New Zealand's electricity market (NZEM) is regulated by the Electricity Industry Participation Code administered by the Electricity Authority (EA). The Authority was established in November 2010 to replace the Electricity Commission.
Electricity retailing is the final sale of electricity from generation to the end-use consumer. This is the fourth major step in the electricity delivery process, which also includes generation, transmission and distribution.
In economic terms, electricity is a commodity capable of being bought, sold, and traded. An electricity market is a system enabling purchases, through bids to buy; sales, through offers to sell; and short-term trading, generally in the form of financial or obligation swaps. Bids and offers use supply and demand principles to set the price. Long-term trades are contracts similar to power purchase agreements and generally considered private bi-lateral transactions between counterparties.
Genesis Energy Limited, formerly Genesis Power Limited, is a New Zealand publicly listed electricity generation and electricity, natural gas and LPG retailing company. It was formed as part of the 1998–99 reform of the New Zealand electricity sector, taking its generation capacity from the breakup of the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand (ECNZ) and taking retail customers from three local power boards in the Lower North Island.
Meridian Energy Limited is a New Zealand electricity generator and retailer. The company generates the largest proportion of New Zealand's electricity, generating 35 percent of the country's electricity in the year ending December 2014, and is the fourth largest retailer, with 14 percent of market share in terms of customers as of December 2015.
Aurora Energy is a Tasmanian Government-owned electricity retailer in Tasmania, Australia.
YTL Corporation Berhad is a Malaysian infrastructure conglomerate, founded in 1955 by Yeoh Tiong Lay, after whom the group is named. The company has grown from a small construction firm into an international utilities company which derives over 70 percent of its revenue from outside its home country.
EnergyAustralia was a state–owned enterprise of the Government of New South Wales, Australia. It was electricity and gas supplier and retailer which primarily supplied the Sydney, Newcastle and Central Coast areas of New South Wales. Since market deregulation, it increased its focus on retail supply opportunities in electricity and gas to the Victorian market and electricity in the deregulated south–east corner of Queensland.
EnergyAustralia is an electricity generation, electricity and gas retailing private company in Australia that is owned by Hong Kong-based and listed CLP Group. EnergyAustralia also had a portfolio of generating sites using thermal coal, natural gas, hydro-electric, solar energy, and wind power.
Electricity provider switching is the ability of power consumers to have an option—or the "power to choose"—their electricity provider in a deregulated electricity market as permitted by a state public utilities governing body.
Energex is an Australian electric power distribution company owned by the Government of Queensland. It is based in Brisbane and was founded in 1922 as the City Electric Light Co. (CEL). From 1977 to 1997, prior to the formation of the National Electricity Market (NEM), the company was known as the South East Queensland Electricity Board (SEQEB), the role of which was to provide electricity to South East Queensland.
The Energy Market Authority (EMA) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore. EMA's main goals are to promote effective competition in the energy market, ensure a reliable and secure energy supply, and develop a dynamic energy sector in Singapore.
Jackgreen Energy was an Australian electricity retailer. Before the company collapsed in late 2009, it was Australia's largest specialist renewable energy retailer, with around 100 employees, and 75,000 customers. In 2007 Jackgreen purchased Easy Being Green, a carbon offset program. Jackgreen was suspended from the National Electricity Market on 18 December 2009 by the independent market operator. Before its collapse, Jackgreen's products incorporated a percentage component of green energy, ranging between 10% and 100%.
Founded in 2003, Amigo Energy is an electric utility seller in Texas. Amigo Energy is a subsidiary of Just Energy Group Inc., a publicly traded company (TSX:JE) with 1.8 million active customers across North America.
Powershop is an online electricity retailer, founded in New Zealand and also available in Australia and the United Kingdom. Powershop is a subsidiary of Meridian Energy which is 51% owned by the New Zealand government. The retailer operates through an online platform offering pre-pay and post-pay options.
PowerSeraya Limited is one of the key energy players in Singapore, generating about 30% of the country’s energy needs through its multi-utilities platform. With a primary focus on generation and retailing of electricity, the company also offers steam, water as well as physical oil trading and storage services. Its core business with a licensed generating capacity of 3,100MW is situated on Jurong Island - Singapore's oil, gas and petrochemicals hub.
Lumo Energy, as is Red Energy, a trading name of Snowy Hydro, which is an Australian energy retailer operating in Victoria and South Australia. Lumo Energy has been wholly owned by Snowy Hydro since 2014. The business offers electricity and gas packages in Victoria and South Australia. As at October 2017, the business has almost 500,000 customers and a workforce of just under 500 people.
ERM Power is an Australian energy company that operates electricity sales and electricity generation businesses.
Electric Kiwi is an independent online New Zealand electricity retailer. Established in 2014, the company is focused on using cloud computing and smart meters to more efficiently service customers in the major urban areas around the country. Its services depend on the presence of the smart meters in the customer's home; with over one million households in New Zealand equipped with smart meters as of January 2014, the majority of the country's population can be served by Electric Kiwi. As the smart meter rollout continues, the company's theoretical area of operation continues to expand. With its ‘no frills’ data-driven approach, Electric Kiwi offers a free off-peak hour of power to its customers each day. The off-peak time slots are between 9am-5pm and 9pm-7am every day.
