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.
Here you will find the amendments made to information disclosure requirements since 2013, including determinations, reasons papers, and consultation documents.
With New Zealand transitioning away from copper-based services, including those delivered by Spark’s public switched telephone network (PSTN), consumers will be required to switch to alternative access technologies such as fibre, hybrid fibre-coaxial cable, wireless broadband and mobile, in order to retain a telecommunications service.
We reviewed the future of our Measuring Broadband New Zealand (MBNZ) programme to assess its performance and ability to continue to provide consumers and the industry with information about broadband performance.
An asset management plan (AMP) is intended to be the principal document that communicates gas pipeline businesses asset investment and maintenance plans.
The Commission has engaged an external expert (AECOM) to assess the risk management practices applied by gas pipeline businesses (GPBs) against an internationally recognised risk management framework.
The Commission has engaged an external expert (AECOM) to assess the practices which First Gas Limited apply in managing the geotechnical risks which affect their transmission pipelines.
The Commerce Act 1986 (Act) currently exempts certain conduct in relation to intellectual property from being assessed as anti-competitive and in breach of the Act.
Effective asset management is crucial for gas pipeline businesses (GPBs). Sound asset management is an integral part of ensuring that GPBs improve efficiency and provide services at a price and quality that reflects the demands of consumers.