NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 82

19 JULY 2007

Electricity Commission

Electricity Act 1992

Notice of Making of a Recommendation and Assessment Concerning the Electricity Governance Rules 2003 – Rule Amendment Proposal No. 112, 2007

1. This notice of a recommendation and assessment concerning the Electricity Governance Rules (“Rules”), Rule Amendment Proposal No. 112, is issued by the Electricity Commission (“Commission”), pursuant to section 172E(2)(c) of the Electricity Act 1992 (“Act”).

2. Section 172E(2)(c) of the Act provides that, no later than 10 working days after making a recommendation concerning the Rules to the Minister of Energy, the Commission must publicise the recommendation and the assessment completed under section 172F of the Act.

Recommendation

3. On 6 July 2007, the Commission made a recommendation that the existing Schedule C4 of Part C of the Rules, which contains the system operator policy statement, be replaced in its entirety with a new Schedule C4.

Recommended Amendment to the Rules

4. The key differences between the existing Schedule C4 and the one recommended by the Commission are:

   (a) more detailed description of security planning and coordination;

   (b) extended discretion and flexibility in identification and management of risks;

   (c) defined methodology of identification, assessment and notification of risks;

   (d) formulated processes and procedures for management of constraints;

   (e) new provisions for risk management; and

   (f) increased clarity of policy statement.

5. A copy of the Commission’s recommendation and assessment is available, at no cost, on the Commission’s website

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

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of July 2007.

For and on behalf of the Electricity Commission:

PETER HARRIS, Deputy Chair.

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Notice of Making of Electricity Governance Amendment Rules (No. 53) 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 policy statement in Schedule C4 of Part C of the Rules will be replaced in its entirety with a new Schedule C4. The key changes are to:

   (a) enhance the description of security planning and coordination;

   (b) extend discretion and flexibility in the identification and management of risks;

   (c) better define the methodology for identifying, assessing and notifying risks;

   (d) better formulate processes and procedures for management of constraints;

   (e) introduce new provisions for risk management; and

   (f) increase clarity of policy statement.

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

   (a) the changes contained in the new Schedule C4 improve the policies and means by which the system operator can comply with the principal performance obligations and provide better transparency and clarity to participants as to the policies the system operator intends to follow to meet the principal performance obligations; and

   (b) the new policy statement complies with the requirement in the Rules to review the policy statement annually.

5. These Rules come into force on 31 August 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 10th day of July 2007.

DAVID PARKER, Minister of Energy.

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Land Notices

Education Act 1989

Land Declared No Longer Required for Education Purposes

Pursuant to section 70A of the Education Act 1989, and pursuant to an authority delegated to me, I, Paul Dickson Burke, Group Manager Property, Ministry of Education, Wellington, hereby give the following notice.

Notice

1. The land described in the Schedule to this notice is no longer required for education purposes.

2. This notice shall come into force on 19 July 2007.

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