Electricity Supply

Whangarei District Council (Council) are reviewing the provision of Electricity Supply and related services for both Time of Use (TOU) and Non Half Hour (NHH) connections.

This Request for Proposal (RFP) will be the formal phase in this review.

Suppliers are invited to respond to either supply TOU, NHH or both services.

Council has approximately 428 electricity connections throughout the Whangarei area.

In addition to these connections, at any one time Council can have a small number of temporary connections that are invoiced separately from the consolidated invoicing arrangements. These are generally for connections such as a pensioner housing unit that is being renovated and are short term arrangements.

Council also has several Council Controlled Organisations (CCO’s), namely:
• Whangarei Art Museum (WAM)
• Whangarei Airport
• Northland Events Centre Trust (NECT)
• Northland Regional Landfill Limited Partnership (NRLLP)

These organisations have their own governance structures, however Council requires that the option to make use of the pricing structure that results from this RFP should be available to them should their boards or executive decide to do so.

The connection details for WAM and NECT are shown below:

• WAM – ICP 572378NR032
• NECT – ICP 541377NRC20 (stadium and field lights)

Council would also like to consider multiple trader agreements, for example should the NRLLP develop generation capacity (anticipated to be potentially approximately 1MW).

Central government has proposed three water reforms that may result in a number of Council’s water assets being vested in a separate entity during the period of the contract that will result from this process. Council requires that potential suppliers agree to novate the portion of the contract relating to water ICP’s should this be required by central government.