This webpage gathers the information you are required to submit as part of a Concept Assessment request. Before submitting your questionnaire, please discuss your project with your Relationship Manager or contact [email protected].
Transpower aims to deliver a Concept Assessment Report within 45 business days. If your need is less urgent, please indicate this in the questionnaire.
When you have ready access to all the requisite information, click here to access the questionnaire.
Information Required
All applications must include Customer details, including those of the designated point of contact within the Customer’s organisation. You must also indicate who you have communicated with from Transpower in relation to your project.
Select the type of connection project below to reveal the additional information you must provide. If you have documents that support your application, you may attach files within the questionnaire.
- Electricity Network Upgrade
Project Details
- Type of electricity network upgrade
- Preferred connection voltage
- Location of project
- Nearest Transpower asset (if known)
Timeline
- When you need the Concept Assessment Report by
- Date when you expect your project to be fully operational
- Details of landownership: land agreements, consenting/stakeholder engagement, consenting strategy
- Details of consents applied for
- Confirmation that you have notified the Electricity Authority of your project
Technical Information
- If requesting a new substation, expectation of short-term paralleling capability between new and old substations to enable feeder transfers
- If not requesting a new substation, details of new feeders or upgrades that may be required at the current GXP
- Details of your long-term sub-transmission development plan
- Generation / Energy Storage
Project Details
- Type of generation/energy storage project
- Whether the generation/energy storage is to be directly connected to Transpower’s grid or will be Electricity Distribution Business (EDB)-connected
- Preferred connection voltage
- Location of project
- Nearest Transpower asset (if known)
Timeline
- When you need the Concept Assessment Report by
- Desired enlivening date
- Details of landownership: land agreements, consenting/stakeholder engagement, consenting strategy
- Details of consents applied for
- Confirmation that you have notified the Electricity Authority of your project
Technical Information
- MW being connected
Additionally, if your project is to be connected to an EDB’s network:
- Details of the EDB
- Substation the project will be embedded behind
- Details about the possibility of reverse flows at the substation under high or low-load scenarios (and the conditions under which these may occur)
- If requesting a new substation, expectation of short-term paralleling capability between new and old GXPs to enable feeder transfers
For projects that include energy storage:
- Energy storage capacity in MWh
- Expected annual energy consumption or generation in MWh
- Load
Project Details
- Type of load project
- Whether the load is to be directly connected to Transpower’s grid or will be Electricity Distribution Business (EDB)-connected
- Preferred connection voltage
- Location of project
- Nearest Transpower asset (if known)
Timeline
- When you need the Concept Assessment Report by
- Expected first sync date
- Details of landownership: land agreements, consenting/stakeholder engagement, consenting strategy
- Details of consents applied for
- Confirmation that you have notified the Electricity Authority of your project
Technical Information
- Expected peak MW load
- Whether the load can flex
- Any specific resilience requirements
- Whether further investments may be necessary to meet power quality implications under the benchmark/transmission agreement
Additionally, if your project is to be connected to an EDB’s network:
- Details of the EDB
- Substation the project will be embedded behind
- If requesting a new substation, expectation of short-term paralleling capability between new and old GXPs to enable feeder transfers
- Other (Non-connected)
Project Details
- Description of project
- Location of project
- Nearest Transpower asset (if known)
Timeline
- Date when Concept Assessment Report is required
- Date when you would like the Works to be completed
- Details of landownership: land agreements, consenting/stakeholder engagement, consenting strategy
- Details of consents applied for
If you have any questions about the requirements, please contact [email protected].