Authorities and Other Agencies of State Notices

Commerce Commission

Telecommunications Amendment Act (No 2) 2006

Notification of Initiation of the Standard Terms Development Process for Unbundled Local Loop and Bitstream Services Under the Telecommunications Amendment Act (No 2) 2006

Pursuant to section 30D of the Telecommunications Amendment Act (No 2) 2006 (“the Act”), the Commerce Commission (“the Commission”) gives public notice that it has decided, under section 30C of the Act, to initiate two separate standard terms development processes in respect of the following designated access services:

(1) Telecom’s unbundled bitstream access; and

(2) Telecom’s unbundled copper local loop network.

Under section 30C(1) of the Act, the Commission may, on its own initiative, initiate the standard terms development process for a designated access service.

Under section 30C(2) of the Act, the Commission must be satisfied that the applicable conditions (if any) in relation to the service have been met.

There are no applicable conditions for “Telecom’s unbundled copper local loop network”.

The conditions for “Telecom’s unbundled bitstream access” only apply after the expiry of three years from the date on which the Act receives the Royal assent.

Accordingly, there are no applicable conditions for either service.

Date of Decision: 23 February 2007.

COMMERCE COMMISSION.

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Electricity Commission

Electricity Act 1992

Notice of Making of Electricity Governance Amendment Rules (No. 48) 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 provision for the Electricity Governance Regulations, in relation to which the amendments to the Rules are made, is section 172D(1)(1)(c) of the Act.

3. The amendments:

   (a) create a definition of co-generator;

   (b) set out a process for approving co-generators;

   (c) increase the dispatch compliance band for co-generators; and

   (d) widen the definition of bona fide physical reason.

4. Pursuant to section 172Z(4) of the Act, the reason for my decision to amend the Rules is that the rule changes will allow co-generators to operate efficiently within the Rules while minimising any adverse impact on the achievement of the Principal Performance Obligations or on price integrity.

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

6. Copies of the Rules may be inspected free of charge or purchased from the Electricity Commission, Level Seven, 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 February 2007.

DAVID PARKER, Minister of Energy.

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Notice of Making of Electricity Governance Amendment Rules (No. 49) 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)(1) of the Act.

3. The amendments introduce a mechanism to:

   (a) detect high spring washer price situations (“HSWPS”);

   (b) publish provisional prices if a HSWPS is detected;

   (c) review all transmission security constraints, identify the constraint with the highest constraint price and relax that constraint by the greater of 1MW or 1% of the constraint value; and

   (d) publish final prices based on revised constraint data.

4. Pursuant to section 172Z(4) of the Act, the reason for my decision to amend the Rules is that the rule changes will increase market participant confidence that HSWPS are not sensitive to the minor inaccuracies that occur when modelling the dispatch solution.

5. These Rules come into force on 3 September 2007.

6. Copies of the Rules may be inspected free of charge or purchased from the Electricity Commission, Level Seven, 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 February 2007.

DAVID PARKER, Minister of Energy.

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