• Archive - Dispute resolution scheme

  Published: 23/09/2014 12:00am

  Under the Electricity Act 1992 (Act) and Government Policy Statement on Electricity Governance May 2009 (GPS), the Electricity Commission was responsible for approving a consumer complaints resolution system. From 1 November 2010, the Minister of Consumer Read More

• Archive - Retailer social agency protocol

  Published: 23/09/2014 12:00am

  The Electricity Commission facilitated a protocol between retailers and social agencies, which complements the Guideline on arrangements to assist vulnerable and medically dependent consumers - 30 January 2008. Read More

• Archive - Development of arrangements to assist vulnerable & medically dependent consumers

  Published: 23/09/2014 12:00am

  Paragraphs 18 to 19 of the 2004 Government Policy Statement required the Electricity Commission (Commission) to develop arrangements for the benefit of low income consumers. This page provides background information on the development of these arrangement Read More

• Archive - Property rights for load management

  Published: 01/10/2014 12:00am

  The Property rights for load management project was undertaken by the Electricity Commission to establish the Commission's position on what, if any, actions were appropriate to address property rights issues that could be detrimentally affecting good load Read More

• Archive - Wind integration project (WIP)

  Published: 10/03/2017 12:00am

  The earlier Wind Generation Integration Project (WGIP) made a number of recommendations to integrate wind generation into New Zealand's power system, particularly in relation to the provision of accurate pre-dispatch information and the ability of the power system to handle large scale unpredicted changes in wind generation. The Wind integration project (WIP) was established to develop appropriate arrangements. Read More

• Archive - Market Development Programme

  Published: 30/07/2015 11:03am

  The Market Development Programme (MDP) draws together and prioritises initiatives that are focused on improving the performance of the electricity market. Read More

• Archive - Market Design Review

  Published: 30/07/2015 12:00am

  The Electricity Commission initiated the Market Design Review in 2007 to identify what changes could be made to the electricity market to improve its performance. Read More

• Archive - Options for increasing consumers propensity to compare and switch retailers

  Published: 08/01/2014 12:00am

  The purpose of this project was to identify actions the Authority might take after 30 April 2014 to increase consumers’ propensity to compare and switch retailers. Read More

• Archive - Electricity Information Exchange Protocols (EIEPs)

  Published: 08/01/2014 12:00am

  The purpose of this project is to improve the clarity, accuracy and functionality of the existing EIEPs Read More

• Archive - Asset Commissioning and testing issues

  Published: 05/02/2014 12:00am

  The intent of the Code is that instantaneous reserves availability charges should apply to all assets operating on the power system at any time. However, to date such cost recovery approaches have not applied to assets being commissioned or tested. Read More

• Archive - Allocation of constrained-on and constrained-off amounts to system operator

  Published: 27/01/2014 12:00am

  A proposal to clarify the Code provisions for allocating constrained-on and constrained-off payments made to the system operator. Read More

• Archive - Industrial co-generation dispatch arrangements

  Published: 26/08/2014 12:00am

  The Authority considered options for improving the dispatch compliance of industrial co-generating stations to allow approved co-generators more flexibility in dispatch. Read More

• Archive - Improving transmission loss modelling in SPD

  Published: 23/12/2014 12:00am

  The Electricity Authority is planning to make changes to the wholesale market model (commonly referred to as the Scheduling, Pricing, Dispatch model or SPD) to calculate transmission losses more accurately and reduce costs. Read More

• Archive - Part 10

  Published: 13/05/2014 12:00am

  The Authority continued work initiated by the Electricity Commission on the metering code which is contained in Part 10 of the Code, (formerly part D of the Electricity Governance Rules 2003) Read More

• Archive - FTR development

  Published: 07/02/2014 12:00am

  Development of a solution to inter-island locational price risk started in 2008. An FTR market has since been established and the first FTR auction was held on 12 June 2013. Read More

• Archive - More standardisation of use-of-system agreements and distribution tariff structures

  Published: 20/08/2014 12:00am

  As required by Section 42 of the Electricity Industry Act 2010 the Authority undertook work to achieve more standardisation of distribution use-of-system agreements and tariff structures. Read More

• Archive - Settlement and prudential security review

  Published: 28/01/2014 12:00am

  Read More

• Archive - Win-backs and saves

  Published: 24/06/2014 12:00am

  A project to investigate the effects on competition arising from the retailer practices of saves and winbacks, and to recommend market design changes to address any issues found. Read More

• Archive - Investigating barriers facing small-scale distributed generation/Regulated arrangements for small scale distributed generation

  Published: 03/11/2014 12:00am

  The Authority assigned to the Retail Advisory Group a project to address issues related to the purchase by retailers of power from small-scale distributed generation (DG). This was one of the recommendations made under the 2009 Ministerial Review of Elect Read More

• Archive - Improving transparency of consumers' electricity charges

  Published: 08/01/2014 12:00am

  The purpose of this project is to identify and recommend alternatives that promote competition by ensuring consumers have timely access to sufficient information so they can understand their bills, see what is driving price changes and make choices about Read More

• Archive - Barriers to group switching and mass-market aggregation

  Published: 20/02/2014 12:00am

  An examination of the potential benefits to consumers from establishing mass-market buying groups, and any barriers or limiting factors that may be inhibiting them. Read More

• Archive - Multiple frequency keepers

  Published: 15/01/2014 12:00am

  The Authority looked to introduce more competition in the frequency keeping market using a technology platform known as multiple frequency keepers. The platform allows more than one frequency keeper provider to be dispatched in the same trading period and Read More

• Archive - Dispatchable demand

  Published: 24/01/2014 12:00am

  The objective of the dispatchable demand project was to develop a regime to enable demand-side participants to participate more fully in the wholesale electricity market. Read More

• Archive - Improving the efficiency of prices in pivotal supplier situations

  Published: 27/01/2014 12:00am

  We are investigating options to improve the confidence of both consumers and investors in the efficiency of pricing outcomes during pivotal supplier situations. Read More

• Archive - Alignment of forecast and settlement prices

  Published: 27/01/2014 12:00am

  We have requested the input and advice of WAG on the feasibility, benefits and costs of measures to improve the alignment between forecast and final prices. Read More

• Archive - Within-island basis risk

  Published: 10/12/2013 12:00am

  In November 2011, the Authority commenced a project to assess the level of within-island basis risk (WIBR, or intra-island locational price risk). The project was split into two distinct phases. The first phase assessed the level of WIBR in the North and Read More

• Archive - Wholesale Market Information

  Published: 29/01/2014 12:00am

  The Wholesale Market Information Project sought to enhance information availability to improve competition, pricing and security of supply in the electricity market. Read More

• Archive - Removal of technology-specific reference from frequency keeping provisions

  Published: 04/11/2014 12:00am

  The Authority is looking at amending the Code to remove technology specific references to enable participation in the frequency keeping market by demand-side participants. Read More

• Archive - Security of supply standards

  Published: 10/11/2014 12:00am

  The capacity and energy security of supply standards, and the corresponding winter capacity margin (WCM) and winter energy margin (WEM) metrics, are key parts of the system operator’s medium-term security monitoring framework. Their function is to serve a Read More

• Archive - Under-frequency management - AUFLS

  Published: 27/01/2014 12:00am

  A sub-project of the “Under-frequency management” project that reviewed the technical arrangements for the procurement or mandating of products that are used for the management of under-frequency events on the power system. This has been replaced by “Effi Read More

• Archive - Pricing process improvement project

  Published: 07/01/2015 12:00am

  In late 2006 the Electricity Commission initiated a project to look at the process for calculating final prices. This project started as a result of concerns about the pricing process, the inputs into pricing, the inability to correct errors, the apparent Read More

• Archive - Demand-side bidding and forecasting

  Published: 04/12/2013 12:00am

  The objective of this project was to capture the benefits of central load forecasting, while also facilitatin demand-side price response through improving the bidding process Read More

• Archive - Stress testing

  Published: 29/09/2014 12:00am

  The Authority is progressing a number of priority projects to improve the performance of the electricity market. The proposed introduction of a stress testing regime (referred to in the proposed Code amendment as “Risk Disclosure”) is one of these projec Read More

• Archive - Frequency keeper selection change

  Published: 24/09/2014 12:00am

  A change is to be made to the frequency keeper selection methodology to improve its efficacy in selecting the lowest cost provider in each trading period in each island. Read More

• Archive - Scarcity Pricing

  Published: 11/09/2014 12:00am

  Scarcity pricing refers to arrangements to modify prices in the wholesale electricity market (spot market) when the system operator reduces demand through administrative action Read More

• Archive - Customer compensation scheme

  Published: 11/09/2014 12:00am

  The Electricity Industry Act 2010 identifies a number of priority initiatives to be addressed by the Authority. These initiatives seek to boost competition, improve investment and supply signals and strengthen monitoring of industry and market performance. The Customer compensation scheme was the first of the priority initiatives to be implemented. Read More