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Regulatory settings need changing for climate change adaptation
ENA’s submission on the draft National Adaptation Plan (NAP) argued the current regulatory settings need to change to effectively manage the emerging risks and opportunities of climate change.
Aurora’s Energy's Upper Clutha project
Seeking non-network solutions to reliably meet growing peak demand in the wider Wanaka area
Vector's electric vehicle charging research
A trial of electric vehicle owner charging behaviour undertaken by Vector covered approximately 200 EV owners in Auckland.
Westpower's low voltage monitoring device
Project
A trial rollout of PowerPilot, an innovative Internet of Things (IoT) based, low voltage management device, designed and built by Westpower subsidiary, ElectroNet Technology.
Massive funding boost will support EDB upgrades
Government funding to support upgrades to distribution networks through a ten-fold increase in the ‘GIDI’ fund is a key outcome from the first Emissions Reduction Plan.
Transformation Update
Electricity networks today released updated guidance to support New Zealand’s climate change goals and help homes and businesses embrace leading-edge technologies creating a new energy future.
ENA and members lay out priorities to Commerce Commission
The Commission held a stakeholder workshop in December to drill into the responses to its open letter from earlier in the year around potential changes to Part 4 of the Commerce Act.
Commerce Commission praises lines companies' asset management plans
Electricity networks are heartened by Commerce Commission recognition of industry efforts to support decarbonisation, said Graeme Peters, chief executive of the Electricity Networks Association (ENA).
Encouraging industrial use of electricity
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is working on new policy that encourages customers to use electricity for process heat.
Transitioning out of the low fixed charge pricing option for electricity
Electricity lines companies welcome the Government’s decision to phase out regulations which create unfair pricing.
