Market Development Advisory Group (MDAG)

The role of the MDAG is to provide advice to the Commission (as and when requested by the Commission) on the development of the wholesale electricity market, including the inter-related markets for energy (spot), ancillary services, and risk management contracts such as financial derivatives for energy and location hedges.

The members or the Market Development Advisory Group are:

• James Moulder (Chair)
• Grant Sullivan (Meridian)
• John Woods (Contact)
• Richard Spearman (Trustpower)
• Lisa Dhanji (Transpower)
• Jason Franklin (New Zealand Aluminium Services)
• Stan Jerome (Fonterra)
• Stephen Peterson (Simply Energy)
• John Walsh (Independent)
• John Carnegie (Business New Zealand)
• Sue Chetwin (Consumer New Zealand)

Tim Street, Director Wholesale, is the Commission's representative on the group.

• Terms of reference pdf [46 KB]
• Meetings