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 are required to review the input methodologies for specified airport services, electricity distribution and transmission, and gas pipelines every 7 years. We completed our first review in December 2016.
This project amends the 2020–2025 default price-quality path (DPP) determination for electricity distributors to contain price settings that provide for Powerco’s transition to the default price-quality path on 1 April 2023.
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.
The transmission network supplying Bombay and Wiri substations is ageing and requires refurbishment. This network includes the transmission lines between Bombay and Otahuhu substations and Bombay and Meremere substations.
This project amends the 2020–2025 default price path determination for electricity distributors to contain price settings that provide for Wellington Electricity’s transition to a default price path on 1 April 2021.
We are currently reviewing the rules and processes that underpin the Commission’s regulation of airport services, electricity lines services, and gas pipeline services.
To promote greater understanding of Wellington Airport’s performance, our review included analysis of Wellington Airport’s pricing decisions and expected performance over the price setting event four (PSE4) period, and our views on whether its pricing decisions and expected performance are likely to promote the long-term benefit of consumers.