Utility Regulator
- Date 2 November 2018
- Sector Other
- Decision(s) FOI 1: Not upheld, FOI 36: Not upheld
The complainant has requested various items of information in respect of the Utility Regulator’s determination of the 2015-2020 Price Control applied to SONI (System Operator for electricity in Northern Ireland). The Utility Regulator provided some information but refused the request by virtue of sections 36(2)(b)(i) and 36(2)(b)(ii) and section 40(2) FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Utility Regulator has complied with its obligations under section 1(1) FOIA and that it was entitled to rely on sections 36(2)(b)(i) and 36(2)(b)(i) of the FOIA in respect of the disputed information. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps.