Project news

Transpower is seeking input from the community on where it should place a permanent connection between its two transmission lines that feed into Port Taranaki.

Transpower needs to undertake scheduled maintenance activities at the Waiotahe substation and on the connecting line from Edgecumbe requiring an outage on 11 November from 7:30am to 5:00pm

Transpower confirmed today that work to decommission and remove its telecommunications tower and associated facilities on top of Mt Putauaki will start early August (weather permitting).
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Transpower today advised that it had completed its geotechnical investigations as part of its project to reinforce supply to Gore and surrounding areas.
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Information about a Grid reconfiguration that affects the Bells Pond-Waitaki 100kV transmission constraint

Under the Elecricity Industry Participation Code, Transpower is required to demonstrate a net benefit for any temporary or permanent reconfiguration of the grid.

The June 2015 newsletter for the Bunnythorpe to Haywards A+B conductor replacement project.

Transpower announced the official commissioning of a new 220 kV substation at Paraparaumu.

Last week Whakamaru Primary School students watched on as the 21 metre tower was pulled over as part of Transpower's Wairakei to Whakamaru C line project.

Transpower’s project involving the Paraparaumu substation on Valley Road has taken another visible step forward with the erection of new poles to support the new 220 kV line into the new substation.