User guide
Site layout
Home page - includes links to the latest Authority news items, hot topics, recent site updates, events, current consultations, and programme information, along with handy links.
About us - includes information about the Authority, including its objective and role, along with historical information about the Electricity Commission.
Consumer - electricity consumers will find an overview of New Zealand's electricity industry, along with information on consumer rights and policies, FAQs, and where to go for help or further information.
Industry - primarily for industry participants, this section contains information on the Authority's role in the efficient, day-to-day operation of New Zealand's electricity system in the areas of industry and market monitoring, the market, market operation service providers, modelling and forecasting, power system operations and common quality, security of supply, and transmission. You will also find an archive of Electricity Commission information.
Our work - from this section you can link to all Authority consultations and work programmes, including information on advisory and working groups and meeting papers. Users will also find links to compliance reports, market statistics and reports, and System Operator data and reports in this section.
Act, Code and Regulations - this section links to the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 and Regulations. It also includes links to historical Electricity Governance Rules and Regulations. Users will also find information on the Authority's compliance role.
Footers - on each page users will find footers including links to the glossary, FAQs, contact information, and a sitemap.
For information on:
- Short-term security of supply:
- visit the Transpower website for new information
- or see the archived security of supply section on this website
- Electricity efficiency - visit the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority website
- Grid investment:
- visit the Commerce Commission website for new information
- or see the archived grid investment section on this website.
RSS feeds
You can subscribe to any the following RSS feeds on the home page to stay up to date with the latest website information:
- news
- events; and
- recent site updates.
To subscribe to an RSS feed:
- click on the RSS feed icon; and
- click on the "Subscribe now" button.
Note that the RSS news feed from the Electricity Commission will no longer send out alerts - you should subscribe to one or more of the RSS feeds on this website.
Most visited pages
The table below provides a mapping between the most frequently visited pages on the Electricity Commission website and where that information now resides on this website:
| Commission website page: | Find it on the Authority website: |
|---|---|
| Market updates | Market Briefs & media releases |
| Rules and Regulations / Rules | The Code |
| Rules and Regulations | The Act, Code and Regulations |
| Industry | Industry overview |
| Consumer / Prices | Electricity prices |
| Consultation | Consultations - note: individual consultation pages include a link on the right-hand side to the related Submissions |
| Press releases | Market Briefs & media releases |
| Retail |
Retail workstream information Retail consultations; and Retail projects |
| opdev |
Industry; and |
| About the Commission | About us |
| News | News & events |
| Transmission |
Transmission workstream information Transmission & distribution consultations; and Transmission projects |
| Rules and Regulations / Regulations | Regulations |
| Consumer | Consumer |
| Contact | Contact us |
| Publications | Key documents & publications |
| Sitemap | Sitemap |
| Security of supply | Security of supply |
| Glossary | Glossary |
| Retail regstats / ICPS Retailer | |
| Retail / Metering / Part D | Part 10 review project (metering Code) |
| Market Development Programme | Priority projects |
| Vacancies | Careers |
| Wholesale |
Wholesale workstream information Wholesale consultations; and Wholesale projects |
| Levies | Levy funding |
The sitemap footer provides more details about the layout of this website.