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Onzo announces partnership with New Zealand utility, Mighty River Power
Onzo Ltd, the UK-based customer engagement specialist, has entered into a partnership with one of New Zealand’s largest energy companies, Mighty River Power.
Onzo will supply Mighty River Power’s retail arm, Mercury Energy, with the Onzo smart energy kit, the company’s award-winning energy display, sensor and integrated web portal. Mercury Energy will initially run a trial with the smart energy kit to determine the impact of providing customers with information about how much energy they are using, how much it’s costing them and how to reduce or change their consumption.
Onzo’s professional services team will also be involved in the project, providing a range of consulting help.
James Munro, GM Retail and Corporate Affairs at Mighty River Power said, “Our partnership with Onzo for this trial is an exciting development for Mercury Energy. We’re increasingly focused on bringing innovative new products to our customers that help them to better understand their energy consumption, and we’re confident that our Onzo trial customers will respond positively to a great product that gives them better control of their energy spend”.
Joel Hagan, Onzo’s Chief Executive said, “We’re very excited about working with Mighty River Power. They have recently been named as Overall Energy Company of the Year in New Zealand and in all our conversations with them we have been impressed with their focus on customer engagement and innovation. They regard the Onzo smart energy kit as a market-leading tool that can help them better understand their customers and meet business objectives. They are an ideal partner for Onzo and one with whom we believe we can have a long and mutually beneficial partnership”.
The contract is Onzo’s second in the region. Last year, the company worked with ActewAGL in Australia to modify the smart energy kit so that it could be used to measure water consumption.
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Mighty River Power
Mighty River Power is an integrated energy generation, trading, retailing and metering business. With a strong emphasis on generation from renewable energy sources, we own and/or manage a diverse and expanding portfolio of generation assets throughout the North Island. Our portfolio includes the Waikato Hydro System, geothermal plants within the Taupo and Bay of Plenty regions, the Southdown gas-fired station and an active wind development programme.
Mighty River Power sells electricity and gas to more than 400,000 customers through our retail businesses Mercury Energy, Bosco and Tiny Mighty Power. Our metering business, Metrix, provides meters and meter-reading services to residential and commercial customers across Auckland, and to other electricity retailers.
