Energy Advisors – Friends or Foes?

Following a recent article on energy advisors published on LinkedIn by Energy Action CEO Scott Wooldridge, similar considerations apply to the New Zealand Market. Correlations between the Australian and New Zealand energy markets Similar to Australia, for a number of...

Energy Productivity through valuable Partnerships

The 2016 Energy Management Association of New Zealand conference was recently held in Auckland. This was attended by myself and Pushkar Kulkarni from Total Utilities along with Dr Paul Bannister from Energy Action. Paul was presenting as part of the speaker programme....

What small enterprise needs to know about the EGCC

In the past two years we have seen an unprecedented number of customer switches between retailers taking place within the electricity market specifically the small commercial market. As the market has become more fluid over the last 2-3 years with the introduction of...

The Future of Generation

The New Zealand energy market is shifting sands once more with recent announcements concerning the future of energy generation. Following the new deal for the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter with Meridian, Contact and Genesis, a series of announcements have been made...

Tiwai renewal for greater flexibility and market stability

The news announced this morning ends the worst kept secret of the electricity industry in New Zealand. Months of speculation has been concluded with this morning’s announcement that NZAS will continue to operate Tiwai Point with extra hedge contracts being...