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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 >>
Statement On 9 August Power Outages
Tuesday, 10 August 2021, 10:23 am | Transpower
Transpower thanks everyone for their patience in dealing with power outages that affected some consumers across the North Island yesterday evening. The outages occurred as record demand coincided with insufficient generation which resulted in the need ... More >>
New Telecommunications Cable For Cook Strait
Monday, 24 February 2020, 1:22 pm | Transpower
An unfamiliar ship will be in Wellington Harbour soon as part of work to install a new telecommunications cable across the Cook Strait. The cable ship Reliance will be undertaking the work for National Grid owner and operator Transpower who will ... More >>
Transpower assets damaged by Rangitata flooding
Sunday, 8 December 2019, 3:05 pm | Transpower
Transpower advises that nine of its towers on one transmission line crossing the Rangitata River have been damaged by the flooding. More >>
Award-winning collaboration uses innovative 3D modelling
Thursday, 30 May 2019, 9:21 am | Transpower
Award-winning collaboration uses innovative 3D modelling to ensure public safety More >>
Transpower’s drones set to improve safety and detect faults
Monday, 28 January 2019, 3:53 pm | Transpower
Transpower is currently testing new unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) technologies to cut the number of helicopter flights required for visual inspections of its assets. The transition away from helicopters for this type of work will reduce the noise ... More >>
Catch fish – not cables!
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 10:22 am | Transpower
Transpower is reminding all those heading out on the water this summer of restrictions in the Cook Strait Cable Protection Zone (CPZ). More >>
Sustainability, efficiency key to Transpower’s future
Friday, 23 November 2018, 10:45 am | Transpower
We have submitted our third regulatory control period proposal to the Commerce Commission, setting out our vision for the national grid between 2020 - 2025. More >>
Planned maintenance work on HVDC link from 22 - 27 November
Thursday, 22 November 2018, 12:39 pm | Transpower
Transpower is undertaking some planned maintenance work on the HVDC link- the transmission line running between North and South Island. The HVDC link includes 570 km (around 530 km in the South and 40 km in the North) of transmission line, plus 40 km of undersea ... More >>
Planned power outage from midnight - wider Taupō region
Tuesday, 20 November 2018, 4:50 pm | Transpower
Following yesterday’s events in Taupō, our engineers have identified that further work needs to be done at the Wairakei substation to avoid the risk of another unexpected outage. More >>
Power outage update: Wider Taupō region
Monday, 19 November 2018, 6:36 pm | Transpower
This update follows our earlier update on the outage affecting the Wider Taupō region. Our crews are currently onsite and have restored power to Wairakei substation. We estimate it will take some time for Unison to restore power to individuals and businesses ... More >>
Power outage update: Wider Taupō region
Monday, 19 November 2018, 1:21 pm | Transpower
At 08:41 this morning a fault occurred in the switch room of our Wairakei substation. The switch room was locked and sealed. There was no damage to people or property. More >>
Merge Café makeover moves closer thanks to $30,000 boost
Friday, 19 October 2018, 1:26 pm | Transpower
Lifewise Trust is a step closer to refurbishing and expanding its café in central Auckland which provides a haven for homeless people thanks to a $30,000 grant from Transpower’s CommunityCare Fund. More >>
Wahanui Urupā Extension Work Gets Grant
Tuesday, 9 October 2018, 4:34 pm | Transpower
Plans by two hapū of Ngāti Pikiao to expand their Wahanui urupā, or burial site, near Lake Rotoehu have received a boost thanks to a $36,000 grant from Transpower’s CommunityCare Fund. More >>
Transpower deploys robots in pilot programme
Thursday, 12 July 2018, 6:21 pm | Transpower
Embracing innovative technology in its work on the National Grid, Transpower is looking to robots to help deliver quicker restoration times in remote locations, and save consumers money in the process. Transpower’s robot pilot programme is now underway ... More >>
Transpower announces transmission industry STAR Awards
Wednesday, 13 June 2018, 12:38 pm | Transpower
Transpower today announced details for the transmission industry’s 2018 STAR Awards. The STAR Awards recognise achievement and excellence in safety in the electricity transmission industry, and winners are held in the highest regard by their peers. More >>