Commerce Act 1986

Regulated goods or services - Electricity lines services - Energy efficiency

54Q: Energy efficiency

You could also call this:

"Helping electricity companies use energy wisely"

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The Commission has a job to help companies that supply electricity lines services. You want these companies to invest in energy efficiency, which means using less energy to do the same things. The Commission must encourage these companies to do this and not make it harder for them to reduce energy losses when they follow the rules in this part of the law.

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Part 4Regulated goods or services
Electricity lines services: Energy efficiency

54QEnergy efficiency

  1. The Commission must promote incentives, and must avoid imposing disincentives, for suppliers of electricity lines services to invest in energy efficiency and demand side management, and to reduce energy losses, when applying this Part in relation to electricity lines services.

Notes
  • Section 54Q: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Commerce Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 70).