Regulatory Observer—Issue 16

Contents of this issue:

• Airports
• Oceania
• NZ: NZCC Announces Airports Information Disclosure Requirements
• Communications
• Americas
• US: FCC Releases Local Telephone Competition Report
• Oceania
• NZ: NZCC Releases Latest Broadband Report
• Energy
• UK: Ofgem Issues Fifth Report for the Energy Demand Research Project
• Water
• Europe
• UK: Ofwat Releases Report on Lessons from the 2009 Price Review Process
• Communications
• Americas
• US: FCC Acts to Preserve Internet Freedom and Openness
• US: FCC Grants Approval of Comcast-NBCU Joint Venture
• Europe
• UK: Ofcom Publishes Supplementary Consultation to its Mobile Call Termination Market Review
• UK: Ofcom Consults on Internal Processes
• Oceania
• NZ: NZCC Recommends Deregulation of some Resale Services
• NZ: NZCC Decides Not to Regulate Telecom’s VDSL2 Service
• NZ: NZCC Releases Draft Determination for Mobile Termination Access Services
• Singapore: IDA Revises Telecommunications Competition Code
• Energy
• Europe
• Germany: Bundeskartellamt Releases Final Report of Inquiry into Wholesale Electricity Market
• UK: DECC Publishes Consultation on Electricity Market Reform
• UK: Utility Regulator Publishes SONI Price Control 2010-2015 Consultation Paper
• UK: Ofgem Consults on Guidance on Third Party Access Charges for Licence Exempt Distribution Networks
• UK: Ofgem Issues Consultation on Cost Recovery Approaches for Determinations
• UK: Ofgem Consults on Strategy for RIIO-GD1 and RIIO-T1
• UK: Ofgem Publishes Consultation on Electricity Distribution Economic Asset Lives
• UK: Ofgem Publishes Consultation on ‘Relevant Points’ of a Transmission System
• UK: Ofgem Publishes Initial Consultation on Gas Security of Supply Significant Code Review
• UK: Ofgem Publishes Initial Findings and Consultation on Proposed Metering Industry Remedies
• Oceania
• NZ: NZCC Finalises Input Methodologies
• NZ: NZCC Releases Final Individual Price Quality Path Determination for Transpower
• Other
• UK: Utility Regulator Publishes Discussion Paper on the Financing of Regulated Networks
• Rail
• Americas
• Canada: CTA Publishes Determination of Western Grain Revenue Caps
• Europe
• UK: ORR Consults on Regulation of Borders Railway
• Other
• Europe
• UK: BIS Calls for Submissions on the Principles of Economic Regulation
• Communications
• ACCC to Issue Interim Access Determinations for Telecommunications Fixed Line Pricing in Early 2011
• Government Releases ACCC’s Advice on Points of Interconnect to the National Broadband Network
• Government Releases Interim Anti-Siphoning List
• Energy
• AEMC Publishes Draft Report for the Review of the Reliability and Emergency Reserve Trader (RERT)
• AEMC Publishes Final Report on Request for Advice on Cost Recovery for Mandated Smart Metering Infrastructure
• AEMC Publishes the Final Report for the Annual Market Performance Review 2010
• Rail
• ACCC Issues Position on Hunter Valley Rail Network
• Other
• PC Releases Framework Paper for its COAG Reform Study