Improving Visibility of Generation Investment

We are seeking feedback on two proposed information gathering notices to collect more information about grid-connected generation and load projects, as well as the cost of generation developments on the transmission and distribution networks.

The Authority has a programme of work underway to support increased investment in generation. Part of that work involves providing better information about the supply and demand outlook to support investment.

Enabling access to comprehensive, reliable and regular information about the pipeline of generation and load projects supports:

  • competition through transparency and a level playing field for access to information that informs investment decisions
  • reliable supply by better enabling the assessment of whether new generation in the pipeline is sufficient to meet expected demand and to respond appropriately
  • efficient operation by providing better information to investors and participants to help ensure that the right investment happens at the right time and in the right place.

This part of our work involves a proposal to issue two information gathering notices under the Regular and Event-Driven Provision of Information to the Authority sub-part of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (Code).

We are seeking your views on two clause 2.16 notices to deliver on these outcomes.

The first proposed clause 2.16 notice, relating to the list of developments, would be to Transpower and covers generation and load developments on transmission networks. Other work is already in progress to review Part 6 of the Code, which covers generation and load projects on distribution networks.

The second proposed clause 2.16 notice relates to the cost of new generation developments. This clause 2.16 notice would be to developers at the point that they connect to the network. Only the anonymised derived levelised cost of energy (LCOE) will be published and used for monitoring purposes—to avoid publishing cost information which is often commercially sensitive.

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Please note the Authority intends to publish all submissions it receives. If you consider that the Authority should not publish any part of your submission, please:

  • indicate which part should not be published,
  • explain why you consider we should not publish that part, and
  • provide a version of your submission that the Authority can publish (if we agree not to publish your full submission).

If you indicate part of your submission should not be published, the Authority will discuss this with you before deciding whether to not publish that part of your submission. However, please note that all submissions received by the Authority, including any parts that the Authority does not publish, can be requested under the Official Information Act 1982. This means the Authority would be required to release material not published unless good reason existed under the Official Information Act to withhold it. The Authority would normally consult with you before releasing any material that you said should not be published.

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