VISION AND OBJECTIVES

To provide collaboration, leadership, and guidance for effective asset management for the electricity supply industry.

We will achieve this by working with the electricity supply industry to facilitate, coordinate and lead the enhancement of asset management planning, practices, knowledge and performance through self-regulation, recognised quality systems, and sound engineering practice principles. The AMG objectives are to:

• Lead and promote knowledge and good practices in asset management in the NZ electricity industry.
• Provide working level practical advice and guidance to improve industry understanding, support decision making, planning and the management of issues around asset management.
• Enable the reporting and sharing of information relating to asset performance, reliability and equipment failure trends (similar to industry sharing H&S incident information)

Activities

1. Knowledge sharing by facilitating workshops/forums on asset management for industry and disseminating information to industry.
2. Good practice guidance.
3. Monitoring New Zealand and overseas trends in asset management.
4. Liaising with government agencies and organisations on matters affecting electricity supply industry asset management.
   
5. Developing and maintaining links with leading overseas organisations involved in asset management including benchmarking best practice management of specific assets.
6. Undertaking other matters as determined by the EEA Executive Committee.

Scope

The Asset Management Committee coverage also includes:

• Electricity Technical Regulation.
• Demand Management, Metering Infrastructure and Embedded Generation.
  
• Reliability, Security of Supply and Power Quality.
• Asset condition assessment process and practices.
• Asset specific management practices.
• Electric and Magnetic Fields.
• Industry Skills and Training.

Group members

• Dr Waqar Qureshi (Chair), Wellington Electricity
• Jamie Jordan, Transpower
• Rodger Griffiths, Electronet
• Michael O'Brien, Powerco
• Russell Watson, Northpower
• Mark Chatterton, Unison
• Position open, Genesis Energy
• Abdul Ghani, The Lines Company
• Mark Zwies, PowerNet
• Andrew Mulligan, Mainpower
• We Hao Zhou, WEL Networks
• Craig Wong, Orion
• Feng Wu, Horizon Networks