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Newsroom's Marc Daalder digs into the Boston Consulting Group's new report Energy to Grow. As co-author Richard Hobbs said: “Really, the main story of what’s happened in the last three years [since the last report] is just the bottom has fallen out of the gas market. We’ve seen gas supply decline 45 percent in the last six years – dramatically below what anyone was forecasting. That context, overlaid with a dry year in 2024, really exposed quite a few fragilities in our energy system.”

We strongly support the Electricity Authority’s aim of removing unnecessary barriers to more efficient investment in distributed generation and maximise the benefits it brings for all New Zealanders. It is great to see the progress the EA is making in its Networks connection workstreams which will translate in real benefits for consumers. We agree with the Electricity Authority's description of benefits from distributed generation and support the proposals set out in this consultation although propose some additional measures and modifications.