Mar 28, 2018  - The Commerce Commission has approved an application by lines company Powerco to raise prices to fund a $1.27 billion upgrade of its network. It also gave Wellington Electricity a green light to increase prices to fund its earthquake readiness plan.

Jan 15, 2018  -  Mercury NZ has selected Tesla as the provider for a scalable national grid-connected battery trial after a tender process launched last September.  A direct grid-connected battery is a large-scale battery able to take, store and return energy directly to the national grid, making it possible to provide energy when usage is high or supply is disrupted.

The Electricity Authority is proposing to remove 36 clauses that require it to act or behave reasonably from the ‘rulebook’ that governs the New Zealand electricity market. (1) ​The move is being opposed by a group of consumer, business, farming and electricity industry organisations, who are calling for people to lodge urgent objections. Submissions close tomorrow. The Group includes the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, Counties Power, EA Networks, EMA Northern, Entrust, Auckland Federated Farmers, Northpower, Norske Skog, Oji, Top Energy and Vector. The changes would remove requirements for the Authority to act reasonably, remove requirements for the Authority to publish…