2866 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 103 28 AUGUST 2014

Definition of “related party”—we have updated the definition of related party to exclude parties that are related to Transpower by virtue of Crown ownership. We have made this amendment because it reduces compliance costs for Transpower by excluding parties that are related solely as a result of Transpower being a Crown-owned entity, while preserving the policy intent of the input methodologies that exclude certain related party transactions or arrangements.

Calculation of depreciation—we have amended the asset valuation input methodology to allow for part-year depreciation for newly-commissioned assets, and a transitional adjustment to align Transpower’s regulatory asset base values with its asset values calculated under generally accepted accounting practice as at 1 July 2015, and established a depreciable pseudo-asset to preserve net present value neutrality. We have made this amendment as it will reduce Transpower’s compliance costs by aligning regulatory treatment with generally accepted accounting practice on a net present value neutral basis.

Copies of the amendment determination and reasons paper are available on the Commission’s website at www.comcom.govt.nz/amendments-and-clarifications/

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of August 2014.

COMMERCE COMMISSION.

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Telecommunications Act 2001

Notice of Application Received by the Commerce Commission for Addition to the Register of Chorus’ Non-retail Users

Under section 69P(4) of the Telecommunications Act 2001, the Commerce Commission (“Commission”) gives public notice of applications by the following companies to be added to the Register of Chorus’ non-retail users:

• Amuri Net Limited
• Wanna Internet Limited

Further information about the Register is available on the Commission’s website at www.comcom.govt.nz/register-of-chorus-non-retail-users/

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Electricity Authority

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 202 (AccuCal Limited)) Exemption Notice 2014

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. 202 (AccuCal Limited)) Exemption Notice 2014.

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

2. Exemption—AccuCal Limited (“AccuCal”) is exempted from complying with the obligation in clause 4(2)(a) of Schedule 10.7 of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (“Code”), to ensure that its metering installation configuration does not use subtraction to determine submission information, in respect of installation control point 0000880392WEA92.

3. Term—This exemption expires at the earlier of:

(a) the close of 31 December 2022; and

(b) the completion date of a major upgrade to the switchboards at the co-generation plant owned by Contact Energy Limited (“Contact”) at the Te Rapa dairy factory.

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

(a) granting the requested exemption meets the requirements in section 11(2) of the Act for granting exemptions;

(b) without the exemption, Contact would incur a significant cost to reconfigure the metering installations at the Te Rapa co-generation power plant before AccuCal could comply with the obligation in clause 4(2)(a) of Schedule 10.7 of the Code;

(c) deriving the submission information from the metering installations by subtraction is as accurate as it would be if it was derived using actual metered data; and

(d) the requested exemption will have no impact on any other participant or service provider, and will not affect any other Code provision.

Dated at Wellington this 25th day of August 2014.

For and on behalf of the Electricity Authority:

HON ROGER SOWRY, ONZM, Member, Electricity Authority.

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Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 203 (Contact Energy Limited)) Exemption Notice 2014

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. 203 (Contact Energy Limited)) Exemption Notice 2014.

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

2. Exemption—Contact Energy Limited (“Contact”) is exempted from complying with the obligation in clause 10.24(c) of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (“Code”), not to use subtraction to determine submission information, in respect of installation control point (“ICP”) 0000880392WEA92.

3. Term—This exemption expires at the earlier of:

(a) the close of 31 December 2022; and

(b) the completion date of a major upgrade to the switchboards at Contact’s co-generation plant at the Te Rapa dairy factory.

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

(a) granting the requested exemption meets the requirements in section 11(2) of the Act for granting exemptions;