Hedge market summaries

Our hedge market summary reports provide a month-by-month overview of the electricity hedge market in New Zealand. The reports cover key pricing, volume and market making information across the ASX and over-the-counter hedge market.

Hedge prices are an indication of how high or low participants in the electricity market expect the wholesale electricity spot price to be for future periods. Prices for products that trade regularly often move with market sentiment.

Our OTC market bids and offers summaries provide a quarterly overview of activity in the over-the-counter hedge market. They use aggregated or non-identifiable information – such as key statistics on hedge requests and responses to those requests, including response rates, volumes requested and offered, and pricing offered.

Helping electricity market participants manage risk will lead to more efficient pricing, and promote reliability, competition, and efficiency in the electricity industry for the long-term benefit of consumers.