26 August Update Regarding Conductor Repair
Repairs were completed and the HVDC Pole 2 returned to Service at 1:00pm Thursday 26 August.
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Our connection process
Submitted by Geoff Wishart on Mon, 30/11/2020 - 07:54Transpower's connection process adapts to fit the needs of your connection. A large complex connection might take over 3 years, a small discrete and simple connection might take less than 18 months. Our connections process diagram provides a matrix of timing based on your connection.
TPM Development: TPM Options Consultation
Submitted by Trudy Shannon on Mon, 09/11/2020 - 10:55TPM Options Consultation
This consultation sought feedback on our initial thinking on options for the benefit-based charge (BBC) and for adjustments to the BBC and residual charges (Adjustments), both mandatory components of the new TPM. The BBC and Adjustments components are inter-related, so we consulted on them jointly.
All consultation documents, submissions, cross-submissions and our summary and response document can be found below.
Keeping the power grid safe from solar storms
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 06/05/2019 - 00:00Transpower is playing a key role is determining how best to protect vulnerable power grids from devastating geomagnetic storms caused by extreme solar activity.
Protecting our critical equipment
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 30/03/2019 - 00:00The performance of our HVDC link directly affects our Grid and wholesale electricity market. Anything we do to improve the efficiency and robustness of this link provides value to all our customers – New Zealand consumers and generators.
Kanban breaks the backlog
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 12/12/2018 - 01:00Over the last year, our Enterprise Services Support (ESS) team has used Kanban to significantly reduce incident turnaround times.
A step change to climb detection
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 01/10/2018 - 00:00Small lightweight detectors based on low power, low bandwidth Internet of Things (IoT) devices promise to deliver simple, reliable detection so we can quickly respond to climbing incidents.
The power of cognitive search
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 31/08/2018 - 23:00Following the success of a machine learning/artificial intelligence (AI) innovation sprint in 2017, we see the potential for AI to search, extract and collate expert information for engineers and service providers working on our Grid.
Operational Review 2 - 2017
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 16/06/2017 - 14:12Latest update: January 2018
In June 2017, we released an Invitation to Comment on a possible Operational Review 2 of the Transmission Pricing Methodology (TPM). This was following the Electricity Authority announcement that it needed to prepare a new cost-benefit analysis before any decisions could be made about its review into the TPM Guidelines.
