Date Published: 19 January 2007
The Government Policy Statement on Gas Governance invites Gas Industry Co to recommend arrangements for the standardisation and upgrading of protocols relating to customer switching, so that barriers to customer switching are minimised. The main purpose of this decision paper was to explain the decisions that the Gas Industry Co Board has taken in respect of progressing the development of a set of switching rules, a central gas registry, and associated compliance regulations. The decision paper describes the process Gas Industry Co has followed in addressing customer switching issues and related compliance and enforcement arrangements which culminated in two statements of proposal for switching arrangements for the New Zealand Gas Industry.
Submissions made on those Proposals, and Gas Industry Co's response to those submissions, are covered in the decision paper. Further stakeholder input was sought on three particular issues, including whether the final drafts of the switching rules and compliance regulations accurately implement the arrangements. Gas Industry Co considered the submissions and made recommendations to the Minister of Energy on 31 May 2007. The decision paper can be viewed or downloaded below: