Regulation of Electricity Lines Businesses (M13)
Scope of Appropriation
This appropriation is limited to the regulation of electricity lines businesses and Transpower under Part 4 of the Commerce Act 1986 and residual administration of the repealed Part 4A of the Commerce Act 1986.
Expenses
| 2011/12 | 2012/13 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Budgeted $000 | Estimated Actual $000 | Budget $000 | |
| Total Appropriation | 5,060 | 5,060 | 5,744 |
Reasons for Change in Appropriation
The $684,000 increase in this appropriation between 2011/12 and 2012/13 is a result of:
- an expense transfer reflecting the delays in the "Starting Pricing Adjustments" projects resulting in a decrease of $400,000 in 2011/12 and an $400,000 increase in 2012/13 (a net movement of $800,000)
- $249,000 increase as a result of the "Commerce Commission - Funding of Regulatory Control functions" paper, and
- an expense transfer reflecting delays in Transpower capital expenditure proposals resulting in a decrease of $1 million in 2011/12 and an increase of $1 million in 2012/13.
These increases are partially offset by the following decreases:
- a one-off transfer in 2011/12 of $1.865 million to reflect the delays in the "Approval of Transpower's Grid Upgrade Plans and Regulation of Electricity Lines Businesses" project, and
- a reduction of $500,000 as part of the "Changes to Appropriations - Implementation of New Governance Arrangements in Electricity Industry Act" paper.
Output Performance Measures and Standards
| 2011/12 | 2012/13 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Performance Measures | Budgeted Standard | Estimated Actual Standard | Budget Standard |
Determinations | |||
| Number of determinations (includes determinations, clarifications, reviews and amendments) | New Measure | New Measure | 8-23 |
| Percentage of Part 4 determinations completed by statutory deadlines | New Measure | New Measure | 100% |
| Percentage of stakeholders who find the Commission determinations and supporting reasons clear | New Measure | New Measure | 75% |
Public Reports and Advice to Officials | |||
| Number of reports completed (monitoring reports, summary and analysis reports, information disclosure reports, ministerial reports) | New Measure | New Measure | 2 |
| Number of substantial pieces of advice provided to officials to inform policy design | New Measure | New Measure | 2-6 |
| Percentage of stakeholders who rate our reports good or above | New Measure | New Measure | 75% |
| Percentage of reports completed by the set date | New Measure | New Measure | 100% |
| Compliance and Enforcement | |||
| Number of compliance assessments completed | New Measure | New Measure | 48 |
| Number of enforcement cases taken | New Measure | New Measure | 0-4 |
| Percentage of compliance assessments completed by the set date | New Measure | New Measure | 100% |
Quality measure for all outputs | |||
| Number of successful legal challenges of the Commission's processes | New Measure | New Measure | 0 |
Current and Past Policy Initiatives
| Policy Initiative | Year of First Impact | 2011/12 Budgeted $000 | 2012/13 Budget $000 | 2013/14 Estimated $000 | 2014/15 Estimated $000 | 2015/16 Estimated $000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Current Government | ||||||
| Changes to Appropriations for the Implementation of New Governance Arrangements in the Electricity Industry Act | 2010/11 | 1,500 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
Previous Government | ||||||
| Commerce Commission Funding for Implementation of Part 4 of the Commerce Act 1986 | 2009/10 | 2,667 | 2,667 | 2,667 | 2,667 | 2,667 |
