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 now completed the Targeted Information Disclosure Review (2024) for electricity distribution businesses as required under Part 4 of the Commerce Act 1986.
On 13 December 2023, we published our final decisions, completing our review of the rules and processes that underpin the Commission’s regulation of airport services, electricity lines services, and gas pipeline services.
On 29 April 2021 we published an Open Letter seeking views on the emerging issues for electricity networks, gas networks, and airports as they relate to our responsibilities under Part 4 of the Commerce Act 1986 (Part 4). Submissions on the open letter closed on 28 May 2021 and can be found below.
The Commission uses specified instructions and templates to get the information we need to make our annual Telecommunications Development Levy (TDL) determination.
The Telecommunications Act gives us powers to improve retail service quality (RSQ) including customer service, faults, installation, contracts, product disclosure, billing, switching, service performance, speed and availability.
From 1 January 2022, price-quality and information disclosure regulations applies to providers of fibre fixed line access services that are regulated under Part 6 of the Telecommunications Act 2001.
The closure of Southdown and Otahuhu Power stations in Auckland and the proposed closure of the Rankine units at Huntly Power Station in Waikato are expected to cause voltage management issues in the Auckland and Waikato regions as peak electricity demand increases.
The closure of Southdown and Otahuhu Power stations in Auckland and the proposed closure of the Huntly Power Station in Waikato are expected to cause voltage management issues in the Auckland and Waitako regions as peak electricity demand increases.