Security of supply policies - archive
The ERP seeks to clarify how the Commission will act, and expect participants to act, during potential and actual shortage situations. A range of situations are covered, from normal security to emergency status.
- Emergency Response Plan - December 2009 - obsolete
- Explanatory paper commenting on the principles behind the ERP - obsolete
The 2008 Winter Review recommended that the Commission should "provide more certainty around the terms of resource consent access to 'emergency' generation resources where consents make reference to the Electricity Commission". Accordingly, the Commission has written to Contact Energy to clarify the Commission's stance on the Lake Hawea resource consent.
Background and explanatory papers
- Hydro Risk Curves and reserve energy dispatch guidelines - obsolete
- Description of the development of the capacity adequacy standard - obsolete
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