sec.2FForm of regulation factors

sec.2F Form of regulation factors

The form of regulation factors are— the presence and extent of any barriers to entry in a market for electricity network services; the presence and extent of any network externalities (that is, interdependencies) between an electricity network service provided by a network service provider and any other electricity network service provided by the network service provider; the presence and extent of any network externalities (that is, interdependencies) between an electricity network service provided by a network service provider and any other service provided by the network service provider in any other market; the extent to which any market power possessed by a network service provider is, or is likely to be, mitigated by any countervailing market power possessed by a network service user or prospective network service user; the presence and extent of any substitute, and the elasticity of demand, in a market for an electricity network service in which a network service provider provides that service; the presence and extent of any substitute for, and the elasticity of demand in a market for, electricity or gas (as the case may be); the extent to which there is information available to a prospective network service user or network service user, and whether that information is adequate, to enable the prospective network service user or network service user to negotiate on an informed basis with a network service provider for the provision of an electricity network service to them by the network service provider. s 2F ins 2007 No. 53 (SA) s 6

• (a) the presence and extent of any barriers to entry in a market for electricity network services;
• (b) the presence and extent of any network externalities (that is, interdependencies) between an electricity network service provided by a network service provider and any other electricity network service provided by the network service provider;
• (c) the presence and extent of any network externalities (that is, interdependencies) between an electricity network service provided by a network service provider and any other service provided by the network service provider in any other market;
• (d) the extent to which any market power possessed by a network service provider is, or is likely to be, mitigated by any countervailing market power possessed by a network service user or prospective network service user;
• (e) the presence and extent of any substitute, and the elasticity of demand, in a market for an electricity network service in which a network service provider provides that service;
• (f) the presence and extent of any substitute for, and the elasticity of demand in a market for, electricity or gas (as the case may be);
• (g) the extent to which there is information available to a prospective network service user or network service user, and whether that information is adequate, to enable the prospective network service user or network service user to negotiate on an informed basis with a network service provider for the provision of an electricity network service to them by the network service provider.