North Auckland and Northland proposal [Closing date: 2007/11/09 12:00:00 GMT+13]

On 21 September 2007, Transpower New Zealand Limited submitted to the Electricity Commission a new grid upgrade plan (2007 GUP) under clause 12 of section III of part F of the Electricity Governance Rules 2003.

The 2007 GUP includes two proposals relating to investments in North Auckland and Northland.

The first proposal (NAaN proposal 1) has been submitted as a reliability investment and includes the installation of a 220kV cross harbour cable connection between Penrose and Albany substations, and the reinforcement of Penrose substation from Pakuranga substation.

The second proposal (NAaN proposal 2) has also been submitted as a reliability investment, and involves Transpower securing rights to preserve the option to install a second cable.

• Details of the proposals 
• Notice inviting comment  pdf [112 KB]
  

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

• provide written comments on NAaN propsal 1 and NAaN proposal 2; and
• request that the Commission consider alternatives to NAaN proposal 1, and alternatives to NAaN proposal 2. 
  

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 the Commission by midday on 9 November 2007.  This is an extension of 2 weeks from the original agreed timetable.

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 the Commission 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 'North Auckland and Northland proposal 1' or 'North Auckland and Northland proposal 2' in the subject header. 

Comments and/or requests should be sent to:

info@electricitycommission.govt.nz

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

Tel: 04 460 8860
Fax: 04 460 8879

The Commission will acknowledge receipt of all comments and/or requests by email.  Please contact Jenny Walton at the Commission if you do not receive acknowledgement of your comments and/or requests within two business days.

To foster an informed and transparent process, the Commission intends to publish all comments and/or requests received on its website.

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 to the Commission on a confidential basis.  If your comments and/or requests contain confidential material, please provide the Commission with 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 to the Commission 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.  The Commission can withhold official information in certain circumstances.  The grounds for the Commission withholding official information 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.