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Transpower Thanks Christchurch Residents For Help Avoiding Risk Of Power Cuts
Tuesday, 28 March 2023, 9:38 pm | Transpower
Transpower has said that reductions in electricity use by residents in Christchurch, Rangiora and Kaiapoi along with quick work by local lines companies to switch off controllable load such as hot water systems helped avoid power cuts this evening. ... More >>
Transpower Completes Partial Restoration Of Damaged Redclyffe Substation
Monday, 13 March 2023, 2:02 pm | Transpower
The completion of the next stage of a partial restoration of Transpower’s cyclone damaged Redclyffe substation has enabled the System Operator to conclude the grid emergency for Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti. Work completed Friday has enabled an ... More >>
Transpower To Create Bypass For Electricity Transmission Lines Supplying Areas North Of Warkworth Following Slip
Thursday, 2 March 2023, 9:29 am | Transpower
As part of asset inspections last week after Cyclone Gabrielle, Transpower has identified a significant slip near two towers carrying high voltage electricity lines feeding Northland. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2303/f899790384d42b4ce832.jpeg" ... More >>
Transpower Announces Half-year Results
Tuesday, 28 February 2023, 10:16 am | Transpower
Transpower New Zealand today released its financial results for the six months ending 31 December 2022, which are set out below. However, subsequent to the reporting period, the North Island of New Zealand experienced widespread devastation when Cyclone Gabrielle ... More >>
Transpower Completes Bypass Of Redclyffe Substation
Monday, 20 February 2023, 3:24 am | Transpower
Transpower has advised that it has completed the bypass of its flooded Redclyffe substation this afternoon. The substation suffered extensive damage during Cyclone Gabrielle and Transpower has been working with Unison Networks to create a bypass ... More >>
Transpower Expects To Complete Bypass Of Flooded Substation Today
Friday, 17 February 2023, 9:57 am | Transpower
Transpower has advised that all going well it expects to complete the bypass of its flooded Redclyffe substation near Taradale this evening. Redclyffe substation suffered extensive damage during Cyclone Gabrielle and Transpower has been working ... More >>
Transpower Continues To Work With Lines Companies To Restore Power In The Hawke's Bay And Tairāwhiti Regions
Thursday, 16 February 2023, 9:11 am | Transpower
Transpower has advised that it has continued to increase the amount of power available to local lines companies in the Hawke's Bay and Tairāwhiti in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle. We have implemented contingency plans and reconfigured part of the network ... More >>
Limited Power Restored To Hawkes Bay And Gisborne
Tuesday, 14 February 2023, 4:45 pm | Transpower
Transpower has advised that it has been able to restore some power to parts of Hawkes Bay and Gisborne following the outage this morning resulting from Cyclone Gabrielle. The restored power is not sufficient to power the whole of both ... More >>
Grid Emergency Declared In Hawkes Bay And Gisborne As A Result Of Cyclone Gabrielle
Tuesday, 14 February 2023, 11:39 am | Transpower
Transpower has declared a Grid Emergency following the loss of electricity supply to Hawkes Bay and Gisborne. The outage is a result of flooding to the Redclyffe substation following extreme weather from Cyclone Gabrielle. The Unison and Eastland networks ... More >>
Second Stage Of $144m Grid Project Brought Forward In Response To Electricity Demand Increases
Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 9:22 am | Transpower
This week, Grid owner Transpower announced it will action stage two of its Waikato-Upper North Island Voltage Management Project. A grid stability device, the second of the project, will be installed at Transpower’s Otahuhu substation, a major juncture ... More >>
Transpower Resolves Grid Emergency Situation
Friday, 7 October 2022, 9:12 am | Transpower
As a result of a fault on the HVDC system which transfers electricity from the South Island to the North Island this morning Transpower called a grid emergency. The grid emergency allowed the System Operator to work with lines companies to remove controllable ... More >>
Transpower Calls Grid Emergency
Friday, 7 October 2022, 7:09 am | Transpower
Transpower has called a grid emergency and is working with electricity lines companies to manage controllable load such as hot water systems. It follows a fault on the HVDC cable which transfers electricity from the South Island to the North Island. ... More >>
Transpower Consults On NZGP1 Stage 1 Shortlist
Thursday, 30 June 2022, 2:02 pm | Transpower
Transpower has released the Net Zero Grid Pathways 1, Stage 1, Shortlist for consultation, seeking views on a shortlist of development plans for grid investment that will enable new renewables and electrification through to 2035. GM Grid Development John Clarke ... More >>
Grid Emergency Resolved
Thursday, 23 June 2022, 1:02 pm | Transpower
As a result of unexpected losses of electricity generation this morning Transpower called a grid emergency to enable it to maintain grid security. The grid emergency allowed the System Operator to work with lines companies to remove controllable load ... More >>
Transpower Consulting On Renewable Energy Zones
Monday, 28 February 2022, 9:06 am | Transpower
Transpower today launched a national consultation on the concept of Renewable Energy Zones and a potential pilot project in Northland. Transpower General Manager External Affairs, Raewyn Moss, said Renewable Energy Zones (REZs) are a way of providing electricity ... More >>
Transpower’s Grid Skills Awards Its First NZQA Qualification
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 12:16 pm | Transpower
Transpower’s Private Training Establishment (PTE), Grid Skills, has been accredited to offer and award the Electricity Supply (Substation Maintenance) Level 4 qualification by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA), adding to its investment in training ... More >>
New Transpower Tool Unlocks Electricity Emissions Tracking For All
Tuesday, 16 November 2021, 1:50 pm | Transpower
Transpower’s specialist metering and market services business Energy Market Services (EMS) today launched a new service and dashboard to track the real time carbon emissions intensity of the electricity system. The carbon emissions tracker unlocks the potential ... More >>
Aotearoa On Track For A Low Carbon Future – For Now
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 12:18 pm | Transpower
Transpower has published its six monthly monitoring report on the transformation of Aotearoa New Zealand’s energy system towards assisting the net zero carbon transition. It shows that while good progress is being made, this must be built upon. “It’s ... More >>
Transpower Releases Independent Report Into Events Of August 9
Tuesday, 12 October 2021, 1:06 pm | Transpower
Transpower’s Chief Executive Alison Andrew has today released an independent report into the grid emergency of August 9 when insufficient generation was available to meet demand, leading to some customers being disconnected. Ms Andrew says the organisation ... More >>
UPDATE 7:30pm Grid Emergency August 17
Tuesday, 17 August 2021, 7:25 pm | Transpower
What is the latest? More generation was offered, demand has dropped and we have passed the evening peak. The risk of a power outage this evening has passed, barring a major plant failure. We are not aware of any ‘lights out’ except for those ... More >>
