Policy Statement

As System Operator, Transpower has the role to co-ordinate and manage the real time transmission of electricity – 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The System Operator's obligations are set out in Part 7 and 8 of the Electricity Industry Participation Code (the 'Code'). These obligations include a Policy Statement on how Transpower will meet those obligations.

Policy Statement Commencing 1 September 2010 [266kB]

The System Operator reviews the Policy Statement annually, as required by the 'Code', working to the timeline outlined below.

Timeline

Activity	Date	Duration
Participants to provide initial ideas for review	Mid Feb
System Operator workshop with those participants providing input - to consider System Operator review proposals	Early Mar
System Operator completes draft and undertakes informal discussions with participants	Mar
Draft Policy Statement submitted to Electricity Authority	31 Mar
Draft Policy Statement published by the Electricity Authority	30 Mar	within 20 business days
Submission period		not less than 10 business days
SO Submission period		10 business days after closing of submission period
Policy Statement Active	01 Sep	12 months

Draft Policy Statement

We submitted a draft Policy Statement to the Electricity Authority on 31 March 2011 in respect of the year commencing 1 September 2011. This draft policy statement was submitted to the Electricity Authority following a review of the Policy Statement by the System Operator during the end of 2010 and early 2011 which included discussions and consultation with participants. The draft redlined version highlighting the changes proposed by the System Operator to the Policy Statement is linked below.

Redline version of draft 2011-2012 Policy Statement [732kB]

The Electricity Authority will be commencing the consultation on this document soon. Please see their Consultation page.