July 2013

In this market brief:

• Enquiry into wholesale prices during February and March 2013
• Part 10 implementation: agreement for registry switching moratorium
• Part 10 implementation: updated transition plans
• Part 10 implementation: registry user acceptance testing
• Part 10 implementation: updated registry functional specification
• Summary of submissions on proposed Guideline for Metering Equipment Provider Audits
• Current consultations
• NZ electricity hedge contracts - 26 July 2013

In this market brief:

• Consultation on modified design of dispatchable demand
• Temporary Code amendment on AUFLS block flexibility during Pole 2 commissioning
• Code amendments to the new Part 10 metering arrangements
• Part 10 implementation - Registry user acceptance testing
• Investigation into the Value of Lost Load in New Zealand: report on methodology and key findings
• Retail Advisory Group papers
• Review of domestic contracting arrangements
• Review of the options for consumer switching
• Current consultations

In this market brief:

• Exemptions granted by the Authority
• Industry forum on proposed arrangements to manage a retailer default situation and the settlement and prudential security review
• Transmission Pricing Methodology: next phase
• Transmission Pricing Methodology: conference questions
• Part 10 implementation: change “livening” to “electrically connecting” and minor Code amendments
• Summary of submissions on proposed Code amendments to Parts 10 and 11
• New fact sheets: Electricity Industry Participation Code
• Current consultations
• NZ electricity hedge contracts - 12 July 2013

In this market brief:

• Code amendment regarding time frames for wholesale market invoicing
• Wholesale Advisory Group discussion paper: aligning forecast and final prices
• Retail Advisory Group issues paper: improving transparency of consumers’ electricity charges
• Consultation paper on amendments to the procurement plan
• Summary of submissions on proposed Part 10 Code amendments
• Annual levy rates for the year ending 30 June 2014
• Fifth stress test results
• Current consultations
• NZ electricity hedge contracts - 5 July 2013

In this market brief:

• Electricity Authority work programme for 2013/14
• Industry forum on proposed arrangements to manage a retailer default situation and the settlement and prudential security review
• Industrial co-generator application from Norske Skog Tasman
• Generation project update - June 2013
• Current consultations
• NZ electricity hedge contracts - 28 June 2013