Issued 20 July 2004

The Commerce Commission will hold a three and half-day conference starting this Thursday on its draft report, issued in May, relating to the Gas Pipelines Inquiry. The conference will be held on Thursday 22 July and Monday 26 to Wednesday 28 July.

The draft report sets out the Commission's preliminary review on whether the goods and services supplied by persons in markets directly related to either, a gas transmission system or a gas distribution system or both should be controlled. This conference is an opportunity for interested parties to present their submissions orally and for the Commission to ask questions based on those submissions.

The conference will be held in the ground floor conference room located at 44-52 The Terrace, Wellington. The conference will be chaired by Paula Rebstock.

The Commission received 18 submissions on the draft report. All submissions are published on the Commission's website, www.comcom.govt.nz under Gas Pipeline Inquiry.

A copy of the conference programme is attached.

 

Media contact:

Jackie Maitland, Communications Manager

Phone work (04) 924 3708

 

Gas Pipeline Inquiry Conference: Draft Report

22 and 26-28 July 2004

Date Time Presenter
Thursday 22 July 2004 8:45am - 9:00am Opening Remarks by the Chair
  9:00am - 11:00am Horton 4 Consulting on behalf of Powerco
  11:00am - 11:15am Break
  11:15am - 1:00pm NECG on behalf of Powerco
  1:00pm - 2:00pm Lunch
  2:00pm - 3:15pm LECG on behalf of NGC, Powerco, Vector
  3:15pm - 3:30pm Break
  3:30pm - 4:30pm Contact Energy
  4:30pm - 4:45pm Major Electricity Users' Group
     
Friday 23 July 2004   No Conference Sessions Today
     
Monday 26 July 2004 8:30am - 10:15am NGC
  10:15am - 10:30am Break
  10:30am - 12:30pm NGC
  12:30pm   - 1:30pm Lunch
  1:30pm - 3:00pm NGC
  3:00pm - 3:15pm Break

3:15pm - 5:30pm
NGC
     
Tuesday 27 July 2004 9:00am - 10:15am Nova Gas
  10:15am - 10:30am Break
  10:30am - 12:30pm Wanganui Gas
  12:30pm - 1:30pm Lunch
  1:30pm - 3:15pm Vector
  3:15pm - 3:30pm Break
  3:30pm - 5:30pm Vector
     
Wednesday 28 July 2004 8:00am - 10:15am PEG on behalf of NGC and Vector
  10:15am - 10:30am Break
  10:30am - 12:00pm Powerco
  12:00pm - 12:45pm

Confidential Session

Greymouth Petroleum

  12:45pm - 1:00pm Closing Remarks by the Chair