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.
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.
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 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 Waikato regions as peak electricity demand increases.
The current default price quality path for electricity distribution businesses (DPP3) is due to expire on 31 March 2025 and we must make a decision on the next default price-quality path to apply (DPP4) by 30 November 2024.
We have amended the information disclosure determinations for airport services, electricity distribution and gas pipeline businesses to address identified issues for the 2018 disclosure year.