New Zealand Gazette – 2004 – No. 38

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✨ Electricity Information Disclosure Requirements

952 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 38

COMMERCE ACT (ELECTRICITY INFORMATION DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS) NOTICE 2004

Pursuant to section 57T of the Commerce Act 1986

The Electricity Information Disclosure Requirements 2004 (Requirements) were made by the Commerce Commission (Commission) on 31 March 2004, and come into force on 1 April 2004.

A brief description of the nature of the Requirements is as follows:

(a) Each large line owner and large electricity distributor is required to publish and publicly disclose within a specified period after the end of each financial year—

• financial statements for that financial year;

• financial and efficiency performance measures;

• an annual ODV reconciliation report;

• energy delivery efficiency performance measures and statistics;

• reliability performance measures.

(b) Each large line owner and large electricity distributor is required to publicly disclose within a specified period after the end of the relevant financial year a valuation report relating to its line business system fixed assets.

(c) Each large line owner and large electricity distributor is required to publicly disclose pricing methodologies within a specified period after the beginning of each financial year.

(d) Each large line owner and large electricity distributor (other than Transpower New Zealand Limited) is required to publicly disclose a current asset management plan within a specified period after the beginning of each financial year.

(e) Each large line owner and large electricity distributor (other than Transpower New Zealand Limited) is required to publicly disclose and publish on the Internet:

• within the specified period the prescribed information in respect of existing line charges;

• the prescribed information in respect of new line charges for consumers at least the required number of days before introducing the new line charges.

(f) Each large line owner and large electricity distributor is required to publicly disclose contracts relating to line business activities, transmission charges, or related services, and modifications to such contracts, within a specified period after they enter into the contracts or modifications.

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