✨ Commerce Act Decisions
3968 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 146 29 SEPTEMBER 2008
Decisions Not to Declare Control
The Commission has determined that it is consistent with section 57E of the Act to not make a declaration of control under Part 4A in respect of electricity distribution services supplied by those electricity distribution businesses contained in Table 1 and Table 2, for the following reasons:
Alpine Energy Limited
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The breach of the reliability threshold during the 2006/07 assessment period is significantly reduced when the SAIDI and SAIFI values are normalised and there is evidence that an extreme weather event (a snow storm) disproportionately impacted its SAIDI and SAIFI, both directly during the event and indirectly from repairs of the resulting damage;
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the Commission’s 2004 review found Alpine’s network management and investment levels to be satisfactory;
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Alpine’s reliability results do not indicate deterioration in its SAIDI or SAIFI performance against its thresholds, but the Commission will continue to monitor both Alpine’s SAIFI and SAIDI statistics to identify any long term decline in reliability; and
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the Commission has no other section 57E concerns.
Aurora Energy Limited
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The price path breach during the 2006/07 assessment period was solely caused by the interim rebate provided by Transpower;
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the Commission considers that Aurora appropriately dealt with the interim rebate by returning the full amount, plus interest, to its customers;
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when considered in conjunction with its reliability (SAIDI and SAIFI) results, Aurora’s breach of its quality threshold during the 2006/07 assessment period is relatively minor, with only its SAIFI threshold breached by 0.07 times (4.4%) and does not indicate a deterioration in its network; and
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the Commission has no other section 57E concerns.
Counties Power Limited
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When considered in conjunction with its overall trends, Counties Power’s breach of its SAIFI threshold during the 2006/07 assessment period does not indicate a deterioration in reliability;
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this is supported by the fact that Counties Power did not breach its corresponding SAIDI threshold and did not breach the 2007/08 SAIFI threshold; and
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the Commission has no other section 57E concerns.
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