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2010 Statement of Opportunities
It is anticipated that the next Statement of Opportunities (SOO) will be published in September 2010, with a draft in July 2010. In preparation the following work was undertaken:
- developing a new set of Grid Planning Assumptions (GPA); and
- reviewing the underlying demand forecast model.
Work began in mid 2009 to prepare an updated set of GPAs. To provide stakeholders with an opportunity to hear directly from Commission staff and to ask questions about the various aspects of the GPAs a workshop was held on 16 October 2009. Further details on the workshop and the 2009 GPA are available from the following link:
On 24 September 2009, the 2009 Grid Planning Assumptions consultation paper was published and sought participants’ feedback on the generation scenarios key input assumptions and issues associated with demand forecast methodology.Comments on the draft 2009 GPAs were sought by 5pm on Friday 6 November 2009, 11 submissions were received.
The comments received on the 2009 GPAs have been considered when finalising the 2010 GPAs provided as part of the 2010 SOO.
Reports
The following reports have been completed as part of the work for the 2010 SOO:
- PB New Zealand Ltd
Workshop
A workshop on the draft 2010 SOO was held at the Commission on 21 July 2010. The workshop's purpose was to present the key matters in the draft 2010 SOO, to answer any questions and to facilitate participants' responses to the draft. The comments received at the workshop will be considered when finalising the 2010 SOO.
The following presentations were made at the workshop:
Draft 2010 SOO
On 8 July 2010 the Commission published the draft 2010 SOO and invited submissions on it.
The Commission’s Draft 2010 SOO consultation page provided details on how interested parties could provide a submission on the draft SOO. The Commission received nine submissions.
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