Utility Regulator

NIE T&D RP5 Price Control

Final Determination

Final Determination Key Point Briefing

Final Determination Executive Summary

Final Determination Main Paper

Proposed RP5 Licence Modifications

Article 14(2) Notice(signed)

Tracked change NIE T&D Licence

Proposed new Annex 2 for NIE T&D Licence

Appendices to the Main Paper

Appendix A: Glossary

Appendix B: Process followed for RP5

Appendix C: Statutory duties

Appendix D: RP5 Distribution capex

Appendix D: RP5 Transmission capex

Appendix E: Comments on NIE T&D response to RP5 draft determination

Appendix F: Comments on other responses to RP5 draft determination

Appendix G: Comments on responses to draft determination on capitalisation practice

Appendix H: Comments on responses to draft determination on Fund 3 approach

Appendix I: Real Price Effects

Appendix J: Pensions methodology

Appendix K: Annex 2 tables (depreciation)

Appendix K: Annex 2 tables (tax entitlement)

Appendix L: Terms of reference for the reporter

Responses Received to the draft determination consultation

1. RP5 draft determination response - Advice NI

2. RP5 draft determination response - Age NI

3. RP5 draft determination response - Age Sector Platform (ASP)

4. RP5 draft determination response - CBI Northern Ireland

5. RP5 draft determination response - CCNI

6. RP5 draft determination response - Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland

7. RP5 draft determination response - Endesa Ireland

8. RP5 draft determination response - Energia

9. RP5 draft determination response - ESB

10. RP5 draft determination response - Farm Woodlands Ltd

11. RP5 draft determination response - Firmus Energy

12. RP5 draft determination response - Gaelectric Developments

13. RP5 draft determination response - Major Energy Users’ Council (MEUC)

14. RP5 draft determination response - Manufacturing NI

15. RP5 draft determination response - National Energy Action Northern Ireland (NEA NI)

16. RP5 draft determination response - NIE Limited

RP5 draft determination response NIE Limited (appendices)

17. RP5 draft determination response - Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce (NICC)

18. RP5 draft determination response - Northern Ireland Electricity Pension Scheme

19. RP5 draft determination response - Northern Ireland Environment Link

20. RP5 draft determination response - Northern Ireland Renewables Industry Group (NIRIG)

21. RP5 draft determination response - Phoenix Natural Gas Ltd

22. RP5 draft determination response - Property Compensation Consultants Ltd

23. RP5 draft determination response - Prospect Trade Union

24. RP5 draft determination response - Renewable Energy Systems Limited

25. RP5 draft determination response - Smart Grid Ireland

26. RP5 draft determination response - SONI

27. RP5 draft determination response - SSE

28. RP5 draft determination response - Stephen Littlechild response for ESB

29. RP5 draft determination response - Ulster Farmers Union

30. RP5 draft determination response - Unite - the Union

31. RP5 draft determination response - Unite Regional Co-ordinating Committee

32. RP5 draft determination response - Viridian Group Limited

Plus one confidential response that is not published

Detailed replies to the Responses Received to the draft determination
are available in appendix E and appendix F

Responses Received to the capitalisation practice investigation consultation
1. Capitalisation Practice consultation response - CCNI

2. Capitalisation Practice consultation response - NIE

Detailed replies to the responses to capitalisation practice received are contained in Appendix G

Responses Received to the Fund 3 criteria and incentives mechanism consultation

1. Fund 3 criteria and incentives mechanism response - Energia

2. Fund 3 criteria and incentives mechanism response - ESB Wind

3. Fund 3 criteria and incentives mechanism response - Gaelectric

4. Fund 3 criteria and incentives mechanism response - NIRIG

5. Fund 3 criteria and incentives mechanism response - RES

6. Fund 3 criteria and incentives mechanism response - SONI

7. Fund 3 criteria and incentives mechanism response - NIE

Capitalisation Practice
We published a NIE T&D’s capitalisation practice draft determination on 30 August 2012.

Fund 3 Criteria and Incentive Mechanisms
We published our consultation on the criteria and incentive mechanisms for RP5 capex Fund 3 (Investments for Renewable Electricity) on 29 August 2012.

RP5 Draft Determination
We published our RP5 draft determination on 19 April 2012.

Website news release

Draft determination key point briefing

Draft determination executive summary paper

Draft determination main paper

Appendices to the Main Paper

RP5 draft determination Appendix A - Glossary

RP5 draft determination Appendix B - Utility Regulator Statutory Duties

RP5 draft determination Appendix C - 2006 Direction

RP5 draft determination Appendix D - Capex unit cost review by SKM

RP5 draft determination Appendix E - Opex benchmarking report by CEPA

RP5 draft determination Appendix F - Pensions analysis by GAD

RP5 draft determination Appendix G - Connections

RP5 draft determination Appendix H - Innovation for RP5

RP5 draft determination Appendix I - NIE T&D cost of capital report by First Economics

Strategy Paper
We published an update to the RP5 Strategy Paper on 11 May 2011.  This included publication of responses received to the original 09 July 2010 Startegy Paper.

We published a Strategy Paper for the RP5 price control on 09 July 2010