Today IPART released its final report for 2009/10 of the electricity purchase allowance that is included in regulated electricity prices. This follows a draft report released in March 2009. IPART’s final decision is that the costs of purchasing electricity have increased over the amount allowed in the 2007 determination by 14 per cent for EnergyAustralia, 15 per cent for Integral Energy and 16 per cent for Country Energy.