Over the next year we expect to see an increased level of regulatory certainty across the electricity market from impending court decisions and the determination of the first Customised Price Path. This should enable more informed discussions around the overall levels of Resilience required of the electricity distribution network and how it is operationalised and funded.
Coordination will be required across the electricity sector as demand management initiatives at different stages of the supply chain are rolled out and increasingly used.
Accompanying the improved gas outlook and reflecting the progress made last year, a focus for the sector will on arriving at a long-term solution to deliver security of gas supply to Auckland.