As the owner and operator of natural gas pipelines across the North Island, First Gas has a strong interest in the economic and technical regulation of the gas sector, and the wider energy sector.
This page contains submissions that First Gas has made to the Commerce Commission, the Gas Industry Company and a range of government agencies since April 2016.
2019
- Reforming the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme: Rules for auctioning
- 2020/21 EECA Levy Funding Proposal
- GIC information disclosure problem assessment Dec 2019
- ICCC – Call for Evidence Nov 2019
- Resource Management Amendment Bill Nov 2019
- Upstream Gas Outage Information Disclosure Nov 2019
- MBIE hydrogen vision green paper Oct 2019
- MfE NPS on Urban Development Oct 2019
- MBIE – Resource sector strategy Sept 2019
- 2019 Gas Supply and Demand Study August 2019
- GIC – gas quality requirements and procedures update July 2019
- GIC – gas measurement requirements and procedures update July 2019
- SAPERE report – analysis of approaches for funding innovation in energy networks
- Commerce Commission – EDB DPP draft decision July 2019
- Select Committee Climate Change Response Amendment Bill July 2019
- Commerce Commission treatment of operating leases July 2019
- GIC – Cross submission on options for information disclosure June 2019
- GIC – GTAC code change process June 2019
- MBIE – Options for amending the Gas Act June 2019
- Treasury – Options to amend the OIA May 2019
- Wellington City Council – Net Zero Capital May 2019
- GIC – Options for Information Disclosure April 2019
- MBIE – Electricity Price Review options March 2019
- MBIE and EECA – Process Heat February 2019
- GIC – FY2020 work programme and levy
- GIC – Preliminary assessment of GTAC January 2019
2018
- EECA levy funding Dec 2019
- Utilities Disputes Limited Levies and bulk membership
- emsTradepoint Carbon options paper
- Environment Select Committee Crown Minerals (Petroleum) Amendment Bill October 2018
- MfE improvements to the NZ Emissions Trading Scheme
- Commerce Commission cross sub CPP open letter August 2018
- NZUAG review of the national code of practice for utility operators (round 2) August 2018
- Commerce Commission CPP Open Letter July 2018
- MfE form of the Zero Carbon Bill July 2018
- Transpower thermal fuel limitations in the hydro risk curves. July 2018
- Utilities Disputes Limited 5-year review (round 2) June 2018
- NZUAG review of the national code of practice for utility operators April 2018
- Productivity Commission Low emissions economy June 2018
- Utilities Disputes Limited 5-year review April 2018
- GIC_2019 Sol and levy Feb 2018
- GIC_Assessment of GTAC March 2018
2017
- EECA_Draft NZEECS Feb 2017
- GIC_2018 SoI and levy Feb 2017
- Commerce Commission_cross sub Gas DPP draft decision March 2017
- Commerce Commission_Gas DPP draft decision March 2017
- Commerce Commission_Gas DPP draft decision March 2017_Appendix
- Commerce Commission_further cross sub Gas DPP draft decision March 2017
- Commerce Commission_technical consultation on DPP reset April 2017
- Commerce Commission_Fast track changes to ID May 2017
- MBIE_UDA proposal May 2017
- GIC_Gas metering review June 2017
- Commerce Commission_ID amendments July 17
- Commerce Commission_RPT draft decisions Sept 17
- Commerce Commission_cross submission on RPT draft decision Oct 2017
- Productivity Commission_Low emissions economy Oct 2017
- Commerce Commission_WELL streamlined CPP approach Nov 2017
- Commerce Commission_submission on CPP info requirements Nov 2017
- Commerce Commission_cross submission on CPP info requirements Nov 2017
- EECA_Levy funding Dec 2017
2016
- GIC_Transmission Security and Reliability June 2016
- Commerce Commission_IM review draft decision Cost of Capital 4 Aug 2016
- Commerce Commission_IM review draft decision non WACC 4 Aug 2016
- Commerce Commission_IM review Gas transmission and distribution amendments Aug 2016
- Commerce Commission_cross sub Gas DPP implementation paper August 2016
- Commerce Commission_Gas DPP implementation paper Aug 2016
- Commerce Commission_IM review draft decision Final Oxera report 4 Aug 2016
- Commerce Commission_cross sub IM review Topic paper 4 cost of capital Aug 2016
- Commerce Commission_cross sub IM review draft decisions excluding cost of capital and DPP implementation Aug 2016
- Commerce Commission_Gas DPP policy paper Sept 2016
- GIC_Wholesale Levy Assurance options Oct 2016
- Commerce Commission_cross sub Gas DPP policy paper Oct 2016
- Commerce Commission_IM review technical consultation update paper Nov 2016
- GIC_MBB Review Dec 2016
Further information
For more information regarding any of our submissions, please contact the First Gas regulatory team.