Training

Our electricity market courses are widely recognised as the most comprehensive in their subject areas, using market simulations, informative exercises and video. Our expert trainer Greg Sise has presented training courses since 1997, and offers in-depth and current insights in every course.

Due to the restrictions on flights, we are extending where we offer our training by including an option in Wellington.

We will continue to offer facilitated face-to-face training in Dunedin later in the year, but the next round of courses will be in Wellington, from 30 June – 2 July 2020.

We also tailor in-house training designed to meet your organisation's specific needs for up-skilling in any area relevant to the market and pricing aspects of the electricity sector including wholesale, retail, hedge, frequency keeping and reserves markets, distribution and transmission pricing, electricity and gas procurement. We now also offer online versions of the courses for groups.

Our public courses in Dunedin are run at our offices in historic Consultancy House, New Zealand's first reinforced concrete 'skyscraper'. Later this year when flights return to normal, we expect to have three direct flights each business day Wellington-Dunedin and Auckland-Dunedin and several hotels within easy walking distance from our offices.

The Energy Procurement for Businesscourse is run in conjunction with EMANZ and is intended for larger consumers of electricity, to develop skills and knowledge relevant to purchasing electricity and gas. Read more >>

Upcoming Training Courses

Course	Course Date	Location	Early Payment Date
Introduction to the Electricity Market	13th Oct 2020	Dunedin	9 Oct 2020	Quantity *
Hedging Electricity	14th Oct 2020	Dunedin	9 Oct 2020	Quantity *
Nodal Pricing of Electricity	15th Oct 2020	Dunedin	9 Oct 2020	Quantity *

Intro to the Electricity Market

Provides an understanding of essential elements of the NZ Electricity Supply system and the wholesale electricity market, in particular, with a brief introduction to the retail and hedge markets. Includes our fun and informative spot trading game

Hedging Electricity

A practical introduction to the hedge markets, and to techniques and methods for hedging price risk in electricity markets. An emphasis on developing skills in working with and applying common forms of hedge contract, assisted by participation in our hedging game.

Nodal Pricing

This course will help you build a working knowledge of nodal dispatch and pricing as it applies to the NZ electricity spot market, including simple formulae to apply. It will also build on participant's ability to recognise the cause of certain nodal pricing effects.

Energy Procurement for Business

This course, or parts of it, is run on request and is an overview of how the electricity market works and who the key players are. Provides an understanding of local retailer and network charging structures. Outlines key commercial risks and opportunities to consider when procuring electricity and gas.(*Multiple Course Discount does not apply)

Discounts

10% early payment discount is offered if the course fee is paid in full on, or by the indicated early payment discount date.

An additional 10% discount is applied when three or more courses* are booked at the same time. Note: the courses must be within the same calendar year.

Group discounts are available for employees of the same company when three or more want to attendee the same course. Please enquire here.

*Multiple Course Discount does not apply to the Energy Procurement for Business Course.

Meet The Trainer

Greg Sise: ME (Elec), BSc(Hons)

Greg is a confident and knowledgeable speaker who is able to explain the complexities of the energy market clearly. His experience in energy dates back to 1984 when he worked in the Energy Management Unit at the University of Otago developing software for monitoring and controlling energy production and consumption in buildings.

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