Review of regulatory settings for Official Conservation Campaigns (OCCs)

The Electricity Authority and Transpower hosted a briefing on their related decisions on changes to the settings for official conservation campaigns and the new Security of Supply Forecasting and Information Policy (SOSFIP).

Time: 10am – 12noon
Date: Thursday, 4 July
Location: Transpower, Level 2A, 22 Boulcott St, Wellington, 6011 and video conference

The briefing was an opportunity for stakeholders to hear from the project teams, better understand the contents of the two decision papers and see examples of the new security of supply reporting framework.

Time: 11am-1pm
Date: Tuesday, 29 January
Location:  Metrix, Level 6, 414 Khyber Pass Road, Newmarket, Auckland 

The Authority and Transpower are running a further stakeholder briefing event in Auckland on their co-ordinated projects related to security of supply. The meeting will largely be a repeat of the first briefing held on 20 Dec; we will cover the detail of the changes we are proposing and provide a chance for people to discuss and ask questions.

If you’re interested in attending please email Hannah.Hopper@ea.govt.nz by 5pm Thursday 24 January.

Stakeholder briefing on proposed changes to official conservation campaigns and the hydro risk curves

Time: 12.30-3.30pm (with optional lunch from 12noon)
Date: Thursday, 20 December
Location: Electricity Authority, Level 7, 2 Hunter Street, Wellington

The Electricity Authority and Transpower are jointly hosting a briefing on two projects that relate to security of supply. The briefing will follow after the Authority’s meeting of regulatory managers and consumer representatives. It will also be broadcast by videoconference (details to be confirmed).

The two projects are:

• the Authority’s Review of regulatory settings for official conservation campaigns
• Transpower’s Review of the security of supply forecasting and information policy.

These two projects deal with similar subject matter and both have dependencies on the other. As such, the Authority and Transpower have released consultations simultaneously on 11 December.

The consultations propose various changes designed to improve the reliability of the system, including:

• the inclusion of contingent hydro storage
• setting the start- and stop-triggers for official conservation campaigns
• arrangements to ensure contingent hydro storage remains accessible
• using floors to avoid contingent hydro storage being inaccessible.

The joint briefing will cover:

• an introduction to how the current arrangements function
• the proposed changes (collectively and individually) and rationale
• the alternatives.

The briefing is an opportunity for participants to hear from the project teams and better understand the outcome of the two projects. Feel free to share this invite with interested colleagues.

To register for the event, please email conference@ea.govt.nz with the following details:

• Name
• Organisation
• If you will be attending in person or would like to video conference
• If you would like to join for lunch from 12noon