EA Billing – Supporting Notes
Sample Bill – minimum data required, format TBC Billing Payload JSON Schema (v0.1) Purpose: machine‑readable companion to the one‑page bill. Enables like‑for‑like comparisons, independent interpretation, auditing, and P2P/flex settlement. Top‑level object { “$schema”: “https://example.govt.nz/ea/billing-payload.schema.v0.1.json”, “version”: “0.1”, “bill_id”: “string”, “issue_time”: “YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ”, “account”: {“name”: “string”, “account_id”: “string”}, “icp”: {“icp_id”: “string”, “installation_address”: “string”}, “period”: {“start”: “YYYY-MM-DD”, “end”: “YYYY-MM-DD”, […]
Consultation Paper – Improving electricity billing in NZ
1. Introduction I (consumer/prosumer) support the Electricity Authority’s goal of improving electricity bills to make them clearer, more accurate, and easier for consumers to understand. However, it is vital to recognise the limits of what a paper bill can achieve in a market that is rapidly evolving towards dynamic pricing, distributed energy resources (DER), and […]
WDC Solar Farms
Solar Farms on Council Land Background: Whakatane District Council (WDC) have a Climate Change Policy. In 2020 a presentation was made inviting Council to use some of its facilities to install solar photovoltaic (PV) panels to demonstrate its commitment. Three years late in 2023 a Solar Feasibility Scoping Study was presented where potential sites for […]