Pursuant to section 172I of the Electricity Act 1992, I notify the amendment of the Electricity Governance Rules 2003 ("the Rules").
The empowering provisions for the electricity governance regulations in relation to which the Rules are amended are sections 172D (2) (a) and (b) of the Electricity Act 1992.
A brief description of the nature of the amendment follows:
The amendment consists of removing the requirement for the system operator to provide constraint information to the reconciliation manager, and replace it with the requirement for the system operator to provide disconnected node information to the reconciliation manager.
These rules come into force on 14 October 2004.
Copies of the Rules, including this amendment, may
be inspected free of charge or purchased from the
Electricity Governance Board (also known as the Electricity Commission), Level Seven, ASB Tower, 2 Hunter Street, Wellington.
The Rules can also be viewed on the Electricity Governance Board web site:
http://www.electricitycommission.govt.nz/govern/regs/
index.html
Dated at Wellington this 13th day of September 2004.
PETE HODGSON, Minister of Energy.