This section contains all current and closed Commission regulatory projects. This includes determinations, reports, inquiries, studies and disclosures relating to telecommunications, electricity lines, gas pipelines, airports and dairy.
We have responsibilities for monitoring competition and efficiency in the retail payment system. Our focus is on improving transparency and understanding of the system, including to inform where to focus our efforts to deliver long-term benefits for consumers and merchants.
Different payment methods can impose additional costs on merchants. A payment surcharge is an extra fee charged by a merchant to cover these additional costs.
Transpower’s New Zero Grid Pathways comprise a series of proposed investments to enhance the capacity of the core electricity transmission grid between Bunnythorpe and Whakamaru power stations, and the HVDC link across the Cook Strait, in order to accommodate potential new renewable generations and meet expected future electricity demand.
Transpower’s Net Zero Grid Pathways comprise a series of proposed investments to enhance the capacity of the core electricity transmission grid between Bunnythorpe and Whakamaru power stations, and the HVDC link across the Cook Strait, in order to accommodate potential new renewable generations and meet expected future electricity demand.
This project amends the 2020–2025 default price-quality path (DPP) determination for electricity distributors to contain price settings that provide for Powerco’s transition to the default price-quality path on 1 April 2023.