TOPICS

• What’s Happened to System Outage Plans?
• Orion – Two New Powerlines for Christchurch
• Scope for Distributors to Participate in Transmission Maintenance & Upgrades
• Alpine Energy - $10M Cable Project Resumes After Quake Delay
• Transpower Seeks Improvement in Load Forecasting Accuracy
• Transpower – looks to lift Wind Forecast Capability
• EA – Review of Code and Transmission Pricing Advisory Group (TPAG) Established
• EA – Full and UTS Investigations Launched
• EA - Consultation on Scarcity Pricing
• EA - Customer Compensation Scheme for dry Winters etc.
• Commerce Commission – WACC Determination Released
• Commerce Commission - CAPEX Workshop
• News from AWATEA on the Tidal Current Power Project
• Network Waitaki - Pays Out $2.67M
• Vector - Power Cut after Lines Draped over Houses
• Prices Surge on HVDC, Nga Awa Purua Shutdowns
• Delta Well Placed to Aid in Rebuild: Hudson
• Lines Companies Well in Running for Broadband Roll-out
• Goldman Sachs Upgrades Vector to “Buy” Status
• Horizon Energy Eyes Further Contracting, Generation Expansion
• EECA - Business Energy Savings Could Free Up $650M for Reinvestment

NEWS FROM ENA AUSTRALIA

NEWS FROM ENA UNITED KINGDOM

OTHER ITEMS

• Harry Hitchcock: A tribute

APPOINTMENTS AND CHANGES

GENERATION NEWS

• Mighty River Power Lifts Earning
• Windflow Likely to Need More Capital Mid-Year on UK Uncertainty
• Mighty River Invests Big In Geothermal
• Genesis Plans to Offer Smart Products This Year
• Electricity Futures Market – Intervention

CALENDAR OF ELECTRITY INDUSTRY EVENTS

• Commerce Commission
• Electricity Authority
• MED & Other Government/Agencies
• Conferences etc