1. This notice of a recommendation and assessment concerning the Electricity Governance Rules 2003 (“Rules”), Rule Amendment Proposals No. 40 and No. 64, is issued
by the Electricity Commission (“Commission”), established under the Electricity Act 1992 (“Act”), pursuant to section 172E(2)(c) of the Act.
2. Section 172E(2)(c) of the Act provides that, no later than 10 working days after making a recommendation concerning the Rules to the Minister of Energy, the Commission must publicise the recommendation and the assessment completed under section 172F of the Act.
Recommendation
3. On 21 May 2007 the Commission made a recommendation that the Rules be amended. The Commission’s recommended amendments to the Rules consisted of the following:
(a) The addition of a new Schedule F1 to Section II
of Part F of the Rules to add the categories of designated transmission customers for the purposes of Rule 2 of Section II of Part F;
(b) the addition of a new Schedule F2 to Section II of Part F of the Rules, setting out the Benchmark Agreement for the purposes of Rule 4 of Section II of Part F;
(c) amendments to Sections I, II, III and IV of Part F
of the Rules associated with the Benchmark Agreement;
(d) the addition of a new Section VI to Part F of the Rules to provide for rules relating to interconnection services;
(e) the addition of a new Section VII to Part F of the Rules to establish rules to provide for the making of an Outage Protocol; and
(f) amendments to Part A of the Rules to add new definitions related to the above Rule amendments.
Recommended Amendment to the Rules
4. The recommended amendments to the Rules to
insert the Commission’s proposed Benchmark Agreement, Interconnection Rules and Outage Protocol Rules in Part F of the Rules and the other proposed amendments were part of an integrated package to provide for the regulation
of transmission services.
5. A copy of the Commission’s recommendation and assessment is available, at no cost, on the Commission’s website
http://www.electricitycommission.govt.nz/Rulesandregs/recommend
Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of May 2007.
For and on behalf of the Electricity Commission:
PETER HARRIS, Deputy Chair.