On 20 November 2024, we published our final decisions for the default price quality path for electricity distribution businesses (DPP4), beginning 1 April 2025.
Aurora Energy (Aurora) has been moved to a customised price-quality path (CPP) and has been required to publish enhanced information so that stakeholders, including consumers, and the Commission can see what it is doing to fix, upgrade, maintain and operate its electricity lines network.
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 by 30 November 2024 on the next default price-quality path to apply (DPP4).
We are proposing to make changes to the information disclosure (ID) requirements for electricity distribution businesses (EDBs) as required under Part 4 of the Commerce Act.
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.
On 14 November 2019, we set Transpower’s individual price-quality path that applies new revenue limits and quality standards for the period April 2020 to March 2025.