Consumer NZ Energy Retailer of the Year Finalists
PRESS RELEASE – 25 July 2018
CONSUMER NZ ENERGY RETAILER OF
THE YEAR FINALISTS
Electric Kiwi, Flick Electric Co. and Powershop have been named as the finalists for the retailer category in this year’s Deloitte Energy Excellence Awards.
The Consumer NZ Energy Retailer of the Year Award, sponsored by EDMI, is assessed based on firms’ performance in the annual Consumer NZ energy provider survey, consumer-related initiatives and innovations introduced in the past year, and their customer growth during that period.
Electric Kiwi is finding success with its digital-only platform, and has now created an app that customers can use to track their power use. This has seen a marked increase in customer engagement and hour of power savings.
Flick Electric Co. is enhancing its retail model to help New Zealanders become more engaged with their energy use by responding to market prices. In the past year the retailer introduced Volt – a tool that allows customers to smooth their bill payments.
Powershop has launched new propositions to increase its appeal to a wider customer base. This includes Get Shifty – a time-of-use offer for customers, allowing them to benefit from shifting consumption. This has resulted in a growth in Powershop’s customer numbers, sitting at its highest in five years.
The winner of the retailer category will be named at the awards dinner on 22 August, to be held at Cordis Auckland.
With over 660 tickets booked to this year’s event, it is shaping up to be bigger than ever before.
For more details on all the finalists and to book your tickets to attend visit www.energyawards.co.nz.
The 2018
Deloitte Energy Excellence Awards finalists
are:
Innovation in Energy Award
Sponsored by
Gentrack
• Contact Energy
- Virtual Power Plant
•
emhTrade - The transactive energy
platform
• OMV New Zealand -
Ground breaking structural remediation for the
Maari platform
Community Initiative of the Year
Sponsored by PEPANZ
• BP New Zealand -
BP and Surf Life Saving: In it for life. Together.
• Flick Electric Co. -
#GiveAFlick
• Genesis -
School-gen
• New Zealand
Aluminium Smelter - Ten years of partnership: NZAS
and Southland Girls’ High School
Young Energy
Professional of the Year
Sponsored by
ABB
• Daniel
Leeman - New Zealand Oil & Gas
•
Peter Armstrong - Westpower, Mitton
ElectroNet
• Rebecca Wilson -
Transpower
Large Energy User Initiative
of the Year
Sponsored by EECA
Business
• City Rail
Link - Carbon footprint measurement and
reduction
• Dominion Salt and Vector -
World first in battery and wind energy
solution
• Tranzit Group -
First fully electric bus
Health and
Safety Initiative of the
Year
Sponsored by Nexans
• Alpine Energy -
Health and safety in action
•
Powerco - The Sparky experience
•
Vector - OnGas bottle swap plant
•
Westpower and Mitton ElectroNet - Virtual
Reality for site induction training
Energy
Technology of the Year
Sponsored by
Callaghan Innovation
• BP
New Zealand - BPMe: The little app redefining the
'service' in service stations
•
emhTrade - Enabling a better power
society
• Genesis - Energy IQ:
Technology that gives customers the control
Women
in Energy Award
Sponsored
by Mitchell Daysh
•
Deborah Selby - Electra
•
Fiona Smith - Trustpower
•
Professor Robyn Phipps - Massey
University
Low Carbon Future Award
Sponsored by BusinessNZ
• ChargeNet -
Leading the charge
• Mevo -
Re-designing the way you move
•
Genesis - The impetus and challenge to
create a more renewable NZ
Consumer NZ Energy
Retailer of the Year
Sponsored by
EDMI
• Electric
Kiwi
• Flick Electric
Co.
•
Powershop
Editor's Award for
Outstanding Contribution to the Sector
Sponsored by MB
Century
Winner to be announced on the night
– 22 August, Cordis
Auckland
ENDS