✨ Commerce Act Amendment




4054 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 161 30 NOVEMBER 2010

COMMERCE ACT (ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION DEFAULT PRICE-QUALITY PATH) AMENDMENT DETERMINATION 2010

Pursuant to Part 4 of the Commerce Act 1986, the Commerce Commission makes the following "amendment determination":

1 Title

1.1 This amendment determination is the Commerce Act (Electricity Distribution Default Price-Quality Path) Amendment Determination 2010.

1.2 In this amendment determination, the Commerce Act (Electricity Distribution Default Price-Quality Path) Determination 2010 is called the "principal determination".

2 Commencement date

This amendment determination comes into force on 1 April 2011.

3 Amendment to price path compliance assessment formulae

The principal determination is amended by omitting clause 8.4, and substituting the following:

8.4 Compliance with the price path

The notional revenue (NR_t) of a Non-exempt EDB at any time during the Assessment Period must not exceed the allowable notional revenue (R_t) for the Assessment Period, such that:

(NR_t \leq R_t)

where:

(NR_t) is the notional revenue for the Assessment Period (t), being equal to:

(\sumi P{i,t}Q_{i,t-2} - K_t)

(R_t) is the allowable notional revenue for the Assessment Period (t), other than the First Assessment Period, being equal to:

(\left(\sumi P{i,t-1}Q{i,t-2} - K{t-1} \right) + (R{t-1} - NR{t-1}) \times ((1 + \Delta CPI_t) \times (1 - X)))

where:

t denotes the year of the Assessment Date in the Assessment Period, for which compliance is being assessed;

i denotes each Price relating to an Electricity Lines Service;

(P_{i,t}) is the (i^{th}) Price during any part of the Assessment Period (t);

(P_{i,t-1}) is the (i^{th}) Price during any part of the Pricing Period (t-1);

(Q_{i,t-2}) is the Quantity corresponding to the (i^{th}) Price during the Pricing Period (t-2);

(K_t) is the sum of all Pass-Through Costs during the Assessment Period (t);

(K_{t-1}) is the sum of all Pass-Through Costs during the Pricing Period (t-1);

(R_{t-1}) is the allowable notional revenue during the Assessment Period (t-1);



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