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.
The Transpower capital expenditure IM (capex IM) was set in January 2012 and has two major functions. These are to provide for the scrutiny of Transpower's proposed and actual investment, and to incentivise Transpower to deliver those investments effectively.
We reviewed the Transpower capital expenditure input methodology (IM) in 2017/18 to assess whether any changes were necessary to more effectively promote the purpose of Part 4, the purpose of the IMs, or significantly reduce complexity and compliance costs, for the long-term benefit of consumers. We completed our review in May 2018.
We reviewed the related party transactions provisions as part of the 2015/16 Input Methodologies (IM) review and completed our review in December 2017.
Recent amendments to the Telecommunications Act mean that the treatment of broadcasting services revenue in the Telecommunications Development Levy (TDL) is changing.
On 28 March 2018 we set a customised price-quality path applying new revenue limits and quality standards for Powerco covering the period April 2018 to March 2023.
We regularly publish updates on matters arising in relation to the Grocery Industry Competition Act 2023 and associated regulations. These updates include open letters from the Grocery Commissioner, correspondence with key stakeholders and grocery newsletters we publish quarterly. Copies of these updates can be found in the timeline below.
The Commission is required to consider whether reasonable grounds exist for a conducting a FFLAS deregulation review prior to the commencement of PQP2 in 2025.
The Commission is reviewing the productivity and efficiency of EDBs. This will be an ongoing project with the intention of embedding periodic assessments and publications on EDBs’ productivity/efficiency within the Commission’s performance and understanding function.