Distribution networks will play a key role in supporting New Zealand’s transition to a low emissions economy and reaching the Government’s target of net zero emissions by 2050. Enabling ubiquitous Distributed Energy Resources (DER) will be a key part in the suite of measures needed to achieve this aspiration.

Significant challenges from electrification, decarbonisation and the rise or the energy ‘prosumer’ are almost upon us and even those LV networks that were built ‘gold plated’ are now resigned to fact that significant investment in network resilience can’t wait much longer.