✨ Commerce Commission Decision
18 MAY 2007
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 53
(a) publish its intention to make a declaration and invite interested persons to give their views on the matter; and
(b) give a reasonable opportunity to interested persons to give those views; and
(c) have regard to those views.
Assessment and identification of Unison’s threshold breaches
Unison Networks Limited (Unison) is a distribution business which owns and operates distribution networks in the Hawke’s Bay, Taupo and Rotorua regions. Unison is a limited liability company wholly owned by the Hawke’s Bay Power Consumers’ Trust.
The Commission has assessed Unison against the initial thresholds set from 6 June 2003, and has identified Unison as having breached the price path threshold at the first assessment date (6 September 2003) and both thresholds at the second assessment date (31 March 2004).
In addition, the Commission has assessed Unison against the reset thresholds set from 1 April 2004, and has identified Unison as having breached both the price path and quality thresholds at the first assessment date under the reset thresholds (31 March 2005) and both thresholds at the second assessment date (31 March 2006).
Intention to declare control of Unison
On 9 September 2005, the Commission published in the New Zealand Gazette its intention to make a declaration of control under Part 4A in respect of electricity distribution services supplied by Unison. On the same day, the Commission published a paper titled Commerce Commission, Regulation of Electricity Lines Businesses, Targeted Control Regime, Intention to Declare Control, Unison Networks Limited which contains the Commission’s reasons for its intention to declare control of Unison. The Commission invited interested persons to give their views on the matter by 21 October 2005 and submissions were received on this date. A conference was held in Wellington on 17-18 November 2005 and 5-6 December 2005 in relation to the submissions. In addition, some sessions of the conference were held in Hawke’s Bay, Rotorua and Taupo during 14-15 December 2005. Cross-submissions were requested and received on 21 December 2005.
Draft decision not to declare control of Unison
On 9 November 2006, the Commission published a paper titled Commerce Commission, Regulation of Electricity Lines Businesses, Targeted Control Regime, Draft Decision: Reasons for Not Declaring Control, Unison Networks Limited which contains the Commission’s preliminary view to accept the administrative settlement proposal made by Unison on 31 August 2006, as amended on 13 September 2006 and 18 October 2006 (Proposal) and not to make a declaration of control under Part 4A in respect of electricity distribution services supplied by Unison. The Commission also published a copy of Unison’s Proposal. The Commission invited interested persons to give their view on the matter by 29 November 2006 and submissions were received on this date. Cross-submissions were requested and received on 11 December 2006.
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