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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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The Electricity Commission has decided not to issue a draft decision on Transpower’s proposal for an upgrade of the national transmission line into Auckland before the end of the year. Instead, the draft decision will now be released at the end of January.

• Published: 19 December 2006 02:09 PM

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Castalia has released the Reveiew of Reserve Energy Policy Issues Paper.

• Published: 11 December 2006 09:19 AM

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The Electricity Commission is calling for proposals to expand the compact fluorescent lamp programme. To date this year more than 1.2 million Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) have been subsidised as part of the programme and in this second phase an additional 1.5 million CFLs are being targeted.

• Published: 29 November 2006 03:27 PM

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The Electricity Commission has completed its first consultation step to consider Transpower’s proposal to upgrade transmission services between Whakamaru and South Auckland. The Commission has received more than 140 submissions from members of the public, industry, landowners, iwi and other interested parties.

• Published: 28 November 2006 10:20 AM

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The Electricity Commission has received a revised North Island grid upgrade proposal from Transpower to construct a 400kV-capable overhead transmission line between Whakamaru and South Auckland. It is proposed that the line would be operated initially at 220kV then converted to operate at 400kV at a future date. The proposed line includes connection into Pakuranga via 220kV underground cables.

• Published: 24 October 2006 01:24 PM

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Transpower has advised the Electricity Commission that in the next few days it intends to provide the Commission with another proposal for upgrading transmission lines into Auckland.

• Published: 19 October 2006 02:30 PM

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