1. Pursuant to section 38(3)(b) of the Electricity Industry Act 2010, the Electricity Authority gives notice of
the making of the Electricity Industry Participation (Automatic Under-Frequency Load Shedding) Code Amendment 2013.
2. Clause 5 of the amendment comes into force on 3 April 2014. The rest of the amendment comes into force on
2 October 2013.
3. The amendment allows the system operator to
modify the automatic under-frequency load shedding system requirements for selected participants, in order
to reduce the risk of an over-frequency event during
the commissioning of Pole 2.
4. The amendment also provides that the system operator's power to modify the automatic under-frequency load shedding system requirements will end from 3 April 2014, because it is anticipated that Pole 2 commissioning will be completed by that date.
5. Copies of the amendment and the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 ("Code") are available on the Electricity Authority's website
www.ea.govt.nz/act-code-regs/code-regs/the-code/
6. Copies of the amendment and the Code may also be inspected free of charge or purchased from the Electricity Authority, Level 7, ASB Bank Tower, 2 Hunter Street, Wellington.
Dated at Wellington this 12th day of August 2013.
DR THOMAS BRENT LAYTON, Chairperson, Electricity Authority.