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Updated February 14, 2025
ENA submission to the Commission about the regulatory framework for electricity distribution businesses (EDBs), focusing on quality of service regulations. The document emphasises separating planned and unplanned outage targets, improving normalisation methods, and including customer service metrics to align service levels with consumer expectations.
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Updated February 12, 2025
ENA submission to the Commerce Commission about the DPP3 reset process, highlighting the need for improved engagement and consulting with Electricity Distribution Businesses during regulatory changes. ENA points out missed opportunities for collaboration that could have benefited the DPP framework, such as the 'SAIDI N' regime and quality service guidelines, emphasising the importance of workshops and evidence-based decision-making for regulatory processes.
ENA submission to the Commerce Commission about the default price-quality paths for electricity distribution businesses. The submission discusses concerns over proposed revenue smoothing, capital expenditure impacts, and operational changes, urging the Commission to reconsider some proposals to ensure financial stability and minimal consumer disruption.
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Updated February 12, 2025
ENA submission to the Commerce Commission about the draft decision for Aurora's Customised Price-quality Path (CPP). The document criticises the Commission's decision-making process, particularly the late introduction of top-down benchmarking that led to significant budget cuts, potentially impacting Aurora's network improvements and consumer benefits.
ENA submission to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment about improving New Zealand's fuel security and resilience. This submission outlines the importance of integrating fuel security with electricity system planning, supporting domestic alternatives, and ensuring regulatory frameworks align with electrification and decarbonisation efforts.
ENA submission to the Commerce Commission about the draft guidance for the Innovation and Non-Traditional Solutions Allowance (INTSA). The document provides feedback and suggestions to enhance the guidance and processes, aiming to support electricity distribution businesses in adopting innovative technologies and practices that could offer long-term benefits to consumers.
ENA submission to the Electricity Authority and Energy Competition Task Force about various initiatives concerning distribution pricing and consumer incentives. The submission emphasises the need for a principles-based approach to adapt to evolving market conditions, concerns about regulatory overload, and the necessity for implementing efficient pricing signals for distributed generation to ensure network benefits.
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Updated February 11, 2025
ENA submission to the Commerce Commission about EDB expenditure forecasting. The submission discusses the importance of using EDBs' own forecasts for expenditure allowance setting rather than relying on historic data or the Commission's mechanistic approaches. It emphasises the need for confidence in EDB forecasts due to different and evolving expenditure drivers, particularly in light of decarbonisation and resilience requirements.
ENA submission to the Commerce Commission about the CEPA EDB Productivity Study emphasises the complexities of accurately measuring productivity in electricity distribution. ENA asserts that the CEPA report's findings should not lead to regulatory changes due to inherent inaccuracies in modeling and recommends retaining a 0% productivity factor in regulatory frameworks.
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Updated January 10, 2025