Requirements Common to Generator and Demand Customers
Under the Code, we require Asset Owners to provide information about any assets that are connected to the National Grid.
Resources for Asset Owners
Key information for owners of assets that are connected to the National Grid.
Asset Owners are obliged to complete a relevant ACS whenever commissioning/decommissioning or modifying their assets.
Asset Owners are to use the Test Plan Form to notify the system operator of their intention to conduct system tests.
The system operator has published its internal operations guide for commissioning new power system assets.
Asset Owners can apply for a dispensation or equivalence arrangement where they are not able to comply with a Code requirement.
The system operator identifies that a situation warrants a double circuit tripping be treated as a single risk and actions this in accordance with the Risk Management Policies in the Policy Statement.
Requirements for Generator Customers
Generators are required to submit information to the system operator to meet Electricity Industry Participation Code requirements. The following links provide information and forms.
A Generation Connection and Dispatch Guide is available to help applicants understand their obligations.
The nature of the New Zealand power system (small and islanded) means there are technical requirements for wind generation that can be more onerous than those found in other countries.
Requirements for Demand Customers
Demand Customers (Distributors, Direct Connects and the Grid Owner) are required to submit information to the system operator to meet the Electricity Industry Participation Code requirements. The following links provide information and forms.
Transpower as the system operator has agreed to publish the transitional LQA agreement that parties entered into just before the EGRs became effective in 2004.
Parallel connections can impact the achievement of the system operators' PPOs, the Grid Owners' AOPOs, and the operation of protection systems.
A compliance report template and updated Companion Guide for Testing of Assets were published following consultation on the extended reserve technical requirements schedule (TRS) in December 2016.
