On 11 December 2017 we published a draft report prepared by Sapere Research Group and Merz Consulting for consultation.

Submissions on the draft report closed 9 February 2018.

We hosted a workshop on Friday 2 March 2018 to give interested stakeholders an opportunity to discuss the key issues raised in their written submissions. Sapere Research Group and Merz Consulting prepared the presentation material to facilitate the workshop discussion.

We also sought further information from distribution network service providers to refine the operating environment factors analysis for a final report.

On 15 October 2018, we published a final report prepared by Sapere Research Group and Merz Consulting. The analysis in this report will feature in our 2018 benchmarking report for distribution network service providers which we will publish by 30 November 2018.