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.
2022
- Firstgas Group submission on Ministry for the Environment’s Transforming Recycling
- Firstgas Group submission on Ministry for the Environment’s Management of Exotic Afforestation Incentives
- Firstgas Group submission on Transpower’s Renewable Energy Zones
- Firstgas Group submission on Transpower’s Security of Supply Forecasting and Information Policy and Emergency Management Policy
- Firstgas Group submission on GIC’s Gas Consumer Care Guidelines
- Firstgas cross submission on Commission draft DPP3 decision
- Firstgas submission on Commission draft DPP3 decision
- Firstgas Group submission on Transpower’s Reference Case for the 2022 Security of Supply Assessment
- Firstgas cross-submission on proposed changes to cost of capital input methodologies
- Firstgas Group’s submission on MBIE’s Onshore Fuel Stockholding consultation
- Firstgas Group submission on the Gas Industry Company’s work programme for FY2023
- Firstgas Group submission on MBIE’s proposed changes to the Health and Safety in Employment (Pipelines) Regulations 1999
- Firstgas Group submission on Advanced Gas Metering Infrastructure
2021
- Firstgas Group submission on Defining Energy Hardship
- Firstgas Group submission on gas market guidelines
- Firstgas Group submission on shaping the ERP
- Firstgas Group submission on Waste strategy
- Firstgas submission on Advanced metering issues assessment
- Firstgas Group submission on ETS governance framework
- Firstgas cross submission DPP reset process and issues paper
- Firstgas Group submission Regulations for CMA Bill
- Firstgas Group submission on production and storage outage information
- Firstgas submission DPP reset process and issues paper
- Firstgas Group submission on CMA decommissioning bill
- Firstgas Group submission on gas certification rules
- Firstgas Group submission on Civil Defence Emergency Management Act amendments
- Firstgas Group submission on Infrastructure strategy
- Firstgas Group response to GIC market investigation
- Firstgas Group’s response to Hikina te Kohupara
- Firstgas response to Commerce Commission open letter May 2021
- Firstgas Group response to ETS and SGG levy
- Firstgas Group response to renewable gas certification scheme
- Firstgas Group Response to MfE phasing out fossil fuels in Process Heat
- Firstgas Group response to the Climate Change Commission report
- Rockgas Franchisee response to the Climate Change Commission report
- Extending the Electricity Price Review to the Gas and LPG Sector
- GIC SoP for production and storage outage information
- GIC work programme for FY2022
- Review of Commerce Commission funding Feb 2021
- Firstgas submission on the Natural and Built Environments Bill
2020
- 2021/22 EECA Levy Funding Proposal
- GIC learnings from EPR for gas market
- Reforming the NZ ETS
- Firstgas response to GIC SoP CCMP Amendments
- Homestar Consultation – Future of Gas in the Home
- Gas (Information Disclosure and Penalties) Amendment Bill
- GIC Workplan for YE2021
- Crown Minerals Act Discussion Paper
- MBIE Building for Climate Change Oct 2020
2019
- MBIE – Accelerating Renewables Discussion Paper – December 2019
- MfE – Reforming the ETS – Proposed Settings – December 2019
- MBIE – CMA Discussion Paper December 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.