What we do

Consultations and Submissions

The EEA represents its members and acts as the voice of the industry, developing industry guides and providing submissions to government, regulators and industry groups to protect and enhance industry interests.

Developing and reviewing industry guides

The EEA facilitates the development and maintenance of guidelines and best practice documents that support and build on the knowledge and understanding of engineering, technical, and safety standards.

We invite member input into this process.


Public submissions and consultations

We will be providing a submission on the following public consultations and welcome thoughts and input from industry.

None available at this time.

Submissions made by the EEA in 2025

  • Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority;  Regulation Impact Statement for  Distribution Transformers CRIS – February 2025
  • Electricity Authority; Network connections project stage one amendments consultation paper – January 2025

Submissions made by the EEA in 2024

  • Electricity Authority; Distribution Connection Pricing Proposed Code Amendment – December 2024
  • New Zealand Infrastructure Commission; Testing our plan on Infrastructure paper – December 2024
  • Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment;  Amendments to the Electricity Safety Regulations: Expanding the Permitted Voltage Range for Electricity Supply – December 2024
  • Electricity Authority;  Part 8 Code amendment proposal – Part 1: November 2024
  • Electricity Authority;  Addressing common quality information requirements: November 2024
  • Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment;  Have your say on work health and safety; October 2024
  • Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment;  Exploring a consumer data right for the electricity sector; October 2024
  • Ministry of Education;  Redesign of Vocational Education and Training; September 2024
  • Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment;  Proposal to amend the Electricity (Hazards from trees) Regulations; August 2024
  • Electricity Authority;  Response to the suite of consultation papers that are part of the Future Security and resilience work programme to review the common quality requirements in the Code; August 2024
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