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(i) New requirement for ASAs to maintain their
monitoring equipment in accordance with good
industry practice (all ancillary services);

(ii) new requirement that the measurement of time
error must be performed with a global
positioning system clock or agreed equivalent
(associated with provision of frequency
keeping);

(iii) new obligation on system operator to use
reasonable endeavours to dispatch frequency
keepers at least five minutes in advance of the
start or end of the relevant trading period, as
the case may be;

(iv) new requirement that the control maximum be
greater than or equal to the control minimum
plus twice the range of the offered MW band
for the frequency keeping site;

(v) description of the method the system operator
will use to assess whether or not the ASAs have
delivered a quantity of instantaneous reserve
following an under frequency event that is
consistent with the quantity dispatched;

(vi) new requirement that the relay equipment for
over frequency reserve must immediately arm
or disarm (as appropriate) when it receives a
remote arming or disarming signal from the
system operator’s co-ordination centre;

(vii) new requirement for the ASAs to provide
voltage support equipment that will be available
at all times to provide voltage support, is able
to respond when dispatched, and is maintained
in accordance with good industry practice;

(viii) new requirement for the ASAs to provide
monitoring equipment that is available at all
times, and continuously monitors and transmits
the reactive power being produced by the
voltage support equipment to the designated
interface points;

(ix) new requirement for the ASAs to ensure the
black start equipment is able to start without
power being obtained from the grid or local
network at least once every six weeks unless
the black start equipment has been generating
for 66% or more of the time since the last test;

(x) new requirement that the system operator may
require the ASAs to conduct a baseline test
of the black start service no more than
once during the procurement plan period to
confirm the ASAs can meet the performance
requirements;

(xi) new requirement for the ASAs to ensure the
black start equipment is able to achieve
the response times specified in the ASPC; and

(xii) new requirement for the ASAs to ensure
the black start equipment is maintained in
accordance with good industry practice.

(f) Changes to the offer period for the provision of
voltage support, over frequency reserve, and black
start provide the system operator with the ability to
enter into new long-term contracts without
limitation.

(g) Change to the pricing structure for voltage support
drops the requirement for the system operator to
purchase a mix of half-hour and long-term pricing.

(h) Change to the quantity requirements for voltage
support drops the requirement for the system
operator to use planning studies to justify the
procurement of more voltage support.

A copy of the Commission’s recommendation and
assessment is available, at no cost, on the Commission’s
web site:

http://www.electricitycommission.govt.nz/rulesandregs/recommend

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of August 2005.

For and on behalf of the Electricity Commission:

ROY HEMMINGWAY, Chair.
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Maritime New Zealand

Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Act 1996

Approved Maritime Surveillance Equipment Under the Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Act 1996

Whereas, pursuant to section 441 of the Maritime Transport
Act 1994 the Minister of Transport did delegate those
powers under section 35 of the Submarine Cables and
Pipelines Protection Act 1996 to Maritime New Zealand by
an instrument of delegation dated 19 March 1997.

And whereas, pursuant to section 442 of the Maritime
Transport Act 1994, Maritime New Zealand did delegate
those powers under section 35 of the Submarine Cables and
Pipelines Protection Act 1996 to the Director of Maritime
New Zealand by an instrument of delegation dated 26 March
1997.

Therefore I, Russell Paul Kilvington, Director of Maritime
New Zealand, hereby approve the following equipment to be
approved maritime surveillance equipment for the purposes
of the Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Act 1996.

Approved Maritime Surveillance Equipment:

• Garmin GPSMAP 295 Global Positioning System
• Garmin GPSMAP 296 Global Positioning System

when operated on a HELiPRO helicopter working in or
near the protected area designated "Area 7 – Cook Strait"
and while working under instructions given in writing by
Transpower New Zealand Limited.

That part of the notice of Approved Maritime Surveillance
Equipment appearing in the New Zealand Gazette, 19 June
2003, No. 67, page 1814, relating to the above equipment is
revoked.

This notice comes into effect on 23 August 2005.

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of August 2005.

RUSSELL PAUL KILVINGTON, Director of Maritime
New Zealand.
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