16Form of regulation factors

16 Form of regulation factors

16 Form of regulation factors

The form of regulation factors are—

(a) the presence and extent of any barriers to entry in a market for pipeline services;

(b) the presence and extent of any network externalities (that is, interdependencies) between a covered gas service provided by a service provider and any other covered gas service provided by the service provider;

(c) the presence and extent of any network externalities (that is, interdependencies) between a covered gas service provided by a service provider and any other service provided by the service provider in any other market;

(d) the extent to which any market power possessed by a service provider is, or is likely to be, mitigated by any countervailing market power possessed by a user or prospective user;

(e) the presence and extent of any substitute, and the elasticity of demand, in a market for a pipeline service in which a 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(g) (Repealed)

s 16: Am 2022 No 21, sec 22; 2023 No 36, sec 12.