Our projects
We're working with the sector on projects to ensure Aotearoa's low-emissions transition happens efficiently, while providing a reliable, secure and resilient electricity supply.
Future security and resilience
Ensuring our electricity system remains secure and resilient for New Zealand's low-emissions energy transition.
Authority review into Northland outage
A review into the 20 June 2024 transmission tower failure in Northland.
Code amendment omnibus
Consulting on amendments to the Electricity Industry Participation Code.
Code review programme
Code review programmes address various themes or issues that arise in the Code.
Commercial market making
Making the electricity futures market more efficient.
Consumer Care Guidelines
Developing new Consumer Care Guidelines for retailers to better serve consumers.
Default distributor agreements
Implementing default distributor agreements over use-of-system agreements to improve contracts between distributors and traders.
Distribution pricing
How to speed up distribution pricing reform to realise consumer benefits and facilitate an efficient low-emissions transition.
Distributor involvement in flexibility services market
Developing guidance to support a competitive flexibility services market for more efficient and cost-effective use of the distribution network.
Improving consumer choice
Supporting consumer information, comparison and switching initiatives.
Improving retail market monitoring
Improving how we monitor the retail market.
Improving the accuracy of intermittent generation forecasts
Improving the accuracy and frequency of intermittent generation forecasts in the spot market.