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Independent retailers need level playing field in New Zealand electricity market: regulator

( February 27, 2025, 01:15 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: New Zealand’s major electricity generator-retailers Genesis Energy, Contact Energy, Meridian Energy and Mercury could soon be in trouble for giving preferential treatment to their retail arms in relation to electricity hedge contracts. In a statement accompanied by a consultation paper today, the New Zealand Commerce Commission said that its Energy Competition Task Force is proposing mandatory non-discrimination obligations to “level the playing field” between the four large generator-retailers and the independent participants in the electricity market to increase competition. Under the proposed obligations, the companies would have to provide products to all industry participants on the same terms as used when trading internally to avoid any action over unfair treatment.The full statement by the New Zealand Commerce Commission follows; and the paper on  level playing field measures is attached:...

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