ISCR Members
Contact Energy
Contact Energy is one of New Zealand's largest listed companies. It was originally set up in accordance with the Companies Act and State Enterprises Act to operate in a competitive electricity market. It aims to pass on the benefits of competition to consumers.
Represented by: Simon Hope, Regulatory Affairs Manager
Fonterra Co-operative Group
Fonterra is a leading multinational dairy company, co-operatively owned by 13,000 New Zealand supplier shareholders. Exporting 95% of its shareholders' production, Fonterra is the world's largest exporter of dairy products, responsible for a third of international dairy trade across open borders. Fonterra's global supply chain stretches from its shareholders' farms to consumers in 140 countries. Collecting more than 13 billion litres of milk a year, it manufactures and markets over 1.8 million tonnes of product annually, making it the world's leader in large scale milk procurement, processing and management.
Represented by: Alex Duncan, General Manager Strategy & Economics
The MainPower Trust is the organisation that owns the shares of MainPower New Zealand Limited on trust for the benefit of communities of North Canterbury and Kaikoura and for Qualifying Customers.
MainPower New Zealand Limited owns and operates the electricity distribution network and provides electricity line services to premises in the North Canterbury and Kaikoura region.
MainPower Trust is ISCR's newest member joining in 2010.
Represented by: Stephen Lewis, Director
Meridian Energy
Meridian Energy is the largest of the three state owned enterprises formed from the split of ECNZ early in 1999. It generates more than 30% of New Zealand's electricity from its eight hydro power stations on the Waitaki River system, the country's largest hydro power station at Manapouri in Fiordland and its Wellington wind turbine. It also retails electricity to commercial and domestic customers throughout New Zealand.
Represented by: Mary Ann Mitchell, Regulatory Policy Manager
Powerco Ltd
Powerco is New Zealand's second largest electricity and gas distribution company. Its network area spreads across the upper central and lower central North Island servicing approximately 400,000 consumers representing 46 percent of the gas connections and 16 percent of the electricity connections in New Zealand. In Australia, Powerco is also developing a major natural gas network in Tasmania.
Represented by: Paul Goodeve, Regulatory & Business Manager
Telecom New Zealand Ltd
Telecom New Zealand is the principal supplier of telecommunication services in New Zealand, providing local, national and international telephone services as well as data communication, directories, cellular, paging, mobile, radio and internet services.
Represented by: Anton Nannestad, Head of Group Economics & Modelling
Victoria University of Wellington
Founded in 1899, Victoria University prides itself on academic excellence and has an international reputation for the quality and range of courses, degrees and other programmes it offers. It is one of New Zealand's leading research institutions.
Represented by:
- Bob Buckle, Pro Vice Chancellor
- Ian McIntosh, Manager Research and Commercial
Westpac Institutional Bank
Westpac Institutional Bank (WIB) provides a range of financial services to Australasian businesses operating in the corporate, institutional, government and semi-government markets. With local expert providers and access to its Australian colleagues, WIB aspires to provide innovative solutions in the areas of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, all forms of capital raising, financial markets, transaction services and international trade.
Represented by: David McLean, Head of Westpac Institutional Bank NZ