29 June 2004

A UTS claim was made by Norske Skog Tasman and Todd Energy in respect of trading period 38 on 29 June 2004 when Transpower, responding to what it regarded as a grid emergency, manually set the requirement for reserves to be dispatched during the trading period to zero to enable demand for every to be met.

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This impacted on energy prices and, as no reserves were dispatched, reserve prices were effectively $0/MWh.

UTS 23 July 2004 - notification

uts-notification-23-july-2004.pdf (PDF, 223 KB)

Last updated: 29 June 2015
UTS 30 June 2004 - notification

uts-notification-30-jun-04.pdf (PDF, 166 KB)

Last updated: 29 June 2015

The Electricity Commission Board considered the claims and found that the circumstances did not satisfy the test for an undesirable trading situation under the Electricity Governance Rules.