2012/13 Draft Procurement Plan

About this Consultation

On 1 June 2012, the System Operator submitted a 2012/2013 draft procurement plan to the Authority in accordance with clause 8.43(1) of the Code. On 15 June 2012, the Authority published the 2012/2013 draft procurement plan in accordance with clause 8.44(1) of the Code.

The current procurement plan is incorporated by reference (clause 8.42) into the Code and the proposal is to replace the existing procurement plan with the version submitted by the system operator. As required under clause 8.44 of the Code, the Authority is now consulting on the draft procurement plan.

Submissions

The Authority invites submissions on the proposal by 4.00 pm on Tuesday, 31 July 2012.

The Authority's preference is to receive submissions in electronic format (Microsoft Word). The electronic version should be emailed with “Consultation Paper - 2012/13 System Operator Draft Procurement Plan” in the subject header to submissions@ea.govt.nz or if you wish to send a hard copy to:

Submissions
Electricity Authority
PO Box 10041
Wellington 6143

or

Submissions
Electricity Authority
Level 7, ASB Bank Tower
2 Hunter Street
P O Box 10041
WELLINGTON
Tel: (04) 460 8860
Fax: (04) 460 8879

The Authority will acknowledge receipt of all submissions electronically. Please contact the Authority by email or by phone if you do not receive electronic acknowledgement of your submission within two business days.

Where possible, submissions should be provided in the format shown in Appendix 1 of the consultation paper. When considering what information to include in your submission (such as potentially confidential information), please be aware that all submissions provided to the Authority will be published on its website and provided to the system operator as required by clause 8.44(3). You should also be aware that the Authority is subject to the Official Information Act 1982.

Consultation Papers

Appendix A - Format for submissions

Appendix-A-Format-for-submissions.docx | docx | 43 KB | Last Changed: 02/07/2012 12:05pm

Appendix B - proposed amendments: Procurement plan - consultation version

Consultation-procurement-plan.pdf | pdf | 370 KB | Last Changed: 02/07/2012 12:20pm

The consultation version - this is the version that the system operator consulted on, which includes explanations for each of the changes noted in the comments section alongside the changes.

Appendix B - proposed amendments: Procurement plan - compare to consultation version

Compare-to-consultation-procurement-plan.pdf | pdf | 312 KB | Last Changed: 02/07/2012 12:19pm

The compare to consultation version that highlights all the changes that have been made to the document since the consultation version.

Appendix B - proposed amendments: Procurement plan - compare to current version

Compare-to-current-procurement-plan.pdf | pdf | 402 KB | Last Changed: 02/07/2012 12:20pm

The compare to current version that highlights all of the changes made against the current version of the procurement plan, but does not include embedded comments.

Appendix B - proposed amendments: Procurement plan - clean version

Clean-procurement-plan.pdf | pdf | 292 KB | Last Changed: 02/07/2012 12:19pm

A clean (non-marked up) version of the compare to current version.

Appendix C - System operator assessment of the proposed changes

Appendix-C-System-operator-assessment-of-the-proposed-changes.pdf | pdf | 52 KB | Last Changed: 02/07/2012 12:05pm

2012/13 Draft Procurement Plan - consultation paper

2012-Procurement-Plan-Consultation-paper.pdf | pdf | 179 KB | Last Changed: 02/07/2012 12:05pm