Consultation Documents

Currently consulting on

• Third Consultation – Part D Review – Proposed New Rules (June 2010) [Closing date: 30 September 2010]
• Transmission Pricing Review: Stage 2 Options [Closing date: 24 September 2010]

Previously consulted on

• Draft 2010 Statement of Opportunities [Closing date: 06 August 2010]
• Normal Frequency - Generator Asset Owner Performance Obligations [Closing date: 30 July 2010]
• Frequency Keeping Cost Allocation [Closing date: 30 July 2010]
• Lower South Island Reliability Transmission Investment Proposal [Closing date: 30 June 2010]
• Upper North Island Dynamic Reactive Support Investment Proposal [Closing date: 21 June 2010]
• Dispatchable Demand Regime [Closing date: 18 June 2010]
• 2010 Draft Procurement Plan [Closing date: 04 June 2010]
• Review of the UTS Provisions [Closing date: 28 May 2010]
• Review of urgent rule amendments relating to instantaneous reserve dispatch improvements [Closing date: 28 May 2010]
• Under-frequency Event Causer Determination [Closing date: 21 May 2010]
• Settlement of Islanded Embedded Generation [Closing date: 21 May 2010]
• Further consultation: Correction of information errors and dispute resolution processes: proposed amendments to parts H and J of the Rules [Closing date: 14 May 2010]
• 2010 Draft Policy Statement [Closing date: 12 May 2010]
• Amendments to the advanced metering infrastructure guidelines [Closing date: 30 April 2010]
• Wind forecasting and market integration: options [Closing date: 26 April 2010]
• Further consultation: proposed amendments to parts E and J of the Rules and consequential amendments to parts A and H of the Rules [Closing date: 19 April 2010]
• Correction of information errors and dispute resolution processes: proposed amendments to parts H and J of the Rules [Closing date: 22 March 2010]
• Discussion paper: Security, Web Services, and EIEP Data Exchange [Closing date: 19 March 2010]
• Interconnection Asset Capacity and Grid Configuration [Closing date: 15 March 2010]
• Approach to domestic retail contracting arrangements – issues and options discussion [Closing date: 19 February 2010]
• Reducing the delay for publishing bids and offers [Closing date: 05 February 2010]
• Proposed appropriations and work priorities for the 2010/11 Financial Year [Closing date: 03 February 2010]
• Auto Synchronisation Points Investment Proposal [Closing date: 03 February 2010]
• 2009 Demand Forecasts [Closing date: 29 January 2010]
• Annual Security Assessment 2009 [Closing date: 29 January 2010]
• Minor Editorial Rule Changes [Closing date: 29 January 2010]
• Draft final Distribution Pricing Principles and Information Disclosure Guidelines [Closing date: 22 December 2009]
• Transparency of charge components [Closing date: 14 December 2009]
• Transmission pricing review: High-level options [Closing date: 07 December 2009]
• Managing locational price risk: options [Closing date: 07 December 2009]
• Scarcity pricing and compulsory contracting: options [Closing date: 07 December 2009]
• Bay of Plenty Interconnection Capacity Upgrade Investment Proposal [Closing date: 24 November 2009]
• Consultation on draft guidelines for reporting breaches of the Electricity Governance Rules [Closing date: 20 November 2009]
• Consultation on dispatchable demand – options [Closing date: 16 November 2009]
• Publication of EGR Committee Minutes [Closing date: 13 November 2009]
• AUFLS Exemptions – Issues and Options [Closing date: 13 November 2009]
• Consultation on Part D: Issues and proposed options [Closing date: 09 November 2009]
• 2009 Grid Planning Assumptions [Closing date: 06 November 2009]
• Consultation on the Guideline on arrangements to assist vulnerable consumers and the Guideline on arrangements to assist medically dependent consumers [Closing date: 04 November 2009]
• Proposed availablity and reliability index measures - interconnection asset services [Closing date: 16 October 2009]
• Revision of Information System Definition document [Closing date: 16 October 2009]
• Proposed amendments to parts E and J of the Rules (and consequential amendments to parts A and H of the Rules) [Closing date: 16 October 2009]
• Wanganui-Stratford Transmission Investment Proposal [Closing date: 06 October 2009]
• Interim Pricing Period [Closing date: 05 October 2009]
• Payment in Same Day Cleared Funds [Closing date: 11 September 2009]
• Property Rights for Load Management [Closing date: 04 September 2009]
• Redclyffe 220/110kV Interconnection Investment Proposal [Closing date: 29 July 2009]
• Resubmission of Bombay Bus Security Investment Proposal [Closing date: 23 July 2009]
• 2009 Draft Procurement Plan [Closing date: 23 July 2009]
• Model approach to distribution pricing [Closing date: 10 July 2009]
• Marsden Substation Investment Proposal [Closing date: 26 June 2009]
• Tactical Transmission Upgrades – application for amended approval costs [Closing date: 22 May 2009]
• 2009 Draft Policy Statement [Closing date: 21 May 2009]
• Electricity Market Compliance Framework Review - Update [Closing date: 15 May 2009]
• Rulings Panel Procedures [Closing date: 01 May 2009]
• Proposal to Approve a Joint Electricity and Gas Complaints Resolution Scheme [Closing date: 20 April 2009]
• Redclyffe Bus Security Investment Proposal [Closing date: 03 April 2009]
• Bombay Bus Security Investment Proposal [Closing date: 03 April 2009]
• Proposed changes to the Guideline on arrangements to assist low income and vulnerable consumers [Closing date: 01 April 2009]
• Proposed change to spot settlement day payment process [Closing date: 20 February 2009]
• Release of Review of 2008 Winter Report [Closing date: 20 February 2009]
• Issues and Indicative Options for the Spot Market Pricing Process and UTS Provisions [Closing date: 20 February 2009]
• Advisory Group Review [Closing date: 13 February 2009]
• Maungatapere Bus Security Investment proposal [Closing date: 30 January 2009]
• Woodville-Mangamaire-Masterton Transmission Investment proposal [Closing date: 30 January 2009]
• Wilton 110kV Interconnection Investment proposal [Closing date: 30 January 2009]
• Work priorities and appropriations consultation for 2009/10 [Closing date: 26 January 2009]
• Disconnected Nodes [Closing date: 15 December 2008]
• Electricity Governance (Security of Supply) Regulations and AUFLS rule [Closing date: 12 December 2008]
• System Security Forecast [Closing date: 12 December 2008]
• Consultation on the urgent amendment to part J of the Rules: the seasonal adjustment shapes issue [Closing date: 28 November 2008]
• Responsibility for Retailers' Wholesale Market Obligations [Closing date: 24 November 2008]
• Frequency Regulation Market Development –discussion paper [Closing date: 07 November 2008]
• Issues paper—options for ensuring efficient reactive power investment [Closing date: 31 October 2008]
• Annual Security and Reserve Energy Needs Assessment 2008 [Closing date: 31 October 2008]
• Consultation on Part D: Issues and possible options [Closing date: 10 October 2008]
• Issues for Managing Locational Price Risk Consultation [Closing date: 08 September 2008]
• Market Design Review Options paper [Closing date: 01 September 2008]
• Consultation on the Use of Distributor Pricing Category Codes in the Registry [Closing date: 01 August 2008]
• Draft 2008 Statement of Opportunities [Closing date: 01 August 2008]
• Auditor Guidelines [Closing date: 25 July 2008]
• System operator 2008 draft procurement plan [Closing date: 18 July 2008]
• Minor proposed changes to the reconciliation rules [Closing date: 11 July 2008]
• Proposed appropriation change: Reserve Energy and Emergency Measures [Closing date: 02 July 2008]
• Capacity Adequacy Standard [Closing date: 13 June 2008]
• Proposed changes to Interposed Model Contracts [Closing date: 06 June 2008]
• Revised North Auckland and Northland proposals [Closing date: 05 June 2008]
• Minor Offer and Dispatch Rule Changes [Closing date: 27 May 2008]
• Draft report on “transmission to enable renewables [Closing date: 09 May 2008]
• Consultation paper on Approval of a Joint Electricity and Gas Complaints Resolution Scheme [Closing date: 08 May 2008]
• Grid Upgrade Investment Review Policy [Closing date: 05 May 2008]
• Grid Planning Assumptions Consultation [Closing date: 13 March 2008]
• Guidelines for metering, reconciliation, and registry arrangements for secondary networks [Closing date: 29 February 2008]
• Routine testing of assets [Closing date: 08 February 2008]
• Transmission to enable renewables [Closing date: 01 February 2008]
• Appropriations for 2008/2009 [Closing date: 14 January 2008]
• Wind Integration Options [Closing date: 30 November 2007]
• Proposed interconnection service measures: capacity measures [Closing date: 22 November 2007]
• Draft outage protocol and draft connection code [Closing date: 22 November 2007]
• Annual Security and Reserve Energy Needs Assessment [Closing date: 16 November 2007]
• West Coast upgrade project [Closing date: 15 November 2007]
• New retail statistic: ICP by retailer by NSP [Closing date: 09 November 2007]
• North Auckland and Northland proposal [Closing date: 09 November 2007]
• Market Administrator report [Closing date: 02 November 2007]
• Reconciliation participant and distributor auditor guidelines [Closing date: 02 November 2007]
• Model use of system agreements [Closing date: 26 October 2007]
• Load management value and pricing [Closing date: 26 October 2007]
• Information System Definition Review [Closing date: 19 October 2007]
• Review of Reserve Energy Policy [Closing date: 15 October 2007]
• Electricity Market Compliance Framework Review [Closing date: 01 October 2007]
• Disclosure of risk management contract information [Closing date: 21 September 2007]
• Various Proposed Amendments to the Electricity Governance Regulations 2003 and the Electricity Governance Rules 2003 [Closing date: 07 September 2007]
• Demand-side bidding and forecasting [Closing date: 03 September 2007]
• Benchmark agreement review [Closing date: 24 August 2007]
• The calculation of loss factors and the use of loss factors for reconciliation purposes [Closing date: 17 August 2007]
• Advanced metering infrastructure [Closing date: 10 August 2007]
• System Operator 2007 Draft Procurement Plan [Closing date: 25 July 2007]
• Market Design Review Issues Paper [Closing date: 20 July 2007]
• Otahuhu Substation proposal [Closing date: 13 July 2007]
• Upper South Island reactive support IGE application – May 2007 [Closing date: 25 June 2007]
• Two traders at a Point of Connection [Closing date: 15 June 2007]
• Allocation of Under-frequency Event Charge Rebates [Closing date: 08 June 2007]
• IGE application for conducting a trial into demand-side participation and grid support contract development in the Upper South Island [Closing date: 01 June 2007]
• Memorandum of Understanding between the Commerce Commission and Electricity Commission [Closing date: 16 May 2007]
• System operator 2007 draft policy statement [Closing date: 14 May 2007]
• Demand forecasting methodology for Security of Supply [Closing date: 07 May 2007]
• Principal Objectives Paper [Closing date: 27 April 2007]
• Routine testing of assets [Closing date: 24 April 2007]
• Benchmark agreement and interconnection rules drafting comments [Closing date: 18 April 2007]
• Peak demand information consultation paper [Closing date: 18 April 2007]
• Castalia Review of the Electricity Security of Supply Policy [Closing date: 11 April 2007]
• Forward Estimate Audit [Closing date: 30 March 2007]
• Transpower’s North Island Grid Upgrade Proposal [Closing date: 30 March 2007]
• Approval method for consumer complaints resolution schemes [Closing date: 09 March 2007]
• Otahuhu proposal [Closing date: 12 February 2007]
• Proposed Transmission Pricing Methodology [Closing date: 02 February 2007]
• Appropriations 2007/08 [Closing date: 19 January 2007]
• Publication of reserve offers [Closing date: 15 January 2007]
• Duplicate protection (second round) [Closing date: 21 December 2006]
• Proposed request for appropriations for its Electricity Efficiency function [Closing date: 11 December 2006]
• Transpower's 20 October 2006 proposal for NI Grid Upgrade Project [Closing date: 22 November 2006]
• Annual Security and Reserve Energy Needs Assessment October 2006 [Closing date: 16 November 2006]
• Rules relating to the publication of daily demand data [Closing date: 07 November 2006]
• Proposal for Rolling Outage Regulations and Planning [Closing date: 27 October 2006]
• Hedge market consultation papers [Closing date: 25 October 2006]
• Duplicate protection [Closing date: 04 October 2006]
• Grid Planning Assumptions [Closing date: 29 September 2006]
• Call for cross-submissions on draft BA and proposed interconnection rules [Closing date: 27 September 2006]
• e3p exemption application [Closing date: 25 September 2006]
• Rules relating to intermittent generators [Closing date: 22 September 2006]
• Otahuhu substation upgrade IGE application [Closing date: 20 September 2006]
• Amended Information Systems Definition [Closing date: 19 September 2006]
• Transmission pricing methodology implementation date [Closing date: 10 August 2006]
• Notification of constraints [Closing date: 04 August 2006]
• Review of the Offer and Dispatch Rules for Co-generation Plant [Closing date: 04 August 2006]
• Draft interconnection rules [Closing date: 02 August 2006]
• Draft Benchmark Agreement [Closing date: 31 July 2006]
• Reconciliation rule change proposal 62 - transition rules [Closing date: 26 July 2006]
• 2006 Draft Procurement Plan [Closing date: 20 July 2006]
• Auckland CBD Cable Ducts Stage II Application [Closing date: 18 July 2006]
• High spring washer pricing [Closing date: 30 June 2006]
• Auckland 400 kV grid investment proposal draft decision [Closing date: 23 June 2006]
• Centralised dataset [Closing date: 16 June 2006]
• Transmission grid system operator policy statement 2006 [Closing date: 22 May 2006]
• Minor pricing and settlement rule changes [Closing date: 19 May 2006]
• Indicators of retail market activity in the New Zealand electricity market [Closing date: 28 April 2006]
• Instantaneous reserves pricing and dispatch [Closing date: 07 April 2006]
• Transmission alternatives policy issues [Closing date: 20 March 2006]
• Rule change 90 - Amendment to Schedule D2 of Part D - point of connection table [Closing date: 17 March 2006]
• Operational communications (technical code C) [Closing date: 24 February 2006]
• Indications and measurements (technical code C) [Closing date: 24 February 2006]
• Reconciliation rule change proposal 62 - second consultation [Closing date: 21 February 2006]
• 2007 Reserve energy needs analysis [Closing date: 14 February 2006]
• Policy statement, procurement plan and SO self-review timeline rule amendments [Closing date: 13 February 2006]
• Scenarios for the wind generation investigation project [Closing date: 09 February 2006]
• Grid Development Proposals [Closing date: 08 February 2006]
• Proposed funding programme for residential compact fluorescent lamps [Closing date: 03 February 2006]
• GUP approval process – rule change proposal [Closing date: 02 February 2006]
• Appropriation consultation 2005/06 [Closing date: 31 January 2006]
• Appropriation consultation 2006/07 [Closing date: 31 January 2006]
• HVDC Transmission Pricing Guidelines [Closing date: 27 January 2006]
• Auckland Transmission Alternatives short short list [Closing date: 24 January 2006]
• Issues paper HVDC transmission pricing methodology [Closing date: 12 December 2005]
• Revised draft core grid determination October 05 [Closing date: 14 November 2005]
• Tactical transmission upgrades [Closing date: 28 October 2005]
• Changes to part G [Closing date: 14 October 2005]
• Water heating cuts as an emergency measure [Closing date: 07 October 2005]
• Clarification of rules relating to dispensations and exemptions from AUFLS requirements [Closing date: 30 September 2005]
• Discussion on guidelines for retail audits [Closing date: 19 September 2005]
• Operational communications (Tech code C) [Closing date: 26 August 2005]
• RC21 discretion to extend time available to Transpower transmission pricing methodology [Closing date: 19 August 2005]
• Whirinaki Offer Strategy [Closing date: 12 August 2005]
• Arrangements for the benefit of low income consumers [Closing date: 08 August 2005]
• Procurement plan 2005 - 06 [Closing date: 22 July 2005]
• Options for enabling transmission alternatives [Closing date: 22 July 2005]
• Core grid determination [Closing date: 20 July 2005]
• Information system definition amendment [Closing date: 15 July 2005]
• Wind generation investigation project [Closing date: 14 July 2005]
• Tactical wind generation project [Closing date: 14 July 2005]
• Auckland transmission alternatives [Closing date: 13 July 2005]
• Capacity reserve proposed rule change [Closing date: 08 July 2005]
• Transition of fully certified metering installations [Closing date: 30 June 2005]
• Demand-side bidding and forecasting proposal [Closing date: 17 June 2005]
• Recertification of category 2 metering installations [Closing date: 15 June 2005]
• Statement of Opportunities [Closing date: 10 June 2005]
• Survey offer and dispatch [Closing date: 03 June 2005]
• Customer switching rule change [Closing date: 20 May 2005]
• 2005 Policy Statement [Closing date: 13 May 2005]
• Options for Determining Transmission Service Definitions [Closing date: 13 May 2005]
• Commission funding appropriation [Closing date: 12 May 2005]
• Reconciliation rule changes proposal 62 - first round [Closing date: 29 April 2005]
• Information system definition [Closing date: 22 April 2005]
• Rule change proposal 65 [Closing date: 24 March 2005]
• Embedded networks guidelines [Closing date: 22 March 2005]
• Policy statement rule change [Closing date: 21 March 2005]
• Rule change 10 [Closing date: 17 March 2005]
• Report of the profile project team [Closing date: 28 February 2005]
• Double charging of dispensation costs [Closing date: 24 February 2005]
• State of competition and barriers report [Closing date: 11 February 2005]
• Draft grid reliability standards [Closing date: 09 February 2005]
• Centralised dataset [Closing date: 31 January 2005]
• Risk management emergency measures [Closing date: 31 January 2005]
• Limitation of liability and force majeure [Closing date: 31 January 2005]
• Dispatch of generators for voltage support [Closing date: 31 January 2005]
• Testing of measuring transformers [Closing date: 21 January 2005]
• 2006 Reserve energy needs analysis [Closing date: 23 December 2004]
• Tendering for reserve energy [Closing date: 22 December 2004]
• Recommended approach and rule changes regarding extreme voltage range obligations [Closing date: 08 December 2004]
• Review of instantaneous reserves event charge [Closing date: 06 December 2004]
• Group offer and dispatch of interruptible load [Closing date: 03 December 2004]
• Security of supply policy development [Closing date: 03 December 2004]
• Code of Practice D3 [Closing date: 12 November 2004]
• Transmission pricing methodology guidelines issues paper [Closing date: 05 November 2004]
• Initial Statement of Opportunities [Closing date: 29 October 2004]
• Draft grid investment test [Closing date: 29 October 2004]
• Reserve offer period for embedded generators [Closing date: 26 October 2004]
• Registry Access [Closing date: 26 October 2004]
• Model Contracts for domestic consumers [Closing date: 26 October 2004]
• Preliminary consultation paper on Transmission contract structure and counterparties [Closing date: 25 October 2004]
• HVDC component flows and risk offsets [Closing date: 23 September 2004]
• Amendments for limitation of liability and force majeure for ancillary service agents [Closing date: 08 September 2004]
• Forward estimate audit [Closing date: 01 September 2004]
• Embedded networks [Closing date: 01 September 2004]
• Capacity reserves [Closing date: 24 August 2004]
• Wiring of transformers [Closing date: 18 August 2004]
• Subcontracting of metering work [Closing date: 18 August 2004]
• Meter accuracy [Closing date: 18 August 2004]
• Frequency of meter reads [Closing date: 18 August 2004]
• Reconciliation information [Closing date: 09 August 2004]
• Ancillary services procurement plan [Closing date: 14 July 2004]
• January amendments to Rules [Closing date: 25 June 2004]
• Definitions of generating station and embedded generating station [Closing date: 26 May 2004]
• Switch advisory codes [Closing date: 24 May 2004]
• Intermittent generation [Closing date: 20 May 2004]
• Assessment of reserve energy requirement for 2005 [Closing date: 02 April 2004]