This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'Impacts of prices rises on our most vulnerable family, friends, and neighbours'.

 
9 May 2025 
 
Julian Warmington 
[FYI request #30920 email] 
 
 
Kia ora Julian 
 
Official Information Act request 24.201 
 
Thank you for your request of 7 May 2025 for the following information under the Official 
Information Act 1982 (the OIA): 
 
What advice, if any, has Te Komihana Tauhokohoko given to the Minister of 
Social Development within the past year and this year about the projected 
impact of 1 April 2025 transmission and lines price rises on beneficiaries and 
requests for hardship assistance? 
 
Our response 
 
The Commission can confirm it has not provided specific advice to the Minister of 
Social Development about this matter. As such, we are refusing your request under 
section 18(e) of the OIA because the information requested does not exist. 
 
However, it may interest you to know that the Commission has provided public 
estimates of the price impacts of its decisions which were widely reported in the media. 
Our public communications also included links to resources for consumers facing 
hardship. 
 
You can find information on our decisions and their consumer price impact our website 
at: https://comcom.govt.nz/regulated-industries/electricity-lines/electricity-lines-and-
transmission-charges-what-are-they,-why-are-they-changing-and-what-does-this-
mean-for-your-electricity-bill 
 
Further information 
 
We hope this response has been helpful. 
 
If you have any questions about this response, please do not hesitate to contact us at 
[Commerce Commission request email]. 
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If you are not happy with our response, you have the right to complain to the 
Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available at 
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz.  
 
Finally, confirming the Commission will not publish this response on our website as 
part of our proactive release process. 
 
 
Ngā mihi nui 
 
Adam McFerran 
Senior Advisor | OIA & Information 
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