Work in capturing learnings from the five-day Maui outage in October last year is well advanced.
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Gas Industry Co held two transmission-related sessions on Friday, 18 May for industry participants and interested stakeholders. They were held to ensure that stakeholders were up to date on the range of transmission-related workstreams that are progressing, particularly as we move towards the phase of considering options for transmission access arrangements.
Maui Development Limited (MDL) proposed a change to the Maui Pipeline Operating Code (MPOC) on 13 October 2011 (October 2011 MPOC Change Request). The proposal essentially aims to improve pipeline balancing arrangements through better attribution of the balancing costs to ‘causers’ and the introduction of a ‘peaking charge’.
A critical contingency incident on the gas transmission system caused by an unplanned outage at the Pohokura Poduction station was declared at 12.48pm on Saturday 3 March 2012, and terminated at 11.39pm on the same day. The event resulted in a requirement for reduced consumption by large gas users. The Critical Contingency Operator (CCO) issued an Incident Report on 9 March and, after inviting and taking account of submissions, published the Performance Report on 2 April.
A Gas Industry Co progress report on 3 February confirms that the Bridge Commitments initiative has made good progress but more work is required
Bridge Commitments: Progress Report
FAQs for gas users interested in potential breaches of Critical Contingency Regulations during Maui gas outage
Vector Ltd has commenced a comprehensive consultation with industry participants as part of its process to determine available pipeline capacity, particularly as it relates to the North Pipeline.
Details of this process are available on Vector's website