Regulatory projects
This section contains all current and closed Commission regulatory projects. This includes determinations, reports, inquiries, studies and disclosures relating to telecommunications, grocery, fuel, water, the retail payment system, electricity lines, gas pipelines, airports and dairy.
Review of the Grocery Supply Code
As part of its grocery responsibilities the Commission is required to review the operation and effectiveness of the Grocery Supply Code, with the first review due by 28 September 2025.
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Aurora Energy’s CPP and enhanced information disclosure requirements
Aurora Energy (Aurora) has been moved to a customised price-quality path (CPP) and has been required to publish enhanced information so that stakeholders, including consumers, and the Commission can see what it is doing to fix, upgrade, maintain and operate its electricity lines network.
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Amendments to information disclosure requirements 2024
We have made changes to the information disclosure (ID) requirements for gas distribution businesses (GDBs) and the gas transmission business (GTB) as required under Part 4 of the Commerce Act.
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Geotechnical risk management review of First Gas transmission pipelines
The Commission has engaged an external expert (AECOM) to assess the practices which First Gas Limited apply in managing the geotechnical risks which affect their transmission pipelines.
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Risk management review of gas pipeline businesses
The Commission has engaged an external expert (AECOM) to assess the risk management practices applied by gas pipeline businesses (GPBs) against an internationally recognised risk management framework.
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Retail payment system
We are responsible for promoting competition and efficiency within the retail payment system.
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2025 reset of the electricity default price-quality path
On 20 November 2024, we published our final decisions for the default price quality path for electricity distribution businesses (DPP4), beginning 1 April 2025.
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Bombay-Otahuhu Regional Major capital proposal
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.
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Milk price calculation – 2022/23 season
We have reviewed the milk price calculation for the 2022/23 season and published our final report on 15 September 2023.
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Milk price calculation – 2021/22 season
We have reviewed the milk price calculation for the 2021/22 season and published our final report on 15 September 2022.
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