Security and Reliability Council

At this meeting, the SRC received presentations from the Authority on Winter 2025 and regulatory responses, the proposed 2025 review of the Security Standards Assumptions Document (SSAD) and background information on outage coordination; from Powerco and Vector, on opportunities for use of controlled circuits to manage peaks; and from the system operator on its self-review for the 2023-24 period.

At this meeting, the SRC received presentations from the Authority on its investigation into the Northland outage, progress on the implementation of new AUFLS arrangements, and its reset of the system operator service provider agreement; and from the system operator on its annual Security of Supply Assessment (SOSA).

The SRC held its annual strategy session.

At the meeting the SRC received presentations from the Minister of Energy, and Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment on the government’s priorities and approach for the sector, as the theme for the meeting.

The SRC received a presentation from a departing long-standing member and presentations from Enerlytica, the Authority, the Gas Industry Company, Clarus and OMV on the co-theme of gas resilience.

At this meeting, the SRC received presentations from the Authority, system operator and grid owner on future system operation and support for industry evolution, as the theme for the meeting. The SRC also received a presentation from the Authority’s Market Operations Committee and a member’s perspective on incentive gaps in the electricity sector.

The SRC received a presentation from a departing long-standing SRC member and discussed the Authority’s winter initiatives and security of supply outlook for 2024.

At this meeting the SRC received presentations from InPhySec, Transpower EMS, NZX, Jade, Mercury and the Electricity Authority, as part of its theme of market operations service providers’ approach to information and technology security.

The SRC reviewed the system operator’s annual self-review and considered the indicative Authority review. The SRC received results of a confidential cyber threat survey, which will not be published.

At this meeting, the SRC received presentations from Transpower, the Electricity Engineer’s Association, the Business Energy Council, the Young Energy Professionals Network, the Power Engineering Excellence Trust and the University of Auckland, as part of its theme of workforce management.

The SRC held its annual strategy session.

At this meeting, the SRC received presentations from the grid owner, regarding Cyclone Gabrielle, the Electricity Networks Aotearoa, the Electricity Engineer’s Association, the Northern Energy Group, the Electricity Retailers’ Association, and the Major Electricity Users Group, as part of its theme of the role of industry associations in supporting a secure and reliable electricity supply.

The SRC received a presentation from the Consumer Advocacy Council on its priorities and considered the system operator’s annual security of supply assessment.

At this meeting, the SRC received presentations from the Electricity Authority, Transpower, as the system operator and Octopus Energy, Contact Energy, Simply Energy, Fonterra and Wellington Electricity, as part of its theme of Demand Response.

At this meeting, the SRC received presentations from the Electricity Authority, the Commerce Commission, and Transpower, as the grid owner, as part of its theme of Transmission.

The SRC also received the system operator’s annual self-review of performance and a presentation from the Electricity Authority on wind monitoring and forecasting.

At this meeting, the SRC received presentations from the Climate Change Commission on their role in the sector, MBIE on the Aotearoa New Zealand Energy Strategy, and Te Waihanga, the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission on their role in the sector, as part of its theme of Climate Change.

The SRC held their annual strategy session.

At this meeting, the SRC received presentations from the Commerce Commission, MartinJenkins and the grid owner on their approach to asset management and risk.

Aurora Energy presented a case study on recent experiences with their customised price-quality pathway and the system operator shared feedback and learnings from their security of supply information industry forums.

The Electricity Authority’s strategy team gave an update on the Future Security and Resilience workstreams.

At this meeting, the SRC received presentations from the National Emergency Management Agency, the system operator and MartinJenkins, as part of its theme of emergency preparedness.

The SRC discussed several cyber security topics (which are confidential and will not be published).

The SRC received presentations from the Electricity Authority and Transpower on communications plans in a supply emergency and discussed consumer demand and the Authority’s system leadership workstreams.

At this meeting, the SRC received presentations from Enerlytica, the Gas Industry Co, and gas participants, as part of its theme of gas reliability and resilience.

The SRC received an update on the Dry Year Event review, the Future Security and Resilience Project workstreams and the system operator’s security of supply annual assessment and self-review of performance.

The SRC met and held its annual strategy session, discussed the scope and terms of reference for the Dry Year review and discussed a range of papers, as part of its theme of understanding consumers.

At this meeting, the SRC received updates on the security of supply situation, considered the scope of next meeting’s substantive papers, and considered the fitness for purpose of regulation and monitoring.

The SRC met and discussed the management of short-term risk (including credible events and ancillary services).

The SRC received information on the Electricity Authority’s project to examine the security and resilience of the electricity sector, the Authority’s annual review of the system operator’s performance, and the separation between Transpower services.