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Penrose Substation - Power Outage
Sunday, 5 October 2014, 4:02 pm | Transpower
Penrose Substation - Power Outage Update 05 October 2014 At 2:10AM this morning a number of Transpower assets at our Penrose substation were tripped as a result of damage to some control cables due to a fire in a cable trench. This has caused an ... More >>
Transpower welcomes approval of Bunnythorpe-Haywards Upgrade
Monday, 12 May 2014, 11:28 am | Transpower
Transpower today welcomed the Commerce Commission’s approval for a $161m upgrade of transmission lines between its Bunnythorpe substation near Palmerston North and Haywards substation in Wellington. The existing conductor (wire) is reaching the ... More >>
Transpower’s emsTradepoint used for NZ gas futures contract
Monday, 14 April 2014, 11:01 am | Transpower
Transpower and ASX announced today that they are working together to develop a New Zealand Gas Futures contract based on the emsTradepoint gas spot market. Transpower Chief Executive Alison Andrew said it’s great to see external recognition of the ... More >>
Power restored to Hawkes Bay area
Friday, 11 April 2014, 10:03 am | Transpower
Transpower advises that all power is now restored to around 80,000 homes and businesses following a power outage this afternoon [Thursday]. The cause of the outage was simultaneous lightning strikes on two of the major transmission circuits running into the Hawkes ... More >>
Hawkes Bay Power Outage - Update
Thursday, 10 April 2014, 5:36 pm | Transpower
Transpower advises that it is currently experiencing a power outage in the Hawkes Bay area affecting around 80,000 customers. More >>
Transpower announces half-year results
Friday, 28 February 2014, 9:04 am | Transpower
Transpower New Zealand today released its financial results for the six months ended 31 December 2013. More >>
Transpower commissions North Auckland and Northland project
Wednesday, 26 February 2014, 10:49 am | Transpower
Transpower announced today that the latest addition to the National Grid – the North Auckland and Northland project - will be put into full commercial operation from 10am today. More >>
Protection of the Cook Strait Cable critical
Monday, 3 February 2014, 10:16 am | Transpower
Transpower said today that the importance of the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Cook Strait Cable was highlighted recently when the master of a ship was prosecuted for anchoring in the Cook Strait Cable Protection Zone (CPZ). More >>
HVDC Pole 2 Control System High Power Tests Completed
Wednesday, 27 November 2013, 2:54 pm | Transpower
Final high power tests on the new HVDC link were completed yesterday, with transfers of 1,195 MW being achieved (the link’s full capacity is 1,200 MW). Testing has been underway since January, and the final testing has involved proving a new, state ... More >>
Transpower launches new mobile substation
Monday, 18 November 2013, 9:44 am | Transpower
Transpower announced today that its new mobile substation is ready to be used on the National Grid. It will be used for the first time this week at Murchison to provide power supply to the region while maintenance is undertaken on the local network. More >>
Power Back On Throughout North Island
Tuesday, 12 November 2013, 12:57 pm | Transpower
Transpower advises that all customers across the North Island now have their power supply back on. More >>
North Island Power Outages - Update 3
Tuesday, 12 November 2013, 12:44 pm | Transpower
Transpower advises that the majority of customers across the North Island now have their power supply back on. More >>
North Island power outages - continuing to restore power
Tuesday, 12 November 2013, 11:59 am | Transpower
Transpower advises that some customers throughout the North Island will be experiencing a power outage due to an issue on the HVDC link during commissioning of Pole 2 and Pole 3. More >>
Power Outages In North Island
Tuesday, 12 November 2013, 11:49 am | Transpower
Transpower advises that some customers throughout the North Island will be experiencing a power outage due to an issue on the HVDC link during commissioning of Pole 2 and Pole 3. More >>
Transpower appoints new Chief Executive
Monday, 23 September 2013, 12:24 pm | Transpower
Transpower New Zealand today announced the appointment of Alison Andrew, to the position of Chief Executive, replacing Patrick Strange when he departs in early 2014. More >>
Participation high for Transpower demand response programme
Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 2:04 pm | Transpower
Transpower announced today that it had received a very positive response to its new demand response programme. Demand response allows electricity consumers to be paid to reduce their electricity demand temporarily. More >>
Transpower to pay special dividend
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 10:12 am | Transpower
Transpower announced today that it would pay a special dividend to its shareholder of $65.7 million on 28 June 2013. More >>
New gas market to launch on 1 August
Friday, 7 June 2013, 9:39 am | Transpower
Transpower’s Energy Market Services today announced that its new energy exchange, emTrade, will be launched on 1 August 2013 and be available for live trading 1 September 2013. More >>
Transpower Chief Executive to depart
Thursday, 30 May 2013, 3:18 pm | Transpower
Transpower Chairman Mark Verbiest today announced that Patrick Strange, who has held the position of Chief Executive of the company since 2007, has informed the company that he will be leaving Transpower in early 2014 to pursue other interests. More >>
Transpower’s New HVDC Pole 3 Commissioned
Wednesday, 29 May 2013, 2:31 pm | Transpower
Transpower announced today that the latest addition to the National Grid – HVDC Pole 3 – has been commissioned and will be put into full-time service from 8pm tonight. More >>
