Transpower’s Te Kanapu initiative is bringing together ideas from across Aotearoa to develop a future grid blueprint. For the next 18 months, we’ll be putting in the groundwork to ensure we have a reliable, resilient and affordable national electricity grid in the future.
About
Find out more about how Te Kanapu started, what it’s about and what it’s trying to achieve
Consultations
Learn about our future grid blueprint consultations in 2025 and 2026
Have your say
How do you think the national electricity grid could enable the future of Aotearoa?
We need to understand how Aotearoa might look in 2050 so we have time to plan and build the national electricity grid needed to help deliver that future.
It’s not easy planning that far ahead. We usually plan 10-15 years into the future, so thinking about the electricity Aotearoa will need in 25 years or more is charting new territory for us.
We’ll use the information we gather from consultations and other engagement, alongside research and analysis, SME and other inputs to build and publish a grid blueprint for the future, to guide Transpower’s investments in the national electricity grid and the way we manage the electricity system. The grid blueprint will also support industry and those in the energy sector with their long-term planning.