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Consultations and Submissions

The EEA represents its members and acts as the voice of the industry, developing industry guides and providing submissions to government, regulators and industry groups to protect and enhance industry interests.

Developing and reviewing industry guides

The EEA facilitates the development and maintenance of guidelines and best practice documents that support and build on the knowledge and understanding of engineering, technical, and safety standards.

We invite member input into this process.

Visit the EEA Guides page for guides currently under development or review

Public submissions and consultations

Resilience Guide – Consultation

Background

These guidelines have been developed by the Resilience Working Group, which operates under the EEA Asset Management Group (AMG).  Effective resilience planning is critical to supporting the industry’s ability to manage and mitigate risks arising from:

  • major emergency events such as natural disasters, including large earthquakes and extreme weather events. Recent events like Cyclone Gabrielle have demonstrated the devastating impact such occurrences can have on electrical infrastructure, communities, and response capabilities.
  • other extreme events such as major supply interruptions caused by equipment failure, terrorism, or cyber-attack.
  • pandemics, as seen with COVID-19 (2020–2022), which affected operational staff availability and disrupted supply chains for critical materials.

While this Guide focuses primarily on the impact of major emergency events on network assets, its principles can also be applied more broadly to other business vulnerabilities. These include economic downturns and the increasing integration of customer-owned embedded generation technologies.

The group are now seeking feedback on the draft guide.

Consultation document: Resilience Guide 2025 – Consultation Document_October 2025

Feed back form, excel document for your comments: Guide comment Excel Form – 2025

Email your feedback to admin@eea.co.nz.   Consultation closes on the 7 November 2025

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Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) Guide – Consultation

The second round of consultation on the draft Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) Guide, developed by the Electricity Engineers’ Association (EEA) Safety Standards and Procedures Group (SSPG).

Background and Purpose

The LOTO Guide has been prepared to provide clear, practical guidance on the lockout and tagging of switches and equipment that serve as isolation points within the electricity ‘works’ environment.  Its purpose is to support a consistent, industry-wide approach to LOTO, raising the standard of health and safety practices across New Zealand’s electricity supply sector.  The guide is intended to complement, not replace, existing legislative and regulatory requirements, and is based on good practice as recognised by industry representatives.

The  group are now seeking feedback on the draft guide.

Consultation document: Lock out Tag out (LOTO) Guide_Consultation Draft_October 2025

Feed back form, excel document for your comments: Guide comment Excel Form – 2025

Email your feedback to admin@eea.co.nz.   Consultation closes on the 17 November 2025

Submissions made by the EEA in 2025

Submissions made by the EEA in 2024

  • Electricity Authority; Distribution Connection Pricing Proposed Code Amendment – December 2024
  • New Zealand Infrastructure Commission; Testing our plan on Infrastructure paper – December 2024
  • Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment;  Amendments to the Electricity Safety Regulations: Expanding the Permitted Voltage Range for Electricity Supply – December 2024
  • Electricity Authority;  Part 8 Code amendment proposal – Part 1: November 2024
  • Electricity Authority;  Addressing common quality information requirements: November 2024
  • Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment;  Have your say on work health and safety; October 2024
  • Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment;  Exploring a consumer data right for the electricity sector; October 2024
  • Ministry of Education;  Redesign of Vocational Education and Training; September 2024
  • Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment;  Proposal to amend the Electricity (Hazards from trees) Regulations; August 2024
  • Electricity Authority;  Response to the suite of consultation papers that are part of the Future Security and resilience work programme to review the common quality requirements in the Code; August 2024
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