March 2014

 In this Market Brief:

• Consultation on guidelines to the dispatch-capable load station approval process
• Retail data project forum
• Part 6 submissions
• Retail price check
• Service provider fit-for-purpose review
• Refresh of Authority website
• EMI website – market statistics and tools
• NZX consults on new draft settlement and prudential methodologies
• Current consultations
• NZ electricity hedge contract - 21 March 2014

In this Market Brief:

• New Security and Reliability Council members
• Retail Data project forum
• NZX consults on new draft settlement and prudential methodologies
• Wholesale Advisory Group papers
• Current consultations
• NZ electricity hedge contract - 14 March 2014

In this Market Brief:

• Consultation on efficiency of prices in pivotal supplier situations
• Consultation on proposed Code amendments for FTR reconfiguration auctions
• Authority decision on FTR manager’s proposed variation to the FTR Allocation Plan deferred
• Forum for Retail Data project
• Proposal to remove the frequency keeping in-band constrained on and off compensation
• Efficient procurement of extended reserves - second consultation
• Update on transmission pricing methodology process
• Transmission pricing methodology: working paper submissions published
• Timeline for exemption consideration
• Exemption granted for Transpower New Zealand Limited
• Stress test scenarios unchanged for the April-June quarter of 2014
• Current consultations
• NZ electricity hedge contract - 7 March 2014

In this Market Brief:

• NZX Clearing consults on new draft settlement and prudential methodologies
• Forum for Retail Data project
• Work programme report
• Retail Advisory Group minutes
• Current consultations
• NZ electricity hedge contract -28 February 2014