Archive - Improving transparency of consumers' electricity charges

When: Tuesday 10 February 2015, 11:30am - 2pm 

Where: Boardroom, Electricity Authority, 2 Hunter St, Wellington 

The Authority has published draft guidelines for retailers’ and distributors’ communications about price changes with media and consumers. The Authority has also published a paper setting out its decisions and reasons for the project.

This workshop is to give parties an opportunity to ask questions and provide oral feedback about the draft guidelines. The Authority is particularly interested in obtaining feedback about the practical implications of the guidelines.

Please email conference@ea.govt.nz with ‘Improving transparency workshop’ in the subject line to register your interest in attending the workshop and to advise any catering requirements. A light lunch will be provided.

The agenda for the workshop is:

• Welcome
• Workshop context and purpose
• Problem definition
• Overview of proposed arrangements
• expectations set out in voluntary guidelines
• Authority monitoring for consistency with guidelines
• Discussion of draft guidelines and monitoring approach
• accurate and timely information
• meaningful and accessible information
• consistency of statements
• Timetable and next steps