The BusinessNZ Energy Council is pleased to have the opportunity to provide a submission to the Electricity Price Review Panel on its first report for discussion entitled ‘Electricity Price Review Hikihiko Te Uira’ dated 30 August 2018, and released on 11 September, 2018.

BusinessNZ is pleased to have the opportunity to provide a submission to the Ministry for the Environment (‘MFE’) on its consultation document entitled ‘Improvements to the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme’, dated August 2018.

BusinessNZ welcomes the Ministry for the Environment's discussion document on the proposed Zero Carbon Bill.

The key disruptive trends facing the energy industry - digitalisation, decentralisation and decarbonisation - lead the agenda at this year's Asia Pacific Energy Leaders summit.
The event will bring together representatives from governments from across the region as well as executives from leading energy and technology organisations including the Edison Electric Institute and Amazon.

Building on the success of the BEC2050 energy scenarios the BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC) and public and private partners have commissioned a comprehensive model of New Zealand’s entire energy sector. The TIMES model is being developed by the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland’s largest federally funded research institute, and modeller for the World Energy Council’s scenarios. Auckland University, through the Business School’s Energy Centre, will host and maintain the model to provide insights to those working in academia and research fields. It will also be accessible on commercial terms to those who wish to use it.

BusinessNZ is pleased to have the opportunity to provide a submission to the Productivity Commission (the ‘Commission’) on its draft report entitled ‘Low-emissions economy’, dated April 2018.

The BusinessNZ Energy Council (the ‘BEC’) is pleased to have the opportunity to provide a submission to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade on New Zealand’s priorities in the international climate change negotiations.

The BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC) is working alongside a range of businesses, government, academics and NGOs to build a picture of what might influence our future energy mix by 2050.

New Zealand, and the rest of the world, is facing rapidly changing energy needs and an uncertain future. There are energy related headlines hitting the media every day.

New Zealand is a world leader in renewable electricity – currently 4th in the OECD for renewable penetration, with 80% of our electricity coming from hydro, geothermal, wind, and biomass.