New Zealand Gazette – 2008 – No. 121

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✨ Electricity Regulation Decision



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 121

4 AUGUST 2008

Westpower Limited

  • The price path breach during the 2007 assessment period was solely caused by the interim rebate provided by Transpower. The Commission considers that Westpower appropriately dealt with the interim rebate by returning the full amount, plus interest, to its customers;

  • The Commission’s review of Westpower, in response to breaches of the quality threshold, found no evidence of inappropriate engineering, management practices, or poor network condition;

  • During the engineering review, the Commission assessed the circumstances of the breach, and found there were extraordinary impacts on system reliability experienced in 2004 and 2005;

  • Westpower’s reliability results do not indicate deterioration in its SAIDI performance against its threshold. However, the Commission will continue to monitor both Westpower’s SAIFI and SAIDI statistics to identify any long term decline in reliability; and

  • The Commission has no other section 57E concerns.

A more comprehensive explanation of the reasons for the Commission’s decisions not to declare control of is contained in the paper titled Commerce Commission, Regulation of Electricity Lines Businesses, Targeted Control Regime, Reasons for Not Declaring Control of the Electricity Distribution Businesses: Horizon Energy Distribution Limited and Westpower Limited dated 4 August 2008. A copy of this paper can be located on the Commission’s website www.comcom.govt.nz.

Any comments and questions on this notice may be sent by email to: electricity@comcom.govt.nz; or by mail to Network Performance Branch, Commerce Commission, P.O. Box 2351, Wellington; or by facsimile (04) 924 3700.

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🏭 Decision Not to Declare Control for Electricity Distribution Businesses (continued from previous page)

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
4 August 2008
Commerce Act, Electricity Distribution, Horizon Energy Distribution Limited, Westpower Limited, Price Path Breach, Quality Threshold, SAIDI, SAIFI