General news

Updates to distribution pricing reform

  • Distribution
  • Prices

In May 2024 the Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko will provide an update on its work planned to address the five issues set out in our issues paper on the targeted reform of distribution pricing. The five issues were:

  • Peak period price signals - prices that signal the cost of network use at periods of high demand
  • Off-peak price signals - prices that do not distort network use during off-peak periods
  • Target revenue allocation - efficient allocation of shared costs between consumer groups
  • Connection pricing - consistent and efficient connection pricing (capital contributions)
  • Retailer response - retailers’ response to distribution pricing signals

The regulatory options considered for each of these issues included continuation, control and call-in.

We will provide an update on this work via our website and Market Brief newsletter in May.

Issues paper - Targeted reform of distribution pricing

Related News

Thank you to those preparing for Industry Exercise 2025

Lines companies, retailers and direct-connect users have completed two training sessions in preparation for this year’s Industry Exercise. Over 120 operations …

Lines companies and retailers have completed the first training for the Industry Exercise 2025

Lines companies and retailers have completed the first training for the Industry Exercise 2025. Yesterday over 120 operations and communications leads came tog…

Guidance for distributors providing flexibility services underway

We’re resuming our work on guidance for distributors involved in the flexibility services market. This work was paused while we focused on higher priority proj…