Bay of Plenty Interconnection Capacity Upgrade Investment Proposal [Closing date: 2009/11/24 17:00:00 GMT+13]

Posted 3 November 2009

On 3 November 2009, Transpower New Zealand Limited (Transpower) submitted to the Electricity Commission an investment proposal for approval under rule 13 of section III of part F of the Electricity Governance Rules 2003.

The investment proposal was submitted as a reliability investment to upgrade the Kaitimako-Tarukenga line to 220kV and installing two interconnecting transformers at Kaitimako.

• Details of the proposals
  
• Notice inviting comment pdf [536 KB]
  

The Commission is providing designated transmission customers and parties affected by the Proposal with an opportunity to:

• provide written comments on the Bay of Plenty Interconnection Capacity Upgrade Investment Proposal; and
• request that the Commission consider alternatives to the Bay of Plenty Interconnection Capacity Upgrade Investment Proposal
  

To assist the Commission in its consideration, please supply evidence of facts and analysis to support your views wherever possible.

Comments and/or requests must be received by 5.00pm on 24 November 2009.

Please note that comments and/or requests received after this deadline are unlikely to be considered.

The Commission’s preference is to receive comments and/or requests in electronic form (Microsoft Word).  It is not necessary for parties to send hard copies of their comments and/or requests, unless it is not possible to do so electronically.  Comments and/or requests in electronic form should be emailed with ‘Bay of Plenty Interconnection Capacity Upgrade Investment Proposal ' in the subject header. 

Comments and/or requests should be sent to:

submissions@electricitycommission.govt.nz

Kate Hudson
Electricity Commission
Level 7, ASB Bank Tower
2 Hunter Street
PO Box 10041
Wellington 6143

Tel: 04 460 8860
Fax: 04 460 8879

All comments and/or requests will be acknowledged by email.  Please contact Kate Hudson if you do not receive acknowledgement of your comments and/or requests within two business days.

To foster an informed and transparent process, all comments and/or requests received will be published.

Please indicate any documents attached in support of your comments and/or requests in a covering letter and clearly indicate any information that is provided on a confidential basis.  If your comments and/or requests contain confidential material, please provide both confidential and public versions of your comments and/or requests, in both electronic and hard copy forms.  The responsibility for ensuring that confidential information is not included in a public version of comments and/or requests rests entirely with the party making the comments and/or requests.

Parties should note that the contents of comments and/or requests provided will be among the information the Commission holds which is subject to the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA).

If the Commission receives a request for the release of information contained in comments and/or requests, it will be required to consider the release of those comments and/or requests, in whole or in part, in terms of the criteria set out in the OIA.  This would be done in consultation with the party providing the comments and/or requests.  Official information can be withheld in certain circumstances which are set out in the OIA.  Any decision by the Commission to withhold information is subject to appeal to the Ombudsman.

In order to test all information contained in comments and/or requests as fully as possible in a transparent manner, the Commission discourages requests for non-disclosure of comments and/or requests, in whole or in part.