February 2013

In this market brief:

• Business awareness and switching growing
• Transmission pricing methodology Q&A workshop
• Part 10 implementation: feedback on draft Participant Transition Plan
• Closer look at the market
• Summary of submissions on wholesale market information disclosure obligations clause 13.2
• Current consultations
• NZ electricity hedge contracts - 22 February 2013

In this market brief:

• Stress tests unchanged for the April-June quarter of 2013
• Support for FTR participants wanting to calculate FTR rentals
• Recalculated reconciled annual levy rates for the financial year ended 30 June 2012
• Consultation released: loss factor methodologies
• Part 10 implementation: new registry available for participant’s testing
• Compliance Update
• Current consultations
• NZ electricity hedge contracts - 15 February 2013

In this market brief:

• Monitoring of market outcomes during pole 3 commissioning
• Security and Reliability Council call for nominations
• Under frequency management initiatives and changes to the procurement plan: consultation
• Participant registration and requirement to update information
• Part 10 implementation
• Decision not to take further action on breaches by the market administrator
• Developing guidelines for a modified clause 13.2: workshop
• Current consultations
• NZ electricity hedge contract - 8 February 2013

In this market brief:

• Electricity information exchange protocols: consultation
• Registration open for FTR market participation
• Distributed generation reporting due by 1 April 2013
• Typographical errors in the Code
• Appointment of investigators
• Discontinued investigation
• Developing guidelines for a modified clause 13.2: workshop
• Transmission pricing methodology review: questions and answers workshop
• Current consultations
• NZ electricity hedge contract - 1 February 2013