Pursuant to Regulation 194(2) of the Electricity
Governance Regulations 2003, the Electricity Commission ("Commission") gives the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice is the Electricity Governance Regulations (Exemption No. 77 (Nelson Electricity Limited)) Exemption Notice 2008.
(2) This notice comes into force on 1 May 2008.
2. Exemption-Nelson Electricity Limited ("Nelson") is exempted from compliance with Rule 3.7 of Part D of
the Electricity Governance Rules 2003.
3. Terms and conditions-This exemption is granted on the following conditions:
(a) It shall only apply to Nelson on the embedded network HVN0331 NELS;
(b) it shall be subject to the condition that Nelson,
as the embedded network owner, is responsible for ensuring that submission information is calculated by using a Commission approved methodology
and is submitted to the reconciliation manager by
a certified reconciliation participant in accordance with the Rules; and
(c) it shall expire on 30 April 2013.
4. Reasons for granting the exemption-The reasons for granting this exemption are:
(a) Without an exemption, Nelson will incur significant expenditure and complexity in the fitting of metering and communication equipment to its network for relatively low consumption volumes; and
(b) there will be little or no impact on other participants and service providers and the exemption will not affect any other Rules.
Dated at Wellington this 21st day of April 2008.
For and on behalf of the Electricity Commission:
DAVID CAYGILL, Chair.