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Retail customer portfolio / 763,000 customers / 48 cohorts
1 July 2026 → 31 Mar 2027
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Business context · Calculated outcomes
CURRENT SCENARIO CALCULATIONMODELLED

109,528 eligible customers modelled at 25% uptake; the representative day (2027-03-01) has 48 half-hour positions. Pre-subsidy contribution is −A$185,067,445.95; that negative contribution is a modelled State CSO call of A$185,067,445.95, not a retailer loss (uncalibrated absolute; up A$483,015.56 versus the no-offer baseline).

Higher contribution-$173.27M
Base scenario-$185.07M
Lower contribution-$196.73M

Named scenario cases, not statistical confidence intervals.

Against no uptake

Same period and market assumptions. Compare the offer and staffing changes with the baseline.

Economic measureBaselineScenarioMovement
Revenue · excluding GST$1.27B$1.27B-$463.69K
Service cost$14.36M$14.89M$535.35K
Sales / acquisition cost$2.04M$2.04M$0
Bad-debt cost$4.17M$4.17M$5.58K
Pre-subsidy contribution-$184.58M-$185.07M-$483.02K

Actions to evaluate

  1. Service CTS reduces contribution by A$535,346.65 versus the fixed baseline. Focus handling-time work on Inbound Voice, the largest activity at A$2,353,554.16 in 2026; preserve wrap time and fixed staffing in the estimate.
  2. Billed revenue reduces contribution by A$463,686.55 versus the fixed baseline. Test offer scope or pricing for West · Residential · basic · none · flat, whose contribution is −A$41,362,406.60; the effect of a new tariff has not been solved here.
  3. Set total AHT reduction to 3.47% (3.47 percentage points beyond the current control). Pinned CTS then lowers modelled service and acquisition cost by A$483,098.48, bringing contribution to −A$184,584,347.47 against the fixed baseline of −A$184,584,430.39. At 3.46%, contribution is still A$1,309.23 short. This is the minimum AHT-only result at 0.01-point resolution within the 90% bound; fixed staffing and wrap time are unchanged, and cash release requires a staffing decision.

What remains unknown

  • CSO formula is not confirmed by EQ
  • modelled customer data is for scenario rehearsal only
  • Data pack acceptance check failed

Check the assumptions

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Missing dependencyEQ confirmation of the CSO accounting formula

02

Smallest useful changeSet total AHT reduction to 3.47% (3.47 percentage points beyond the current control). Pinned CTS then lowers modelled service and acquisition cost by A$483,098.48, bringing contribution to −A$184,584,347.47 against the fixed baseline of −A$184,584,430.39. At 3.46%, contribution is still A$1,309.23 short. This is the minimum AHT-only result at 0.01-point resolution within the 90% bound; fixed staffing and wrap time are unchanged, and cash release requires a staffing decision.

03

Scenario sensitivityNeither of the two tested joint uptake, shift and price cases reverses the selected case's contribution direction; no reversal threshold was calculated.

Decision paper includes evidence limitations
  • CSO formula is not confirmed by EQ
  • modelled customer data is for scenario rehearsal only
  • Data pack acceptance check failed
Input record a93480a930e9703b · v0.4.0 · Engine time when calculated: 9.1 s
Lighthouse for EnergyCalculation engine v0.4.0 · Lighthouse for Energy data 72m-v1Scenario analysis from stated assumptions