2868 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 108 4 OCTOBER 2007

Authorities and Other Agencies of State Notices

Commerce Commission

Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998

Notice of Exemption—Vector Limited

The Commerce Commission (“Commission”), pursuant to section 81 of the Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998 (“the EIR Act”), exempts Vector Limited (“Vector”) from compliance with section 46A(2) insofar as it requires, via section 25, compliance with Rules 7 to 10 of the Arms Length Rules of the EIR Act, in respect of the cross-involvements (as that term is defined in the EIR Act) outlined in its application that relate to the Te Rere Hau wind farm located north of Palmerston North, through Vector’s investment in NZ Windfarms Limited (NZWL).

The exemption is subject to the following conditions:

(a) Vector must not be involved, either directly or indirectly, in the selling of electricity generated by the Te Rere Hau wind farm to any customer connected to Vector’s electricity network. This does not preclude the selling of electricity either into the New Zealand Wholesale Electricity Market, or to an electricity retailer for the purpose of supplying retail customers, whether those retail customers are connected to Vector’s electricity network or otherwise;

(b) Any generation asset to which this exemption relates must not be connected to electricity lines owned or operated by Vector except to the extent that is necessary in order to connect the generation asset to the national transmission network; and

(c) The exemption is specific to the cross-involvements created through Vector’s involvement in NZWL, NZWL - TRH Limited and Te Rere Hau Joint Venture for the purposes of developing the Te Rere Hau wind farm. It does not extend to any other interest, or existing or future cross-involvement of Vector.

The exemption takes effect from the date of publication of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette.

The Commission may vary or revoke the exemption in accordance with section 81(5) of the EIR Act.

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Electricity Commission

Electricity Act 1992

Notice of Making of Electricity Governance Amendment Rules (No. 57) 2007 and Notice of Reasons for Decision

1. Pursuant to section 172I of the Electricity Act 1992 (“Act”), I notify the amendment of the Electricity Governance Rules 2003 (“Rules”) under section 172H of the Act.

2. The empowering provisions for the Electricity Governance Regulations in relation to which the amendments to the Rules are made are sections 172D(1)(3) and 172D(1)(4) of the Act.

3. The existing procurement plan in Schedule C5 of Part C of the Rules will be replaced in its entirety with a new Schedule C5. The key changes are to:

(a) clarify the assessment methodology and quantity requirements;

(b) provide an expanded definition of the requirements for making a frequency keeping offer;

(c) describe the method for selecting frequency keepers each trading period;

(d) require the system operator to review its dispatch when a frequency keeper advises it cannot maintain frequency or time error to the standards required;

(e) provide for the system operator to procure frequency keeping from a generator in an area temporarily cut off from the rest of the grid;

(f) outline the method the system operator will use to assess the performance of generators providing fast instantaneous reserve; and

(g) allow for a verified error range for data supplied in any assessment of ancillary service performance requirements.

4. Pursuant to section 172Z(4) of the Act, the reasons for my decision to amend the Rules are that:

(a) this amendment updates the procurement arrangements with enhancements to the specification and procurement of ancillary services; and

(b) the new procurement plan complies with the requirement in the Rules to review the procurement plan annually.

5. These Rules come into force on 1 December 2007.

6. Copies of the Rules may be inspected free of charge or purchased from the Electricity Commission, Level 7, ASB Bank Tower, 2 Hunter Street, Wellington. The Rules can also be viewed on the Electricity Commission’s website http://www.electricitycommission.govt.nz/rulesandregs/rules

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of September 2007.

DAVID PARKER, Minister of Energy.

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Environmental Risk Management Authority

Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996

Determination of New Organism

Pursuant to section 26 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, the Environmental Risk Management Authority hereby determines that

Geobacillus stearothermophilus Donk (1920) Nazina et al (2001)

is not a new organism.

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of September 2007.

DR MAX SUCKLING, Chair, Decision-making Committee of the Authority.

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