Archive - 2008 Grid Upgrade Plan
A Grid Upgrade Plan (GUP) was a plan prepared by Transpower and submitted to the Commission to upgrade the high-voltage transmission network, or national grid, that transmits electricity throughout the country.
Transpower submitted a new grid upgrade plan to the Electricity Commission on 17 December 2008 (2008 GUP). The 2008 GUP contained, among other things:
- A comprehensive plan for asset management and operation of the grid;
- Information on investment contracts; and four investment proposals.
Plans and proposals
- Parts 1 and 2 - Comprehensive plan for asset management and investment contracts
- Part 3 - Wairakei Ring economic investment
- Part 4 - Maungatapere Bus Security investment proposal
- Part 5 - Wellington 110kV interconnection investment proposal
- Part 6 - Woodville-Mangamaire-Masterton transmission investment proposal
- Part 7 - Bombay Bus Security investment proposal
- Part 8 - Redclyffe Bus Security investment proposal
- Part 9 - Marsden Substation investment proposal
- Part 10 - Redclyffe 220/110kV interconnection investment proposal
