New Zealand Gazette – 2015 – No. 135

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✨ Electricity Industry Exemption Notices



NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 135 — 10 DECEMBER 2015

In accordance with 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. 235 (Legacy Metering Group (LMG) Limited)) Exemption Notice 2015.

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

  1. Exemption—Legacy Metering Group (LMG) Limited ("Legacy Metering") is exempted from complying with the obligation in clause 1(1)(a)(i) of Schedule 10.5 of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 ("Code") to ensure that an initial metering equipment provider ("MEP") audit is completed within three months of first becoming an MEP.

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

    a. the close of 30 November 2016;

    b. Legacy Metering being responsible for more than 20 installation control points; and

    c. Legacy Metering being responsible for a category 2 or higher metering installation.

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

    a. the exemption is only needed on a short-term basis;

    b. granting the exemption will assist a small new entrant MEP to enter the market, which could lead to increased competition for the long-term benefit of consumers;

    c. granting the exemption will ensure Legacy Metering’s audit is meaningful;

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

    e. the exemption meets the requirements of section 11(2) of the Act for granting exemptions.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of December 2015.

For and on behalf of the Electricity Authority:

Hon ROGER SOWRY, onzm, Member, Electricity Authority.

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Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 233 (Mighty River Power Limited)) Exemption Notice 2015

In accordance with 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. 233 (Mighty River Power Limited)) Exemption Notice 2015.

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

  1. Exemption—Mighty River Power Limited ("MRPL") is exempted from complying with the obligation in clause 8(g) of Schedule 15.3 of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 ("Code") to provide non half-hour ("NHH") submission information instead of half-hour ("HHR") submission information for distributed unmetered load ("DUML").

  2. Term—This exemption expires at the close of 31 October 2023.

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

    a. without the exemption, MRPL would incur significant administration and compliance costs changing its internal system to provide submission information for the DUML in NHH format, instead of in the HHR format it currently provides;

    b. DUML is reasonably static and predictable, and any changes are accurately tracked within MRPL’s DUML database;



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🏭 Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 235 (Legacy Metering Group (LMG) Limited)) Exemption Notice 2015

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
4 December 2015
Electricity Industry, Exemption Notice, Legacy Metering Group, MEP Audit
  • Hon ROGER SOWRY, onzm, Member, Electricity Authority

🏭 Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 233 (Mighty River Power Limited)) Exemption Notice 2015

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Electricity Industry, Exemption Notice, Mighty River Power, Submission Information