New Zealand Gazette – 2004 – No. 37

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✨ Electricity Distribution Thresholds Notice



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excluded services means, in relation to a distribution business, the goods and
services referred to in paragraphs (d) to (j) of the definition of specified services

initial notice means the Commerce Act (Electricity Lines Thresholds) Notice
2003

interruption, in relation to the conveyance of electricity to a customer by means
of a prescribed voltage electric line, means the cessation of conveyance of
electricity to that customer for a period of 1 minute or longer, other than by reason
of disconnection of that customer—

(a) for breach of the contract under which the electricity is conveyed; or

(b) as a result of a request from the customer; or

(c) as a result of a request by the customer’s electricity retailer; or

(d) for the purpose of isolating an unsafe installation

interruption duration factor, in relation to an interruption, means the sum
obtained by calculating, for each customer that is affected by that interruption, the
duration (in minutes) of that interruption, and adding together the results of those
calculations

lines business means a large electricity lines business as defined in section 57D
of the Act

national grid means the fixed assets used or owned by Transpower for the
purpose of conveying electricity

network connection point, in relation to a distribution business, means a point
where a supply of electricity may flow between the electric lines of that
distribution business and the electrical installation of a customer, but excluding
points where there is no meter at that point or downstream from that point

notional revenue means, in relation to a distribution business, revenue less pass-through costs

pass-through costs, for any assessment period, means—

(a) the transmission charges, rates and Electricity Commission levies paid
or payable by the distribution business for that assessment period—

but does not include—

(b) any amounts described in paragraph (a) if the distribution business
demonstrates beyond reasonable doubt that those amounts were passed
on transparently to its customers and/or electricity retailers

prescribed voltage electric line means an electric line that is capable of
conveying electricity at a voltage equal to or greater than 3.3 kilovolts



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