Regulated Industries

Input methodologies involve setting upfront regulatory rules, processes, requirements and evaluation criteria for services that are regulated under Part 4 of the Commerce Act.

• Additional IM for Electricity and Gas
• Cost of capital

Suppliers of electricity lines services are subject to regulatory provisions under the Commerce Act 1986.

• Part 4 Review of Electricity ID Requirements
• Transpower information disclosure
• 2010-15 Default Price-Quality Path
• Fact sheet: Electricity and the Commerce Commission's role

The Commission's role in the gas sector includes a default/ customised price-quality path regime to be applied in conjunction with an information disclosure regime to gas pipelines services.

• Default Price Quality Path
• Information Disclosure

The companies operating Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington International Airports are subject to information disclosure regulation, following regulatory provisions of Part 4 of the Commerce Act 1986 (the Act) from 14 October 2008.

• Information Disclosure
• Section 56G Reports

The Telecommunications Act 2001 regulates the supply of certain telecommun-ications services in New Zealand.

• Market Monitoring
• Re-benchmarking Prices for Chorus' UCLL Service
• Competition Review of UBA Backhaul and UCLL Backhaul Markets

The Commerce Commission has both an enforcement and adjudication role under Subpart 5 of Part 2 of the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001.

• Review of Fonterra's Farm Gate Milk Price

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.

These fact sheets relate to our regulated industries.