<br />

throughout the business, which<br />

delivered one-<strong>of</strong>f savings <strong>of</strong><br />

$10.1 million and ongoing<br />

productivity savings <strong>of</strong> $6.6 million<br />

since it began in 2009–10.<br />

• Made a voluntary commitment as<br />

part <strong>of</strong> the AER determination to<br />

reduce costs by 2% per year in the<br />

2009–2014 period, to help control<br />

upward pressure on electricity<br />

prices for customers.<br />

• Continued our focus on strategic<br />

procurement, which has already<br />

delivered $7 million in savings over<br />

the last two financial years.<br />

<strong>Endeavour</strong> <strong>Energy</strong>’s customers enjoy the benefits <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the most reliable electricity networks<br />

in Australia.<br />

In addition to these initiatives, two<br />

further cost reduction programs will<br />

commence during the year, with the<br />

following objectives:<br />

• Reducing and/or eliminating<br />

$22 million in corporate and<br />

network support overhead costs<br />

following the retail sale.<br />

• Delivering reductions in network<br />

costs <strong>of</strong> $26 million per year<br />

through improvements in fieldforce<br />

productivity and through<br />

the use <strong>of</strong> market testing <strong>of</strong> key<br />

functions such as maintenance<br />

and selected capital projects.<br />

Our efficiency program<br />

throughout the business<br />

has delivered one-<strong>of</strong>f<br />

savings <strong>of</strong> $10.1 million<br />

and ongoing<br />

productivity savings<br />

<strong>of</strong> $6.6 million since it<br />

began in 2009–10.<br />

THE YEAR AHEAD<br />

2011–12 Objective 2011–12 Target 2011–12 Reason<br />

• Set a course for a<br />

sub-70-minute SAIDI.<br />

• Develop strategy to<br />

control future network<br />

tariff increases.<br />

• By June 2012.<br />

• By June 2012.<br />

• Improve customer value through cost<br />

effective reliability.<br />

• Improve customer value through<br />

effective management <strong>of</strong><br />

operating costs.<br />

<strong>Endeavour</strong> <strong>Energy</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Performance</strong> <strong>Report</strong> 2010–11<br />

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