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Cross-submissions invited on distribution pricing reform consultation

  • Distribution
  • Prices

We’ve published the submissions received for our distribution pricing reform consultation. Read the submissions.

We thank all submitters for the time taken to provide valuable stakeholder feedback on our issues paper.

We are now inviting cross-submissions on the initial submissions. Please send through your cross-submission to distribution.pricing@ea.govt.nz by 5pm on 30 August 2023.

This is also a reminder that throughout September we are holding industry forums in Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington and online.

The forums will be in-person to discuss and address the key topics covered in our issues paper on distribution pricing reform, submissions and cross-submissions. There will also be an online session to help enable feedback by all.

We invite you to register for a forum session by 5pm on 31 August 2023.

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