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News April 8, 2018

Recent ETNZ Advocacy

ETNZ makes representations on a range of issues, advocating for Energy Trusts…

News February 22, 2017

IEA Review

International Energy Agency’s Report on New Zealand: Critique “The IEA is barking up the wrong trees in the first place and it is clearly no fan of diversity and experimentation.”Concern at clear errors and unfounded assumptions in the International Energy Agency’s 2017 Country Report of New Zealand led ETNZ to commission Professor George Yarrow of the UK’s Regulatory Policy Unit to review the section of the report dealing with electricity distribution. Professor Yarrow’s critique is pretty hard-hitting. Click here to read more.

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New Zealand vs Nordic Countries

Ratio of small to large electricity distributors

FIN

NOR

SWE

New Zealand vs Nordic Countries

Average connections per electricity distributor (‘000s)

FIN

NOR

SWE

New Zealand vs Nordic Countries

Number of electricity distributors

FIN

NOR

SWE

New Zealand vs Nordic Countries: Land Area per Distributor

SQ KM served by each distributor

DK 500km

FIN 4000km

NOR 3000km

SWE 3100km

NZ 9200km

Points to note are:

Although the population of the Nordic countries is around six times higher than New Zealand’s, the number of distributors is over sixteen times higher. The disparity is particularly large for Norway and Sweden.
The ratio of small to large distributors in NZ is relatively low. It is lower than for all four comparators and particularly low when compared with Norway and Sweden.
Relative to the Nordic comparators, the average size of a NZ EDB is substantially larger than in each of the four other countries.
If size measured in land area covered, the disparity is even greater.

New Zealand vs Nordic Countries

Electricity distribution business comparison

	Population density (per sq km)	Number of EDBs	Number of small EDBs per large EDB	Average connections per EDB (thousands)
Nordic countries	20.7	481	17.5	30.8
New Zealand	16.2	29	8.7	80.5

Executive Officer Appointed

CONSUMER POWER APPOINTMENT Alan Jenkins, the retiring chief executive of the Electricity Networks Association, has been appointed Executive Officer of Energy Trusts of New Zealand. The ENA represents the operators of power lines distribution companies and ETNZ represents their owners. ETNZ chair Karen Sherry says Mr Jenkins brings…

Archive May 21, 2014

Power Pricing

LINES COMPANIES WELCOME GOVERNMENT PRICING INITIATIVE Energy Trusts of New Zealand, the umbrella organisation for 22 power line distributors across the country, has welcomed a government decision to provide for a more accurate measurement of electricity prices. Chair, Karen Sherry says energy trusts have been concerned for many…

Archive November 15, 2013

Regulatory Authorities Must Govern Fairly

MediaStatement 15 November, 2013 For Immediate Use Regulatory authorities must govern fairly The head of the Energy Trusts of New Zealand has taken a swipe at the Commerce Commission. ETNZ chairperson Karen Sherry has expressed disappointment at what she describes as, “the Commerce Commission’s lack of action in…

Archive July 25, 2013

Regulation Imposed Price Decreases Should Benefit Consumers

Auckland, 25 July 2013 – Energy Trusts of New Zealand Inc (ETNZ), the national organisation for 21 energy trusts, the majority of whom own shares in companies that operate electricity networks today renewed its call for power retailers to pass on the full benefit of regulation imposed price decreases…

Archive July 24, 2013

AECT Comments On Lines Charges

Auckland’s Electricity Consumers Should Be Benefitting From Decrease in Lines Charges Auckland, 24 July 2013 – the Auckland Energy Consumer Trust, the independent consumer trust and majority owner of infrastructure group Vector Limited, says it is disappointed that Auckland’s residential electricity customers are not benefitting from the recent decrease…

Archive May 10, 2013

Energy Trusts Call for Improved Electricity Regulation

Media Release Energy Trusts of New Zealand today held its May conference in Auckland. ETNZ is the national organisation for 21 energy trusts, the majority of whom own shares in companies that operate New Zealand’s electricity line networks. Member trusts have investments of more than $5 billion in these…