Pursuant to section 11(3) of the Electricity Industry Act 2010 ("Act"), the Electricity Authority ("Authority") gives the following notice.
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1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice is the Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 187 (AccuCal Limited)) Exemption Amendment Notice 2014.
(2) This notice comes into force on the day after the date it is notified in the New Zealand Gazette.
2. Amendment to principal exemption-Replace clause 2 of the Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 187 (AccuCal Limited)) Exemption Notice 2013* ("the principal exemption") with:
"2. Exemption-AccuCal Limited ("AccuCal") is exempted from compliance with the obligation in clause 4(2)(a) of Schedule 10.7 of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 ("Code"), in respect of the metering installations at installation control point 0000032431HR99C."
3. Reasons for this amendment-The reasons for amending the principal exemption are as follows:
(a) The Authority granted the principal exemption to AccuCal for the following reasons:
(i) Granting the requested exemption met the requirements in section 11(2) of the Act for granting exemptions;
(ii) there would be significant cost to replace the metering installations at the Ohaaki power station to comply with the obligation in clause 4(2)(a) of Schedule 10.7 of the Code;
(iii) the derivation of submission information
from the metering installations by subtraction
is as accurate as it would be if it was derived using actual metered data and was acceptable under the Code in the exact same configuration when the equipment was owned by the grid owner;
(iv) the exemption from clause 4(2)(a) of Schedule 10.7 of the Code will allow AccuCal, as the metering equipment provider ("MEP"), to arrange certification of the existing metering installations at this installation control point ("ICP") even though the metering configuration currently uses subtraction to determine submission information; and
(v) the requested exemption will have no impact on any other participant or service provider, and will not affect any other Code provision;
(b) although the Authority approved granting the principal exemption in respect of ICP No. 0000032431HR99C, due to an administrative error, the exemption was inadvertently granted in respect of the incorrect ICP;
(c) it is therefore necessary to amend the principal exemption to refer to the correct ICP number; and
(d) accordingly, the Authority is satisfied that:
(i) for the reasons set out in the principal exemption, the amendment is necessary or desirable for the purpose of achieving the Authority's objective under section 15; and
(ii) the benefit of the amendment outweighs any disadvantage resulting from any increased administration and compliance costs.
Dated at Wellington this 7th day of April 2014.
For and on behalf of the Electricity Authority:
DR THOMAS BRENT LAYTON, Chairperson, Electricity Authority.
*New Zealand Gazette, 9 January 2014, No. 1, page 39