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Have your say on improving prudential security arrangements
We invite you to share your feedback on the issues and options for improving prudential security requirements for small retailers.
Join our webinar on proposals to maximise benefits of local generation
Registrations are open for our webinar at 11.15am–12pm on Thursday 30 October 2025. The webinar is about our proposed new rules to make export limits more ef…
New dashboard summarises barriers to new electricity generation projects
The Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko has created a dashboard to show the challenges hindering new electricity generation projects in New Zealand.
South Pacific Energy customers transferred to new retailers
All customers of defaulted retailer South Pacific Energy Limited have been transferred to other retailers. Ten of South Pacific Energy’s customers had voluntar…
Feedback sought on proposed SOSFIP changes
The System Operator has begun consultation on proposed changes to its Security of Supply Forecasting and Information Policy.
Seeking feedback on proposal to require half-hourly data for reconciliation
We're seeking feedback on our proposal to amend the Code to require participants to submit half-hourly data into the wholesale market’s reconciliation process,…
ASX participant identifiers – are you set up correctly?
Changes to how participant identifiers are recorded by the ASX took effect from 27 September 2025. These will improve the accuracy of de-anonymised trading d…
Decision on 21 April 2025 under-frequency event
An under-frequency event occurred at 4.43pm on 21 April 2025 when Huntly Unit 4 tripped offline reducing North Island frequency to 49.16 Hz.
Proposals to improve visibility of distributed generation and load pipeline
We want to collect, aggregate and publish information about significant generation and load connecting to distribution networks and want to hear your views abo…
Electricity retailer South Pacific Energy defaults
Electricity retailer South Pacific Energy Limited has gone into default after its agreement with a distributor was terminated.
Task Force Package Two guidance resources now available
We have developed three guidance documents to support distributors and retailers implement new rules that will give consumers more choices for how they use, bu…
Q&As from the standardised super-peak contract webinar
We held a webinar on Wednesday 10 September on our consultation into regulating the standardised super-peak hedge contract. If you missed it, you can watch a r…
Explore our new ‘Data and insights’ hub
We’ve created a new ‘Data and insights’ hub on our website to provide access to the latest electricity market data, tools and insights on New Zealand’s electri…
Electricity Authority improves visibility of competition in the over-the-counter contract market
Following two rounds of consultation we have decided to introduce a requirement for participants to provide us with information on requests for over-the-counte…
Thanks to retailers for the first data submitted under new retail data reporting notice
In March 2025 the Authority published its decision to bring the new Retail Market Monitoring clause 2016 information notice into effect. Retailers have now sub…