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Authority Seeks Increase To Cover Rising Service Provider Costs
Friday, 15 November 2024, 8:59 am | Electricity Authority
Electricity Authority Chief Executive Sarah Gillies says the Authority is seeking support for Option 3, which would enable it to maintain third-party service levels and deliver high impact work faster. More >>
Electricity Consumers To Get Better Protections
Friday, 8 November 2024, 9:13 am | Electricity Authority
The two key protections - prohibiting retailers from disconnecting customers for non-payment they know to be medically dependent on electricity and requiring any fees or charges to be reasonable - will apply from 1 January 2025. More >>
Review Identifies Risk To Retail Electricity Competition
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 8:58 am | Electricity Authority
The Electricity Authority and Commerce Commission’s Energy Competition Task Force will pick up on the review’s analysis as it develops actions focused on enabling new generators and independent retailers to enter, and better compete, in the market. More >>
Electricity Authority Proposals To Help Businesses And Infrastructure Get Connected
Friday, 25 October 2024, 10:53 am | Electricity Authority
The two sets of proposed rule changes are expected to remove barriers to getting manufacturers, data centres, new housing developments, EV charging stations and other businesses connected to the electricity network. More >>
Authority Welcomes Government Policy Statement On Electricity
Friday, 11 October 2024, 12:35 pm | Electricity Authority
"We share the Government’s desire for consumers to have access to an electricity system that is competitive, efficient, secure and resilient. We want an energy system that fosters economic growth and social well-being," says Electricity Authority chief ... More >>
WEL Networks Exemption Supports More Solar Energy Generation In The Waikato
Thursday, 3 October 2024, 9:49 am | Electricity Authority
WEL Networks has demonstrated that their plans for more distributed generation on their network will facilitate a redistribution of power away from reliance on a central grid, towards better community and regional control with increased consumer agency. More >>
Authority Decides No Undesirable Trading Situation After High Court Ruling
Wednesday, 2 October 2024, 1:08 pm | Electricity Authority
"Our initial assessment was finely balanced and the input from the sector was important to assess market confidence to help inform the final decision," says Airihi Mahuika, General Manager, Legal, Monitoring and Compliance. More >>
Electricity Authority Seeks Improved Data Collection From Retailers
Tuesday, 1 October 2024, 12:24 pm | Electricity Authority
Policy decisions relating to network pricing, demand response, flexibility and competition will all benefit from these data collection improvements, and the Authority plans to publish its findings. More >>
Northland Tower Collapse Report Released
Wednesday, 25 September 2024, 2:36 pm | Electricity Authority
The report is not intended to apportion blame to individuals, but rather to understand the underlying causes at a company and system wide level to prevent recurrence, particularly focusing on responsibility for training and quality assurance. More >>
Authority Opens New Pathway For Energy Innovators
Tuesday, 17 September 2024, 8:22 pm | Electricity Authority
The Pathway provides innovators with easier, more efficient access to regulatory information and support to enable them to bring new ideas to market faster, including local solutions for specific regions. More >>
Energy Competition Task Force Considers Eight Actions To Strengthen Electricity Market
Monday, 16 September 2024, 1:59 am | Electricity Authority
The Task Force brings together regulatory and competition experts from the Commerce Commission Te Komihana Tauhokohoko and Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko, with representatives from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment as observers. More >>
Energy Competition Task Force Set Up To Improve Electricity Market Performance
Wednesday, 28 August 2024, 5:59 pm | Electricity Authority
The Task Force brings together government market regulators to consider the complex factors underlying wholesale prices and put in place a suite of measures to help address the current issues across the energy system. More >>
Market Brief - 22 August 2024
Thursday, 22 August 2024, 10:25 am | Electricity Authority
Today's Market Brief shares the system operator's decision to raise the contingent storage release boundary for a limited time. More >>
Electricity Authority Seeking A Better View Of Generation And Investment Plans
Wednesday, 21 August 2024, 1:27 pm | Electricity Authority
Electricity Authority chief executive Sarah Gillies said the Authority has a significant programme of work to support and encourage more investment and competition in the market, and these two documents are important parts of the data collection workstream. More >>
Electricity Authority Releases First Energy Margin Dashboard
Monday, 19 August 2024, 8:54 pm | Electricity Authority
The data in the dashboard is based on figures provided by the generators to the Electricity Authority, and then a standard formula was used to generate an indicative energy margin for the week for each of the six companies modelled. More >>
Electricity Authority Working With Manawa Energy And Prime Energy To Ensure Managed Resolution For Customers
Friday, 9 August 2024, 7:34 pm | Electricity Authority
The Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko (Authority) is working with Manawa Energy and Prime Energy to come to a managed resolution for its customers in relation to the recent termination of Prime Energy’s electricity supply and services agreement ... More >>
Authority Decides To Improve Comparison And Switching
Tuesday, 9 July 2024, 8:33 am | Electricity Authority
The Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko (the Authority) has announced its decision to improve support for consumers in comparing and switching electricity plans and retailers. They want to ensure consumers have access to simple processes and accurate ... More >>
Chair Appointed For Review Into Northland Power Outage
Monday, 8 July 2024, 10:15 am | Electricity Authority
The Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko has appointed Sarah Sinclair as independent chair of its review into the Northland power outage after a transmission tower fell on 20 June. More >>
Electricity Authority To Review Northland Power Outage
Friday, 21 June 2024, 2:49 pm | Electricity Authority
Minister for Energy Simeon Brown requested the Authority carry out a review under Section 18 of the Electricity Industry Act 2010 after the collapse of a transmission tower cut power to consumers in the region. More >>
Electricity Authority Clears Smelter Contracts
Wednesday, 19 June 2024, 8:57 am | Electricity Authority
Meridian and Contact sought clearance from the Authority of their electricity supply agreements and demand response agreements with NZAS under the materially large contract (MLC) provisions in the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010. More >>
