We developed the following design principles to help guide the development of a new TPM proposal, as we made necessary trade-offs between options which otherwise comply with the TPM Guidelines.
Our goal was to develop the best TPM proposal we could, consistent with the new TPM Guidelines, the Electricity Authority’s statutory objective and any determination by the Commerce Commission under Part 4 of the Commerce Act 1986.
The process of development
Draft principles
On 17 August 2020, we published draft design principles and invited feedback through our TPM development newsletter. You can read that newsletter here. The draft principles were:
Feedback
On 7 September 2020, we published the feedback we received. Thanks to those who contributed.
| TPM design principles feedback |
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| Electricity Networks Association feedback on draft TPM design principles [ pdf 204.46 KB ] |
| Mercury feedback on draft TPM design principles [ pdf 420.69 KB ] |
| Northpower feedback on draft TPM design principles [ pdf 149.39 KB ] |
| Orion feedback on draft TPM design principles [ pdf 331.27 KB ] |
| Unison feedback on draft TPM design principles [ pdf 223.91 KB ] |
Our response
We revised our design principles based on our review and consideration of the submissions we received. This included making it clearer they sit under the TPM Guidelines, the Electricity Authority's statutory objective and any determination by the Commerce Commission under Part 4 of the Commerce Act. On 29 September 2020, we published a summary of the feedback, our response and our final design principles.
| TPM design principles |
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| TPM Development design principles - Summary and response [ pdf 2.54 MB ] |
Thanks again to all who contributed to this important step in our process.