Exploring network visibility

Thank you to everyone who shared their views on the ideas in our Exploring network visibility discussion paper. The written feedback we received is published below, along with presentations and a summary of the views we heard at the in-person workshop.

We think improving ‘network visibility’ – where more information about network constraints and capacity is made publicly available and is accessible – could bring important benefits to a range of parties. For example, it could:

• support access seekers’ decisions about where to request a new or upgraded connection
• inform investment decisions about the installation of distributed energy resources
• help identify where on the network distributed energy resources and non-network assets can provide value.

We’re in the early stages of this work and are considering all feedback to understand if more needs to be done to ensure efforts to improve network visibility occur at the right pace and in the right way.

In-person workshop materials

On 18 September 2025, we held a workshop in Wellington to explore the key concepts and questions in the discussion paper.

• Summary of workshop feedback
• Exploring network visibility – Electricity Authority presentation
• EDB disclosures related to network visibility under Part 4 Commerce Act Commerce Commission presentation
• Powerco presentation
• Network Waitaki presentation
• FlexForum presentation