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Notice Title

Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 228 (Nelson Electricity Limited)) Exemption Notice 2015

In accordance with section 11 of the Electricity Industry Act 2010 (“Act”), the Electricity Authority gives the following notice.

N o t i c e

1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice is the Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 228 (Nelson Electricity Limited)) Exemption Notice 2015.

(2) This notice comes into force on the day after the date it is notified in the New Zealand Gazette.

2. Exemption—Nelson Electricity Limited (“Nelson”) is exempted from complying with the obligation in clause 10.25(1) of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (“Code”) to ensure there is one or more metering installations for a network supply point (“NSP”) that is not a point of connection to the grid and that all electricity conveyed at its NSP FND0112NELSNP is quantified in accordance with the Code.

3. Term—This exemption expires at the close of 3 July 2020.

4. Reasons for granting the exemption—The reasons for granting this exemption are:

  1. the exemption meets the requirements in section 11(2) of the Act for granting exemptions;
  2. Nelson has proposed a materially accurate method to calculate consumption for settlement if the interconnection point is used;
  3. Nelson will incur unreasonable expenditure in order to comply; and
  4. the exemption will have only a minor impact on any other participant or service provider, and will not affect any other Code provisions.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of June 2015.

For and on behalf of the Electricity Authority:

Hon ROGER SOWRY, onzm, Member, Electricity Authority.