Policy Considerations for the New Zealand Natural Gas Industry
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Posted Date:
14-Jul 11
Authors:
- Stanford Levin
- Alfred Duncan
Keywords:
regulation, natural gas, pipelines
Category:
Research Reports
Publication Id:
ISCR-2011-01
Abstract
Professor Stanford Levin and Alfred Duncan undertake a study of the natural gas industry in New Zealand at a time when the two industry regulators are undertaking regulatory initiatives.
The Commerce Commission is in the midst of setting their default price-quality regulatory framework that will take effect in July 2012. The Gas Industry Company, the industry co-regulator, has just recently issued a proposal to undertake a project to determine the current need for gas transmission investment and to develop a way for any needed investment to occur.
The authors are hopeful that this study will prove useful to industry participants, policymakers and also to the two industry regulators.