Nathan Strong

Nathan Strong has over fifteen years’ experience in electricity regulation. An economist by trade, Nathan managed Regulatory Affairs for Vector Limited for five years before joining Unison in 2010.

Prior to that, Nathan was a consultant with Charles River Associates where he provided advice on distribution pricing, contractual frameworks for load management, and other electricity industry-related projects. These projects included transmission pricing methodologies, capacity markets and economic regulation of electricity distributors.

Nathan’s background in economics has included reviewing competitiveness in markets. He spent two years with the Commerce Commission where he worked on several merger applications and market power investigations, including the demise of electricity retailer, On Energy, in 2001.

Nathan oversees Unison Networks Limited’s legal, network pricing and regulatory management activities. In addition, he holds or has held a number of industry roles including a Member of the Electricity Authority’s Retail Advisory Group, (two terms from 2011 to 2016) is a current Member of the Security and Reliability Council, Chairs the Electricity Networks Association’s (ENA’s) Regulatory Working Group and is a Member of the ENA’s Distribution Pricing Working Group.

Nathan holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration (Hons) from Victoria University in Wellington.