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Pioneer Energy, and its Southern Generation Limited Partnership, supplies renewable electricity from hydro and wind generation stations, with the majority located in the South Island.

There is considerable new interest in the development of renewable electricity generation in New Zealand, including solar, wind and geothermal generation. There is also renewed interest in demand response and the use of battery storage to manage the variable nature of increasing levels of solar and wind generation.

The NZECS relies on its software platform, the registry, for the bulk of its activity. Given the importance of this platform, we see ongoing software development as a key priority.

In this issue: We have published initial gas certification rules, welcomed ECOHZ to the NZECS, and continued our work to bring more information to users and stakeholders of the system.

People interested in either buying or selling a New Zealand energy certificate (NZ-EC) for the first time often ask the same question, “What is a fair price for an NZ-EC?”

Certified Energy will be trialling the calculation and presentation of a monthly Residual Supply Mix – summarising the nature of electricity generated and supplied to consumers via the national grid in each month.

Measuring and reporting on organisational carbon emissions is becoming more widespread. Whether you’re a listed company needing to meet your own reporting obligations, a proactive company responding to consumer demand, or, you’re preparing for the impending Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure requirements, there are all sorts of reasons to measure and report your emissions, on the way to ultimately reducing them.

In this issue: The Residual Supply Mix for 2020/21 is published, draft rules for certifying renewable gas out now for comment, Toitū Envirocare recognises energy certificates, and we’ll be speaking at the next Energy Trader Forum.

The recent Climate Change Commission’s (CCC) advice is extensive, covering every sector of the economy. It was developed to inform the New Zealand Government on the direction for the future.