The Economic Regulation Authority (ERA) is required in some instances, under the Access Code, to publish guidelines (i.e. information) that detail certain requirements to assist it in meeting its regulatory roles and responsibilities, such as the requirements for a major augmentation proposal. In other instances the ERA may publish additional information, in the form of guidelines, to assist electricity service providers and other parties in meeting their obligations under the Access Code. The following guidelines have been produced by the ERA:

Access Arrangement Information Guidelines

When a service provider submits to the ERA a proposed access arrangement, or revisions to its current access arrangement, it must also submit access arrangement information. Access arrangement information is information that enables the ERA (and other interested parties) to understand how elements of the access arrangement have been derived and form an opinion as to whether it complies with the Access Code.

Under section 4.5 of the Access Code the ERA may publish guidelines setting out in further detail what information must be included in access arrangement information. Access arrangement information submitted more than three months after guidelines are published must comply with the published guidelines.

View access arrangement information guidelines.

Regulatory Test Guidelines

The ERA is required under section 9.17 of the Access Code to publish its requirements for major augmentation proposals, to ensure that it receives sufficient information to enable it to efficiently and effectively apply the regulatory test.

Major augmentation proposals outline the details of major network augmentations that are subject to the regulatory test - an assessment of whether a proposed major augmentation to a covered network maximises the net benefit after considering alternative options.

View regulatory test guidelines.