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The Electricity Commission has announced it intends to approve a $4.1 million grid upgrade application from Transpower for Maungatapere substation in Northland, in a decision that will provide a template for fast review of similar projects in the future.

• Published: 20 February 2009 02:55 PM

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A review of the performance of the electricity market during winter 2008, prepared for the Electricity Commission, makes eight recommendations on ways the electricity system can be improved to cope with dry winters.

• Published: 21 January 2009 02:25 PM

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The Electricity Commission has given notice that it intends to decline Transpower’s proposal to upgrade the transmission grid from Auckland to Albany.

• Published: 19 December 2008 05:06 PM

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The Electricity Commission has given its final approval for Transpower to spend up to $672 million to upgrade Pole One of the HVDC link between the South and North Islands.

• Published: 25 September 2008 05:41 PM

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The Electricity Commission is responding to the improved situation in the South Island hydro storage lakes by lowering the Commission’s risk meter from high to medium and reviewing its offer price for Whirinaki generation.

• Published: 11 September 2008 06:16 PM

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The Electricity Commission’s Motor Bounty Scheme, which pays motor users to remove and replace old, inefficient motors, is being launched nationally this month after the successful completion of a five month pilot.

• Published: 05 September 2008 02:38 PM

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The Electricity Commission today gave notice that it intends to approve Transpower's $672 million proposal to replace the existing Pole 1 of the HVDC inter-island link.

• Published: 01 August 2008 04:46 PM

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Retail competition and prices, energy affordability and how electricity generators are paid are some of the key focus areas of an Electricity Commission report into the operation of the electricity market that has been released today.

• Published: 08 July 2008 03:37 PM

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The Electricity Commission has confirmed its decision to approve a major upgrade of the Otahuhu substation in Auckland.

• Published: 31 August 2007 05:48 PM

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The Electricity Commission today announced its approval of Transpower’s proposal for a new electricity transmission line between Whakamaru and Pakuranga, Auckland.

• Published: 05 July 2007 03:00 PM

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The Electricity Commission has released a revised “Guideline on arrangements to assist low income and vulnerable consumers”.

• Published: 02 July 2007 01:07 PM

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On 31 January 2007, the Commission published a Notice of Intention to approve the investment described in Transpower’s North Island Grid Upgrade Proposal submitted to the Electricity Commission on 20 October 2006.

• Published: 23 February 2007 09:54 AM

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The Electricity Commission is holding a series of public meetings to explain its reasoning for its notified intention to approve Transpower’s proposed transmission grid upgrade between Whakamaru, just north of Tokoroa, and Pakuranga, in South Auckland.

• Published: 21 February 2007 09:23 AM

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The Electricity Commission has announced that it intends to approve a suite of measures proposed by Transpower that are designed to improve the reliability of electricity supply into Auckland and on to Northland. The centre-piece of Transpower’s proposals is a 400 kilovolt transmission line between Whakamaru, near Tokoroa, and Pakuranga in Auckland. The line will operate initially at 220 kilovolts.

• Published: 31 January 2007 12:04 PM

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Part A of the Electricity Governance Rules 2003 (Rules) defines a business day as follows: “business day” means any day of the week except Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays and any other day from time to time declared by the market administrator not to be a business day by notice to each registered participant in the manner set out in the rules;

• Published: 19 January 2007 09:27 AM

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