NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 148 13 DECEMBER 2012

(e) to modify the requirements for the contents of a draft procurement plan.

4. A copy of the amendment and the Code is available on the Authority’s website

www.ea.govt.nz/act-code-regs/code-regs/the-code/

5. A copy of the amendment and the Code may also be inspected free of charge or purchased from the Electricity Authority, Level 7, ASB Bank Tower, 2 Hunter Street, Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of December 2012.

DR THOMAS BRENT LAYTON, Chairperson, Electricity Authority.

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Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 128 (Genesis Energy Limited)) Exemption Amendment Notice 2012

Pursuant to section 11(3) of the Electricity Industry Act 2010, the Electricity Authority (“Authority”) gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice is the Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 128 (Genesis Energy Limited)) Exemption Amendment Notice 2012.

(2) This notice comes into force on the day after the date it is notified in the New Zealand Gazette.

2. Amendment to principal exemption—Replace clause 3 of the Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 128 (Genesis Energy Limited)) Exemption Notice 2011* (“the principal exemption”) with:

“3. Term

This exemption expires on the date on which the Electricity Industry Participation (Metering Arrangements) Code Amendment 2011 comes into force.”

3. Reasons for this amendment—The reasons for amending the principal exemption are as follows:

(a) The Authority has amended the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (“Code”) to provide for the automatic switching of installation control points (“ICPs”) with half-hour metering installations;

(b) the Authority granted the principal exemption to facilitate the automatic switching of ICPs at which Genesis Power Limited has installed advance metering installations (“AMIs”) prior to the Code amendment coming into force;

(c) at the time the principal exemption was granted, it was anticipated that the Code amendment would come into force no later than 31 December 2012, and so the date on which the principal exemption expires is the earlier of the close of 31 December 2012, or the date upon which the Code amendment comes into force;

(d) as the Code amendment will come into force later than 31 December 2012, it is necessary to amend the principal exemption to change the date on which it expires;

(e) the amendment will have little or no impact on other participants and service providers; and

(f) accordingly, the Authority is satisfied that the amendment is necessary or desirable for the purpose of achieving the Authority’s objective under section 15, and that the benefit of the amendment outweighs any disadvantage resulting from any increased administration and compliance costs.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of December 2012.

For and on behalf of the Electricity Authority:

DR THOMAS BRENT LAYTON, Chairperson, Electricity Authority.

New Zealand Gazette, 13 January 2011, No. 1, page 39

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Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 159 (TrustPower Limited)) Exemption Notice 2012

Pursuant to section 11 of the Electricity Industry Act 2010 (“Act”), the Electricity Authority gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice is the Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 159 (TrustPower Limited)) Exemption Notice 2012.

(2) This notice comes into force on the day after the date it is notified in the New Zealand Gazette.

2. Exemption—TrustPower Limited (“TrustPower”) is exempted from compliance with clause 10.3(b) of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (“Code”) in respect of the installation control point (“ICP”) 0001131999MLC77.

3. Term—This exemption expires on the date when TrustPower ceases to be recorded in the registry as having the responsibility as the trader for the ICP.

4. Reasons for granting the exemption—The reasons for granting this exemption are:

(a) Granting the exemption meets the requirements of section 11(2) of the Act;

(b) TrustPower would incur extra costs certifying meters and ensuring they comply with the codes of practice for each of the 11 points of connection where the loads are substation loads with low annual volumes (but over the 3,000 kWh level for unmetered load);

(c) creating new ICP identifiers for each of the 11 substations would impose additional compliance costs for no extra benefit;

(d) TrustPower has stated it will continue to monitor the loads to ensure that annual volume does not exceed 6,000 kWh. Substation load is typically regular and predictable;

(e) TrustPower has advised that if annual volumes exceed 6,000 kWh then it will certify the metering and create new ICPs;

(f) the sites are likely to comply with the new Part 10 threshold (6,000 kWh per annum) for predictable unmetered load when it comes into force on 6 June 2013; and

(g) the exemption will have little or no impact on other participants and service providers, and will not affect any other Code provisions.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of December 2012.

For and on behalf of the Electricity Authority:

DR THOMAS BRENT LAYTON, Chairperson, Electricity Authority.

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