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Rewiring Aotearoa supports the proposed changes to Multiple Trading Relationships (MTR) (allowing two traders – distributed generation and consumption), which will increase consumer choice and introduce more competition to retail tariffs. For example, it will disincentivise tariffs that offer competitive export tariffs, but also ramp up consumption tariffs. The Electricity Authority should also implement changes at this time that require retailers to allow large sites to share solar across multiple co-located installation control points (ICPs, i.e. ICP aggregation), and facilitate peer to peer trading for small scale renewable generators with local sites. Rewiring Aotearoa disagrees that delaying these steps via a staged approach is in consumers best interest. Consumers should not have to wait until demand increases to unlock the benefits of their solar and battery systems or access more competitive options from retailers. This should be supported now, to help consumers make investment and retail tariff decisions that reduce their overall energy bills.
Read moreDownload the document here“We’ve only got one transmission line coming in through a gorge, and all our road access traverses the sides of steep mountains. ”If the line came down and road access was cut, the area’s diesel generators could run out of fuel well before the line was restored, particularly if widespread damage throughout the South Island made the emergency response slow.
Read moreDownloadThe Age of Electricity continues to ramp up and solar and wind are providing the extra juice; ASB releases a report on why businesses need to take energy into their own hands, but Mitre 10 Mega in Silverdale and the Christchurch Art Gallery already know that; global EV sales continue to rise and two-way charging is a massive opportunity, according to the World Economic Forum; research shows (and anecdotal evidence confirms) that concerns about battery longevity of EVs are unfounded.; The Spinoff's Robbie Nichol uses our explainer to explain plug-in solar; there's no need to heat rooms when you can heat humans directly; and some truly remarkable features from Zeekr and Xpeng.
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