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December 2001

Commission releases issues paper on asset recalibration

6 December 2001

Twenty-nine large electricity line owners will today receive a paper from the Commerce Commission outlining a number of significant issues identified by the Commission during recent audits of line companies' ODV valuation reports.

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September 2001

Submissions sought on valuations of large electricity line companies

12 September 2001

The Commerce Commission has today advertised nationwide seeking submissions on the valuations of large electricity line companies.

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August 2001

Commerce Commission makes progress on regulation of electricity lines

14 August 2001

Speaking to the Electricity Industry Reform Conference in Wellington today, Commission Chair John Belgrave outlined progress made by the Commission on the electricity lines regulations.

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March 2001

Commission's first enforcement action under Electricity Industry Reform Act

2 March 2001

In a settlement with the Commerce Commission, Mr John Sax and Mrs Alma Sax have acknowledged that as simultaneous owners and directors of companies that are electricity lines and electricity supply businesses they may have breached the Electricity Industry Reform Act.

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February 2001

Electricity Price Control Inquiry: Next Stage of Work

1 February 2001

The Commerce Commission Chair, John Belgrave, has provided a further update on the Commission's inquiry into price control for electricity line businesses. As foreshadowed, the Commission will be using external contractors to provide specialist input. After a rigorous selection process, in which 12 proposals were received and three short-listed, the Commission has engaged ACIL Consulting in conjunction with Farrier Swier Consulting.

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January 2001

Commission exempts Tower Limited from the Electricity Industry Reform Act

19 January 2001

The Commerce Commission has exempted Tower Ltd and one of its subsidiaries from the application of the cross-ownership rules of the Electricity Industry Reform Act.

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