Regulatory observer—issue 13

Contents of this issue:

• Chris Decker*
• Airports
  • Europe
    • Ireland: Quality of Service Report for Dublin Airport and Report on Passenger Complaints
• Communications
  • Americas
    • US: FCC Launches New Staff Working Paper Series
  • Oceania
    • NZ: NZCC Releases Fixed-Line and Mobile Services Benchmarking Report
• Energy
  • Europe
    • European Energy Regulators Publish Review of Regional Initiatives
    • Northern Ireland: Utility Regulator Announces Entry into the Belfast Gas Market
    • Northern Ireland: Utility Regulator Publishes its Second Annual Energy Retail Report
    • UK: Ofgem Releases Report on Business Customers
    • UK: Ofgem Releases Report on Consumer First Panel Meeting
• Other
  • Europe
    • Nordic Competition Authorities Release Report on Competition and ‘Green Growth’
    • Italy: Regulator Fines MasterCard and Major Banks for Fixing Interchange Fees
• Rail
  • Europe
    • Sweden: Competition Authority Responds to the EC’s ‘First Railway Package’
    • UK: ORR Proposes to Penalise Network Rail for Not Providing an Effective Timetabling System
• Ports
  • ACCC Releases Annual Container Stevedoring Monitoring Report
• Communications
  • Oceania
    • NZ: NZCC Issues Draft Determination Extending Number Portability
• Energy
  • Europe
    • European Energy Regulators Consult on Conceptual Model for European Gas Market
    • European Energy Regulators Review Framework Guideline Process
    • UK: Ofgem Publishes Guidance on how to Comply with Access Regime for Gas Storage Facilities
  • Oceania
    • NZ: NZCC Releases Final Consultation on Input Methodologies and Individual Price-Quality Path for Transpower
• Rail
  • Americas
    • Canada: CTA Concludes First Stage of Review of Cost of Capital Methodology
• Other
  • Europe
    • UK: Government Launches Independent Review of Intellectual Property System
• Energy
  • AEMC Consults on Reliability Settings Rule Change Request
    • AEMC Publishes Draft Amended Compensation Guidelines
    • AEMC Releases Draft Report for the Total Factor Productivity Review
    • AER Releases Position Paper on Retail Market Performance Reporting