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Transpower To Complete $47m Redclyffe Rebuild Following Cyclone Gabrielle
Tuesday, 28 April 2026, 8:23 pm | Transpower
Transpower will commence the rebuild in October this year, with works expected to be completed by December 2027. There will be no interruption to local electricity supply during the rebuild. More >>
Accelerated Investment In Electricity Supply Must Continue, Transpower Analysis Shows
Friday, 24 April 2026, 10:21 am | Transpower
“The draft assessment we are now consulting on indicates that the sector has taken a meaningful step toward mitigating these risks with new generation and battery storage systems coming online and efforts to secure additional gas supply." More >>
Transpower Consults On Removal Of Ageing Cook Strait Electricity Cables At End-of-Life
Monday, 13 April 2026, 11:50 am | Transpower
Feedback from this consultation will inform Transpower’s decision on how to manage the existing cables, once the new cables are installed. More >>
Transpower Receives Draft Approval For $1.1 Billion HVDC Upgrade
Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 11:02 am | Transpower
The investment would be gradually recovered through Transpower transmission charges, beginning when the upgrades go into service in the early 2030s and spread over the expected 40-year life of the assets. More >>
Transpower Seeks Innovative Transmission Alternatives In Western Bay Of Plenty
Monday, 16 March 2026, 4:09 pm | Transpower
Transpower is inviting innovative providers to propose flexible demand-side and supply-side solutions that can deliver up to 20 MW at Tauranga by winter 2030, and 10 MW at Te Matai by winter 2031. More >>
Transpower’s New Rolleston Warehouse Will Enable Uplift In Electrification Investment
Wednesday, 11 March 2026, 12:07 pm | Transpower
The 8,000 square-metre Rolleston warehouse, which is situated on 30,000 square metres of land, provides double the covered storage space of the grid operator’s existing facility at Addington and much better functionality More >>
Transpower Publishes 2050 Growth Scenarios To Power Economic Growth And A Net-Zero Future
Monday, 2 March 2026, 10:00 am | Transpower
Through Te Kanapu, Transpower is making sure that our national grid enables economic growth in a net-zero future, said John Clarke, Transpower’s Executive General Manager Future Grid. More >>
Transpower Announces Half Year Results
Friday, 27 February 2026, 9:13 am | Transpower
The company has continued to deliver a stable performance and is on track to meet all the targets set out in the Statement of Corporate Intent for this financial year. More >>
Energy Plan For Queenstown Includes New Cromwell–Queenstown Transmission Line
Thursday, 29 January 2026, 1:19 pm | Transpower
The announcement follows two years of research, analysis and collaboration with key groups throughout the region to understand future electricity demand and potential solutions, and a public consultation in 2025 on four transmission line options. More >>
Transpower Receives Draft Approval For $193m Upper South Island Grid Upgrade
Thursday, 18 December 2025, 5:01 pm | Transpower
Transpower’s grid plays a critical role putting downward pressure on electricity prices because it allows consumers to access the cheapest generation available as this changes across the day, which increases competition among generators. More >>
Transpower Appoints Greg Smith As Chief Financial Officer
Thursday, 18 December 2025, 4:58 pm | Transpower
Greg was Assistant Governor and General Manager of Finance and Commercial Operations at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand until May this year. More >>
Investment To Strengthen Hawke’s Bay’s Infrastructure Approved
Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 12:15 pm | Transpower
Transpower’s proposal to rebuild the substation’s main 220kV switchyard will safeguard the region’s electricity supply by raising essential equipment out of the reach of potential flood waters. More >>
Space Weather Event Passes
Thursday, 13 November 2025, 9:17 am | Transpower
Although NZ is well prepared for geomagnetic storms, Transpower said it is a timely reminder to Kiwis that they should be prepared for a natural disaster or other major event that could interrupt their power supply and damage other infrastructure. More >>
Plan To Power Western Bay Of Plenty Into The Future Released
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 1:13 pm | Transpower
The planned investments, which include upgrades of power lines, substations and transformers, are set out in the Western Bay of Plenty Development Plan – powering a growing region. More >>
Transpower Appoints Louise Griffin As Executive General Manager External Affairs
Wednesday, 5 November 2025, 10:36 am | Transpower
The new Executive General Manager External Affairs, Louise Griffin, takes up her new role on 2 March 2026. Diana Price will remain Acting EGM External Affairs until that time. More >>
Parts Of The Top Half Of The South Island And West Coast Without Power After Fault
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 5:13 pm | Transpower
We have teams investigating the issue and are working through plans to restore power, while keeping our crews safe. More >>
Progress Made To Restoring Power To The Top Half Of The South Island And West Coast
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 12:53 pm | Transpower
All national grid substations across these areas are now able to supply electricity to local lines companies, who are now in the process of gradually restoring power within their respective networks. More >>
Transpower Seeks Views On Improvements To Electricity Risk Reporting Rules
Tuesday, 7 October 2025, 11:16 am | Transpower
The information provided by Transpower is used by electricity sector participants to guide their decisions, including how much fuel will be needed to power the country through winter. More >>
Feedback Wanted On Aotearoa’s Electricity Needs In 2050
Monday, 6 October 2025, 12:38 pm | Transpower
The consultation is the next step in Te Kanapu, Transpower’s programme to develop a future grid blueprint. More >>
Hawke’s Bay And Tairāwhiti Electricity Supply Given Boost
Thursday, 18 September 2025, 9:16 am | Transpower
The new 220 kV/110 kV interconnecting transformer will allow 250 MW of electricity to be imported into the region via Transpower’s high voltage national electricity transmission grid, almost double the previous carrying capacity of 130 MW. More >>
