16 AUGUST 2012 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 98

Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (“Code”) and clause 11 of Schedule 15.3 of the Code.

(2) This exemption only applies to installation control point 0007116229RN993.

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

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

(a) granting the exemption meets the requirements in section 11 of the Act for granting exemptions;

(b) the metering installation will not fit in the existing access panel and fuse box and TrustPower will incur significant costs to install another access panel that may be passed to the customer;

(c) TrustPower will incur significant ongoing compliance costs associated with a distributed unmetered load database for low consumption;

(d) the load is static and will have little annual variation. Most changes for load are changes that can be accurately tracked;

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

(f) TrustPower has stated that it will treat the load as standard unmetered load and record the information in the registry.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of August 2012.

For and on behalf of the Electricity Authority:

DR THOMAS BRENT LAYTON, Chairperson, Electricity Authority.

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Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 144 (Advanced Metering Services Limited)) Exemption Notice 2012

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

Notice

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice is the Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 144 (Advanced Metering Services Limited)) Exemption Notice 2012.

(2) This notice comes into force on 1 January 2013.

2. Exemption—Advanced Metering Services Limited (“AMS”) is exempted from compliance with clause 6(2) of Code of Practice 10.3 of Schedule 10.1 of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (“Code”) for the certification and recertification of categories 1 and 2 Advanced Metering Installation (“AMI”) metering installations.

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

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

(a) granting the exemption meets the requirements in section 11 of the Act for granting exemptions;

(b) the exemption will remove potential barriers and allow efficient mass market switches and half hour (“HHR”) data settlement for AMI consumers;

(c) meter certification is addressed in the new Part 10 of the Code, and AMI HHR switching is a pending project within the Authority’s retail workstream, but there are advantages for industry and consumers to be gained in the meantime;

(d) the number of Category 1 non half hour (“NHH”) installations which will have an installed meter which is certifiable for HHR data is likely to exceed 600,000 before the new Part 10 is in force. The ability to cost effectively certify these installations as HHR now would enable retailers to offer more innovative tariffs at an earlier date, improve the efficiency of the market and take advantage of this existing functionality; and

(e) AMS has stated that it will validate, for each reconciliation read, that the NHH metering information matches in electricity volume the HHR metering information.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of August 2012.

For and on behalf of the Electricity Authority:

DR THOMAS BRENT LAYTON, Chairperson, Electricity Authority.

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NZ Transport Agency

Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004

Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004 – Traffic Signs

Pursuant to subclause 4.4(4) of Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices 2004 and a delegation from the NZ Transport Agency, I, Glenn Bunting, Network Manager, authorise the installation and maintenance of the signs described in the Schedule to this notice.

Schedule

A43-4 NZ Cycle Trail (NZCT) symbol

A symbol used only on approved NZCT routes to guide cyclists and inform other road users.

Shape and Size:

rectangle

140 x 126mm (symbol for small signs)

200 x 180mm (symbol for large signs)

Background:

black

Border:

none

Legend:

Example NZCT symbol

(Image of the symbol showing a cyclist inside a red circle on a black background)