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Consumers prefer effective outage communications as measure of EDB performance

Measures around outage communications were the preferred tools to judge EDB performance according to ENA’s latest consumer reference panel meeting.

Sector needs more responsive regulatory regime, ENA says

ENA has told the Commerce Commission that responding to climate change is not optional for electricity lines companies and that the sector needs a more responsive regulatory regime to deal with the challenges of electrification.

Managing the impact of EV charging on grid demand

ENA is proposing changes to regulatory settings that would make it a requirement that local lines companies are notified of any new electric vehicle charger installations in homes.

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

Vector's electric vehicle charging research

Westpower's low voltage monitoring device

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.