2020 Meter Register Review (2)

Generation Register Errors


By Malcolm Souness - Director 221b Limited
During January 2020, we undertook an investigation into electricity meter register configurations on New Zealand electricity networks.

One of the data quality issues identified is the configuration of NHH generation meter registers. Read More…

2020 Meter Register Review (1)

Controlled load availability


By Malcolm Souness - Director 221b Limited

During January 2020, we undertook an investigation into electricity meter register configurations on New Zealand electricity networks.

The number of infrequently used register configurations indicates that legacy ripple control schedule durations remain in the Electricity Registry. For example, Vector has over 0.2M controlled meter registers with 1-23 hours availability, however just one has an availability of 5 hours, and one other has six hours available. The balance of probabilities suggests these may not be legitimate hours available. Read More…