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Watch the BESS webinar recording
- Policy
- Wholesale
We would like to thank everyone who attended our webinar on our consultations to support the growing role of grid-scale batteries in New Zealand’s power system:
- Wholesale market arrangements for battery energy storage systems – Code amendment consultation
- Common quality and wholesale market arrangements for BESS and BESS-hybrids
If you could not attend, or would like to revisit the discussion, the recording is available below.
The webinar provides an overview of our proposals, highlights the key issues for feedback, and includes the questions and answers from participants. It may help inform your submission.
Reminder: submissions on our battery energy storage systems (BESS) consultations and our five-minute settlement discussion paper are due by 5pm, Tuesday 30 June 2026.
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