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Brightspark provides energy related training courses and can tailor a course to meet your specific requirements. 

Our courses provide excellent value for money, and we currently run tailored courses for a number of industry parties.

Our standard courses are:

We can provide training for groups of staff on-site, or contact us to find out when our next public/open course is being held.

Investing a small amount in training your staff can reap significant benefits to your business through process efficiencies, operational and financial savings, and identifying opportunities.

Contact Us to obtain price/details on course for your needs

Electricity & Gas Industry Fundamentals

This full-day course provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of the electricity and gas industries.  We introduce the key concepts and knowledge to understand the essentials of each industry.

The course is particularly valuable to staff new to the electricity and gas industries, those who need a broader understanding of the industry, and for key business staff responsible for managing energy needs and/or contracts.

Electricity & Gas Industry Topics (refer to brochure for detail):

    • Industry Overview - including the industry evolution
    • Industry Participants and their roles – Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Retail, Metering.
    • Security of Supply - including the background to the risks effecting the NZ electricity industry
    • Industry Governance - the roles of key industry governance bodies
    • Wholesale Markets – introduction to Electricity and Gas markets
    • Demand-side management - overview of its role in current/future electricity markets
    • NZ Emissions Trading Scheme - overview of the key effects of the NZ ETS on the electricity and gas industries

    Electricity Markets & Nodal Pricing

    This full-day course provides attendees with a detailed understanding of the NZ electricity market and nodal pricing mechanisms. The course develops key concepts and utilises worked examples to enable participants to understand real-life pricing situations.

    The course is suited to those already familiar with the electricity industry and market, but need a more detailed knowledge of nodal pricing.  It builds on the concepts introduced in our ‘Electricity & Gas Industry Fundamentals’ course, which provides a comprehensive overview of the industry and is recommended as a pre-cursor for those attending this course.

    This course delivers a detailed understanding of the following topics (refer to brochure for detail):

      • Key terminology relating to Nodal Pricing
      • Nodal Pricing and market design
      • Dispatch and pricing models used in NZ
      • Impacts of energy and reserve offers and losses on dispatch and pricing
      • Impacts of constraints (i.e. reserves, energy & lines) on dispatch and pricing
      • Hedges / CFD contracts
      • Pool surplus and financial transmission rights (FTRs)

      Introduction to Emissions

      We are able to tailor a course to provide you with an introductory look at the Emissions Trading Scheme as well emissions reporting associated with Corporate Sustainability Reporting.  
      Topics we can cover include an overview of:

      • The NZ Emissions Trading Scheme and how this compares internationally
      • Specific obligatory emissions and reporting requirements
      • Corporate sustainability emissions such as those associated with travel, energy and waste
      • Implementing an emissions management plan within your business

      Please let us know if you are interested, and we can discuss your requirements.