March 8, 2024

Calendar

UPCOMING EVENTS 2025

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Date	Item	Description	Links
JANUARY 2025
17 January	Task Force Initiative 1A working paper	The Competition Task Force will release a working paper looking at the context, headwinds and options for power purchase agreements. It will seek feedback on the working paper as part of the Task Force's work on what can be done to enable new generators to enter, and better compete in the market. Consultation paper release: April 2025 Code change decision: June 2025	Find out more.
24 January	Consultation	Network Connections Project Stage 1 The Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko proposes Code changes that aim to remove barriers and create efficiencies in the application process for connecting distributed generation (like solar farms) and large load (like industrial plant) to networks.	Submissions are due 24 January. Find out more.
24 January	Consultation	Distribution connection pricing proposed Code amendment The Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko is seeking feedback on a package of proposals that aim to make significant progress towards efficient connection pricing.	Submissions are due 24 January. Find out more.
28 January	Consultation	The Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko is seeking feedback on a new Electricity Information Exchange Protocol (EIEP) to support retailers’ upcoming obligations under the Consumer Care Obligations to share information with distributors about medically dependent consumers on their networks.	Submissions are due 28 January 2025. Find out more.
28 January	Task Force Initiative 1B Trading event	New standardised flexibility product trading begins. Aotearoa Energy has been selected as the representative broker for this trading event, which will run from between 9.30am and 10.30am.	Find out more.
29 January	Feedback	The Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko is seeking feedback from generators, the grid owner and other market participants who may be substantially affected by an under-frequency event on 17 September 2024.	Submissions are due 28 January 2025. Find out more.
FEBRUARY 2025
Early 2025	Working paper	Risk management options for electricity retailers: The Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko has published an issues paper with preliminary findings. Next steps: Recalibrate any Task Force package 1 initiatives if the relevant part of the evidence base (the risk management review findings) changes in any material way Confirm as soon as possible whether any further policy responses (outside of the Task Force initiatives) are needed.	Find out more.
February	Task Force Initiative 1C	Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko and Commerce Commission: Prepare for virtual disaggregation of the flexible generation base - Outline to be published.	Find out more.
February	Task Force Initiative 1D	Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko and Commerce Commission: Investigate level playing field measures such as non-discrimination rules as a regulatory backstop. Options to be published in February 2025	Find out more.
6 February	Legislation	The Government has introduced the Offshore Renewable Energy Bill. Submissions will be accepted until 6 February 2025.	Find out more, including an indicative timeline for the proposed regulatory regime.
12 February	Energy Competition Task Force: Package Two consultation update/webinar	The Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko will publish consultation papers for Package Two initiatives 2A, 2B and 2C on the Electricity Authority’s website at 8am on Wednesday 12 February and host a webinar at 9.30am to run through the papers and answer any questions. These papers present proposals to better enable consumers to manage their electricity use and costs and harness the power of rooftop solar and batteries.	Find out more and register.
18 February	Consultation	The Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko is seeking submissions on a proposal to improve the collection and publication of information on the availability of thermal fuels. Information about the thermal fuel availability is critical for understanding security of supply risks.	Submissions close at 5pm, 18 February 2025. Find out more.
20 February	Update	The Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko warmly invites you to attend its next Quarterly Update. EA Chief Executive Sarah Gillies and team will provide an update on priority initiatives, the EA's focus for the second quarter of 2025, Energy Competition Task Force work and more.	Find out more and register.
27 February	Workshop	As part of preparing for security of supply events, the Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko and Transpower are hosting a workshop dedicated to communications planning for official conservation campaigns and rolling outages. Communications/customer services staff from all lines companies and retailers should attend.	Find out more.
27 February	Webinar	The Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko invites distributors to register for its webinar to learn about a new requirement to provide distributed generation information in the Electricity Registry from 1 August.	Find out more and register.
28 February	Consultation	The Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko is seeking feedback on a new Electricity Information Exchange Protocol (EIEP) to support retailers’ upcoming obligations under the Consumer Care Obligations to share information with distributors about medically dependent consumers on their networks.	Find out more.
28 February	Consultation	The Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko is seeking submissions on a working paper which aims to improve settings in relation to power purchase agreements (PPAs). Submissions are due 28 February 2025. It is considering 13 actions it believes could benefit those considering PPA arrangements, including allocating firming resources by requiring holders of critical firming resources to make volumes available to support PPA transactions. It aims to release a full consultation in April, and decisions in June.	Find out more.
APRIL 2025
April 25	Task Force Initiative 1A Consultation	The Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko aims to release a full consultation on a working paper which aims to improve settings in relation to power purchase agreements (PPAs). Submissions were due 28 February 2025 (see above). It plans to release decisions in June.	Find out more.
9 April	Industry exercise	Transpower and the Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko are hosting an Industry Exercise to help prepare for dry winter situations. Market participants are invited to register and participate, so that in the event of future extended electricity supply shortages parties can work together effectively to ensure the best outcomes for.	There will be webinars on 4 and 18 March that participants will also need to attend. Find out more and register. Please register by Friday 24 January.
JUNE 2025
June 25	Task Force Initiative 1A Consultation	The Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko aims to release decisions on a working paper which aims to improve settings in relation to power purchase agreements (PPAs). Submissions were due 28 February 2025 and the full consultation was due for release in April (see above).	Find out more.