Meridian Energy (ASX: MEZ) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Meridian Energy generates 100% renewable energy in New Zealand, focusing on sustainability and helping achieve net zero emissions.
Meridian Energy
Meridian Energy is a New Zealand renewable energy company engaged in the generation and retail sale of electricity. The company generates power entirely from 100% renewable resources, including hydroelectric schemes and wind farms located across New Zealand. Its generation portfolio includes large-scale hydro facilities along the Waitaki River and at Manapōuri, as well as multiple wind generation assets. Alongside wholesale generation, the company supplies electricity to residential households, commercial businesses, and agricultural operations. It also operates a nationwide public electric vehicle charging network and provides solar buy-back plans and energy management services across the country.
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Operations
Products and/or services of Meridian Energy
- Hydroelectric Power Generation: Operation of major hydro generation schemes across the South Island, including key assets along the Waitaki River and the Manapōuri facility, delivering baseline renewable electricity to the national grid for industrial and wholesale markets.
- Wind Power Generation: Operation and maintenance of utility-scale wind farms across the North and South Islands, utilizing multiple turbine installations in locations such as Waikato, Manawatū, Wellington, and Southland to generate clean power for the national grid.
- Business Electricity Supply: Delivery of commercial power contracts, tailored energy tariffs, and customized electricity supply agreements to small businesses, commercial enterprises, and heavy industrial power consumers, supporting industrial operations with renewable electricity contracts across New Zealand.
- Residential Electricity Retail: Retail distribution of electricity to household consumers, providing tailored tariffs, smart metering integration, fixed and variable rate plans, and digital account management tools for residential customers throughout urban and suburban regions of New Zealand.
- Agri-Business Power Solutions: Specialized electricity supply plans, dedicated agricultural tariffs, and energy efficiency advisory services designed for dairy farms, pastoral operations, and irrigated agricultural properties to support heavy machinery, milking sheds, and irrigation infrastructure nationwide.
- Public EV Charging Network: Deployment and operation of a public electric vehicle charging network featuring more than two hundred charge points installed across urban centers and major transit corridors, complemented by specialized electric vehicle tariffs for home and commercial charging.
Meridian Energy executive team
- Michael RoanChief Executive Officer
- Mandy BinnieChief Financial Officer
- Bharat RatanpalChief Information Officer
- Owen HackstonInvestor Relations Manager
- Jason WoolleyGeneral Counsel & Company Secretary
- Philip ClarkHead of Communications
- Jason SteinChief People Officer
- Claire ShawGeneral Manager of Corporate Affairs & Sustainability
- Lisa HannifinChief Customer Officer
- Humphrey TapperChief Legal Adviser, Environment & Property