Pan Industry Projects are concerned with generic issues that are central to the way the Commerce Commission regulates industries since the introduction of the Commerce Amendment Act 2008.
The process for approving investment in the national grid took an important step forward today with the release of the Commerce Commission’s final determination of Transpower’s Capital Expenditure Input Methodology.
The Commerce Commission today welcomed a High Court judgment on a number of judicial review applications around the Commission’s 2010 Input Methodology determinations. Justice Clifford found for the Commission on all but one of the challenges brought by Vector, Wellington international Airport, Christchurch International Airport and Transpower.
The Commerce Commission today announced that it will appeal against the recent High Court decision that it should have determined further input methodologies before seeking to reset starting prices for certain electricity distribution businesses (EDBs).