The purpose of the load management work programme is to determine the optimal load management infrastructure for New Zealand in order to achieve the following benefits from the removal of barriers to investment in existing and new technology:

• Greater demand side involvement in the electricity market;
• Deferral of investment in distribution, transmission and generation;
• Cost reductions from improved market efficiency; and
• Innovation in retail products leading to consumer choice and increased competition.
• Property Rights for Load Management Project
  

Current working groups

Previous working groups

• Existing Capability Working Panel
• Value/Price Working Panel

Public forums:

• Workshop on Network Driven DSM
• Load Management and Advanced Metering Conference November 2007
• Load management and metering conference presentations November 2006
  
• Load management and metering conference 2005
• Load management small to medium enterprises workshop, November 2005