About EEA

Safety Standards and Procedures Group

The Safety Standards and Procedures Group (SSPG) is a pan industry, innovative, inclusive, and trusted group that provides leadership, guidance, and expertise to support continual improvement on health, safety and wellbeing in the electricity supply industry.

The SSPG collaborates across the ESI and other key stakeholders to connect the industry across Aotearoa New Zealand to coordinate, collaborate and develop consensus outcomes that continually improve health, safety and wellbeing outcomes, share knowledge, and promote standardisation.

Objectives

  • Provide a focal point that supports, informs and influences decision makers and stakeholders.
  • Collaborate, coordinate, lead and promote knowledge and good practices in health, safety and wellbeing outcomes in the NZ electricity industry.
  • Provide advice and guidance to improve industry health, safety and wellbeing.
  • Lead and promote knowledge and good practices in safety, health and wellbeing in the NZ ESI, aligning with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, Electricity Safety Regulations 1992 and any other relevant legislation.
  • Lead and promote improved safety and health performance through standardisation, self-regulation, recognised good practice systems, data analytics, and sound safety and engineering principles and practice.
  • Provide working level practical advice and guidance to improve industry understanding, support decision making, planning and the management of technologies and issues impacting safety, health and wellbeing
  • Provide understanding on the health, safety and wellbeing implications of new and emerging technologies
  • Enable the reporting and sharing of information relating to industry critical risks, and national and international safety and health trends.

Delivery

The SSPG objectives will be delivered through:

  • A work plan that aligns with the EEA Strategic Activities and Business Plan and Budget
  • The development of guidance and use of standards by the ESI and other key stakeholders
  • Facilitating workshops and forums
  • Responding to industry queries
  • Monitoring New Zealand and overseas trends.
  • Liaising with Government agencies, and other local and international organisations
  • Benchmarking best practice safety and health management
  • Disseminating relevant information to industry.
  • Undertaking other matters as determined by the EEA Executive Committee.

Terms of reference

Safety Standards and Procedures Group

Members

  • Graeme Johnson (Chair), Omexon
  • Mark Adams, MITA Consulting
  • Peter Carr, Northpower
  • Earl Hasse, Connetics
  • Steve Herbst, Meridian Energy
  • Graeme Johnson, Aurora Energy
  • Danny Kooyman, Transpower
  • Andrew Morton, Unison
  • Simon Parker, WEL Networks
  • Dean Stevenson, Powerco
  • Brian Ultee, Contact Energy
  • Gerry Versteeg, Genesis Energy

SSPG advisor and projects manager is Hayley Head – EEA Principal Advisor Health and Safety.