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Electrify everything. Electrify everyone. Electrify New Zealand. That's Rewiring Aotearoa's vision and our CEO Mike Casey gave a condensed version of what we've done and what we're doing at our Electric Christmas party recently. As he said to a large crowd at Ecotricity, which kindly hosted the event and provided the excellent electric cake, 2024 was the year of the thinking, 2025 was the year of the doing, and 2026 will be the year of mass adoption.

Rewiring Aotearoa agrees with many of the main themes in BCG’s Energy to Grow report - domestic gas is diminishing quickly and won't recover, our hydro and geothermal assets offer us big advantages in the energy transition, renewables are coming at the fastest rate ever, and bold and decisive action is needed in short term to “get out the other side with affordable and secure renewable energy”. But, just like its last report in 2022, it has largely failed to consider the people who actually pay the energy bills and failed to account for the huge role customers with solar, batteries and EVs could play in our energy system. 

The Electricity Authority recently consulted on two important issues: 1) Who is able to access rewards for supplying power at peak times. And 2) How much energy consumers can export‍. We have again been blown away by the response from the people of New Zealand on these important proposals, and humbled that a large number used the information provided by Rewiring as the foundation for powerful submissions. Here's our summary of the responses and our take on the consultations.