New Zealand Gazette – 2014 – No. 41

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✨ Electricity Industry Exemption Notices



17 APRIL 2014 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 41 1211

Electricity Authority

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 194 (Transpower New Zealand Limited)) Exemption Notice 2014

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. 194 (Transpower New Zealand Limited)) Exemption Notice 2014.

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

  1. Exemption—Transpower New Zealand Limited (“Transpower”) is exempted from complying with the requirement in clause 12.15(1) of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (“Code”) to provide a copy of each transmission agreement to the Authority.

  2. Term—This exemption expires at the close of 31 December 2015.

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

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

(b) an alternative proposal for submitting equivalent information about transmission agreements, submitted by Transpower, is consistent with the intent of clause 12.15(1) by providing transparency of transmission agreements with designated transmission customers;

(c) the equivalent information will be more readily accessible to interested parties via Transpower’s information disclosure web portal;

(d) the exemption will reduce Transpower’s compliance costs associated with certifying the transmission agreements before providing them to the Authority;

(e) the exemption will reduce the Authority’s compliance costs associated with publishing the transmission agreements; and

(f) the requested exemption will have minimal impact on market participants or service providers, and will not affect any other Code provision.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of April 2014.

For and on behalf of the Electricity Authority:

HON ROGER SOWRY, ONZM, Member, Electricity Authority.

Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 197 (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. 197 (Contact Energy Limited)) Exemption Notice 2014.

(2) This notice comes into force on 18 April 2014.

  1. Exemption—Contact Energy Limited (“Contact”) is exempted from complying with the following clauses of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (“Code”):
Code reference Description
Clause 11.7 Each trader must provide information about each installation control point (“ICP”) at which they trade electricity, to the registry under Schedule 11.1.
Clause 11.8A Each metering equipment provider (“MEP”) must provide information to the registry for each metering installation for which it is responsible, in accordance with Schedule 11.4.
Clause 11.15 The gaining trader and the losing trader must comply with Schedule 11.3 during the process for customer switching.
Clause 11.15A Each gaining MEP, and each trader who notifies the registry of a gaining MEP, must comply with Schedule 11.4.
Clause 9 of Schedule 11.1 Each trader must provide the listed information to the registry for each ICP for which it is recorded in the registry as having responsibility.
Clause 10 of Schedule 11.1 Each trader must update the registry if information provided under clause 9 changes.
Clause 11(2) of Schedule 11.1 The participant must change the information in the registry as soon as practicable after becoming aware of errors.
Clause 12 of Schedule 11.1 Requirement to manage the status of an ICP, as recorded in the registry.
Clause 17 of Schedule 11.1 Obligation to manage ICP status of “active”.
Clause 19 of Schedule 11.1 Obligation to manage ICP status of “inactive”.
Clauses 2–5, 9–12, 14–16 and 18(d)–(f) of Schedule 11.3 Obligations required as part of the switching process – initiating, acknowledging, completing, responding.
Clauses 1–3, 6 and 7 of Schedule 11.4 Metering equipment provider switching and registry metering records.
Clause 15.4 Each reconciliation participant must deliver submission information.
Clause 15.6 Each retailer must provide ICP days information to the reconciliation manager.
  1. Term—This exemption expires:

(a) in respect of the listed clauses in Part 11 of the Code, at the close of 23 May 2014;

(b) in respect of the listed clauses in Part 15 of the Code, at the close of 30 June 2014.



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🏭 Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 194 (Transpower New Zealand Limited)) Exemption Notice 2014

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
14 April 2014
Electricity Industry, Exemption, Transpower, Transmission Agreement, Compliance
  • HON ROGER SOWRY, ONZM, Member, Electricity Authority

🏭 Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 197 (Contact Energy Limited)) Exemption Notice 2014

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Electricity Industry, Exemption, Contact Energy, Compliance, Code Requirements