Phil's corner

Looking for the savings to appear in EPB's accounts the costs for year ending 30th June 2011 and 2012 show costs :- Other operation expenses - 37.4, 40.8m Maintenance - 28.2, 23.4m At least the maintenance is going the right way from one year to the next, although the previous 3 years were Maintenance :- 13.6, 15.6, 18.0 (2008-2010) so as yet we haven't seen a massive saving from "smart grid" operation have any beneficial impact on maintenance costs, if anything it's gone the other way by 33%. Other operation expenses have risen above previous levels too :- Other operation expenses :- 38.0, 38.9, 37.5 (2008-2010) Moving onto the fiber optic operation, the residential revenue has grown healthily from $42 to $61m pa for a $10m pa increase in operating costs.