New Zealand Gazette – 2006 – No. 123

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✨ Grid Reliability Standards and Investment



30 OCTOBER 2006
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 123

Planning ahead

88A The current pressing need for a number of major upgrades on the transmission system reflects, in part, insufficient planning and securing of consents (or designations) and land access rights in the past. Government is concerned to ensure that this situation is not repeated in the future.

88B The Government therefore expects Transpower and the Electricity Commission to ensure that Transpower identifies and secures appropriate interests in land, designations, or resource consents required for transmission corridors and, to the extent possible, resource consents (or designations) well in advance of urgent need. Transpower should be able to recover the reasonable net costs of doing so.

88BB The risks to maintaining grid reliability resulting from uncertainties in demand forecasting and easements should be conservatively managed.

88C This should help the essential process of maintaining stakeholder confidence in ongoing security of electricity supply even if, at times, there is some loss of flexibility around investment choices and some additional cost for electricity consumers.

Environmental effects

88D Final environmental requirements are determined by consenting authorities under the Resource Management Act which provides the statutory framework for dealing with environmental effects.

88E To the extent the Commission considers the environmental effects of new lines proposed by Transpower in a grid upgrade plan, it should also take into account any longer term benefits that larger capacity lines may provide by avoiding multiple smaller lines.

Transmission alternatives

89 As part of the consideration of transmission investments, the Electricity Commission should ensure that transmission alternatives are considered to the extent practicable subject to the following conditions:

  • only alternatives which have a high probability of proceeding and where grid reliability can be maintained by contingency measures if the alternative is delayed or does not proceed should be considered;

  • alternatives which are only likely to proceed if they are assisted financially by the Government or relevant body should not be considered unless the Government or relevant body has agreed to provide such assistance.



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