First steps in improving outage coordination
Consultation
Thank you to all those who engaged with this consultation. We are considering all submissions and will use them to inform our decision paper.
This consultation sought feedback on proposed amendments to the Electricity Industry Participation Code to improve outage coordination. We want to remove ambiguity and better reflect current practice, minimising the risk of disruption to consumers’ electricity supply.
Our proposed Code amendments aim to strengthen outage coordination obligations by:
- requiring asset owners to disclose all outages of their assets
- clarifying that asset owners are required to disclose and update their outages as soon as possible
- clarifying that existing outage coordination obligations apply for capacity reductions and unplanned outages, in addition to planned outages (where appropriate)
- requiring that outages are disclosed in a manner and form reasonably specified by the system operator.
During winter 2024, generators rescheduled maintenance outages in response to the low hydro storage situation. It is possible that some of these outages will be rescheduled to early 2025 to enable generation to be available through the following autumn and winter.
These are first steps to improve outage coordination which we aim to implement quickly, in time for January 2025. We will then review their impact and investigate any further issues that may need to be addressed. If further changes are needed, these will be consulted on in 2025.
Submissions
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Contact Energy2 pages
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Genesis3 pages
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ENA5 pages
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Manawa2 pages
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Meridian7 pages
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Mercury6 pages
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MEUG1 page
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Nova3 pages
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Orion3 pages
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Transpower6 pages
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WELL2 pages