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ENA responds positively to the Electricity Price Review options paper
The Electricity Networks Association (ENA) welcomed the phasing out of the low fixed-charge regulations for residential electricity pricing as a favoured option in the Electricity Price Review options paper released today.
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Transformation Roadmap to be launched in April
Disruptive shifts in electricity production, use, and consumer behaviour are coinciding to create a level of unprecedented change and unpredictability in the electricity industry.
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“A falsehood can travel halfway round the world before the truth can get its boots on” is an oft-repeated quote. The maxim clearly has as much merit today as when first uttered two centuries ago.
Review of tree regulations finally starting
A long-awaited government review of the tree regulations has started.
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Unfair low-user subsidy must go
Electricity price controls which penalise consumption may finally be headed for the regulatory dust bin, writes ENA chief executive Graeme Peters.
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Pricing reform workshop agrees to work together on proposed timing of changes
Around seventy representatives from retailers, distributors, regulators and consumers attended ENA’s pricing reform update workshop in Wellington in November.
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ENA recommends changes to distribution sector regulation
All electricity-related regulation of the distribution sector should be under the ambit of the Commerce Commission, and an energy ‘ambassador’ should be considered to amplify the voice of ordinary consumers, the ENA says.
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Wellington Electricity makes progress on seismic strengthening
A milestone was marked by Wellington Electricity last week with the completion of seismic remedial work at its Miramar substation as part of its three-year, $31.2 million earthquake preparedness programme.
ENA response to first report of Government Electricity Price Review
Electricity distributors have welcomed a report on the status of New Zealand’s electricity industry, and will be preparing a detailed and measured response to its findings.
Read moreComCom decision rams home need for more leeway in electricity reliability standards
A Commerce Commission decision today shows the importance of giving electricity distributors greater flexibility in meeting their reliability standards without facing financial penalties.
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