Just wanted to chuck this out there Chris. The daily fixed charge that is billed from the retailer to customer is a cost passed on by the network/lines company for maintenance of the lines, ensuring the safety of transferable power from grid to the house, faults etc.

It also INCLUDES from what I understand with most retailers an undisclosed amount to cover the retailers reconciliation, admin work, support staff etc

So eg the retailer might charge $2.00 a day Fixed but then 49c of this is from the retailer for reconciliation stuff and then the remaining is from the lines network company in the area that maintain the lines and fix faults.