The Delivery Decade Starts Now: Modern Grids. Smarter Systems. Sustainable Futures: Powering Aotearoa's Energy Transition.

Name: New Zealand Power Summit
Start: 2026-11-24
End: 2026-11-25

24 - 25 November 2026 | Auckland, New Zealand

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The Premier Event for New Zealand's Energy Ecosystem

New Zealand's energy system has never been cleaner. It has never faced a harder deadline.

The transition is succeeding. The delivery is falling behind. A confirmed supply gap. Gas declining faster than planned. A pipeline of projects that exists on paper but needs to move faster than the system has ever moved before.

NZ Power Summit 2026 is where the sector stops talking about it and starts solving it. Two days in Auckland — generators, network operators, retailers, industrials, investors, government, and Iwi in one room. The full ecosystem. The hardest conversations. The connections that make delivery happen faster.

If you shape New Zealand's energy future, this is the room you need to be in.

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New Zealand Power 2025 World Class Speakers Included:

Caroline Ovenstone

Chief Executive Officer

Alpine Energy

David Knight

Executive General Manager Strategy, Regulation & Governance

Transpower

Esther Evening

Sustainability and Strategy Analyst

Mercury Energy

Min Tang

Director

RKP International

Hugh Karena

Ngai Takoto Trustee

Te Hiku Iwi Development Trust

Hayden Mackenzie

Head of Energy Investment

Invest New Zealand

Gareth Cartwright

Executive Officer

Community Energy Network

Graeme Jackson

GM Data & Analytics - Enterprise

Vector Limited

Raj Singh

General Manager Operations and DSO

Northpower

Dr. Mike Allen

Vice President

New Zealand Geothermal Association

Steve Macdonald

General Manager Electricity Network

Orion NZ Ltd

Alice Pettigrew

Chief Executive Officer

Eastland Generation

Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority

Marcos Pelenur

Chief Executive

Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority

Jason Franklin

Chief Executive Officer

Powerco

Mathew Smith

Commissioning Manager - BESS

Contact Energy Ltd

Marko Simunac

General Manager Operations & Maintenance

Vector Limited

Kannan Munisamy

Head of Future Networks

Alpine energy

Michelle Polglase

General Manager Projects Delivery

Ara Ake

Astad Kapadia

Head of DSO Strategy

Counties Energy

Brett Horwell

Head of Electricity Supply

Meridian

John Carnegie

Chief Executive

Energy Resources Aotearoa

Andrew Kerr

Chief Customer & Strategy

Alpine energy

Nigel Barbour

Group Chief Executive Officer

Orion NZ Ltd

Stephen England-Hall

Chief Revenue Officer

Genesis

Jad El Sebaaly

Sales and Business Development Director, Asia and Pacific Region

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Who Should Attend?

Generation, Renewables & Development

Transmission & Distribution Networks

Energy Retailers & Market Participants

Large Energy Users & Industrial Consumers

Government, Regulators & Policy Agencies

Iwi, Community & Regional Energy Leaders

Investors & Financial Stakeholders

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energy and infrastructure event

New Zealand is spending more on energy infrastructure right now than at any point in its history. The people controlling that spend are in one room.

NZ Power Summit 2026 puts 200+ senior decision-makers in one place — C-suite, GMs, and Directors from generators, networks, retailers, industrials, government, and investors. The people who specify technology, approve procurement, and sign contracts. No other event in New Zealand assembles this audience.

Sponsoring NZ Power Summit 2026 is a direct line into the conversations where New Zealand's energy investment decisions begin. Opportunities are limited.

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The Conversations Shaping NZ Power Summit 2026

Closing the supply gap

The projects are committed. The investment intent is there. What's missing is the speed — overcoming consenting delays, connection queues, and workforce constraints before a confirmed gap becomes a crisis.

Managing the gas transition

Gas is declining faster than planned and the thermal backstop that has underpinned New Zealand's grid for decades is going. Batteries, demand response, long-duration storage, and LNG are all on the table. The sector needs to commit.

Storage at scale

New Zealand's first grid-scale batteries are live and generating real operational data for the first time. What the first commissioning wave is teaching the sector about performance, revenue, and grid integration will define every project that follows.

Grid reinforcement

The grid was built for a different era. Reinforcing it for variable generation, bidirectional flows, and accelerating demand — while managing cost and keeping the lights on — is the defining operational challenge for network operators right now.

Market reform

A strengthened Electricity Authority, new flexibility frameworks, and redesigned market structures are all live. Whether they're creating the investment conditions the sector needs — or still falling short — is the question every investor is asking.

Electrification and the digital grid

Industrial decarbonisation, EV fleets, data centre growth, and AI-powered grid operations are reshaping both the demand and the intelligence of New Zealand's energy system. The sector is moving from pilot to production — and the operational stakes are rising.

Iwi, community and the just transition

New Zealand's energy transition is unlike any other in the world. Iwi energy ownership is growing, community generation is accelerating, and the question of who benefits from the transition is one the sector can no longer sidestep.

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Every part of the system. One room. Two days.

The generators, network operators, investors, regulators, and Iwi building New Zealand's energy future meet once a year. This is where the hard conversations happen, the right connections get made, and the decisions that define the next decade begin.