The Delivery Decade Starts Now: Modern Grids. Smarter Systems. Sustainable Futures: Powering Aotearoa's Energy Transition.
Joel Cook
Head of Strategy and Regulation Transpower
Agenda Day 1
2:00 PM The Flexibility Gap: Why NZ's Markets Aren't Yet Delivering What the System Needs
Joel Cook shares Transpower's dual perspective, as both grid owner and system operator, on where flexibility could genuinely relieve pressure on the network, and why funding, not appetite, is the real barrier holding the market back.
How flexibility could help defer or avoid transmission investment, from the grid owner's perspective
What demand side flexibility could unlock from the system operator's seat, and why current market design isn't yet pulling that value through
The honest barrier: why limited long term funding, not limited engagement, is holding flexibility markets back from scaling
2:30 PM Panel Debate: The Connection Crunch: How to Deliver Faster, Smarter Grid Access
Generators, network operators, and the Electricity Authority debate what it would take to halve connection timeframes - and who needs to move first.
The commercial and regulatory changes that would have the biggest impact on connection pace
What Transpower's Net Zero Grid Pathways programme is delivering - and what it's not yet solving
Co-investment models and anticipatory investment frameworks that could break the logjam
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Joel.
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