1. Pursuant to section 172I of the Electricity Act 1992 (“Act”), I notify the amendment of the Electricity Governance Rules 2003 (“Rules”) under section 172H of
the Act.
2. The empowering provision for the Electricity Governance Regulations in relation to which the amendments to the Rules are made is section 172D (1) (1)
of the Act.
3. The amendments clarify several minor inconsistencies with some rules in Parts A, G and H of the Rules.
4. Pursuant to section 172Z (4) of the Act, the reasons for my decision to amend the Rules are that the rule changes:
(a) remove requirements from the Rules that participants are unable to practicably comply with;
(b) prevent unintended breaches of the Rules;
(c) remove requirements that are redundant due to other existing Rules;
(d) remove discrepancies from the Rules; and
(e) correct typographical errors in the Rules.
5. These Rules come into force on 26 October 2006.
6. Copies of the Rules may be inspected free of charge or purchased from the Electricity Commission, Level Seven, ASB Bank Tower, 2 Hunter Street, Wellington.
The Rules can also be viewed on the Electricity Commission web site:
www.electricitycommission.govt.nz
Dated at Wellington this 18th day of September 2006.
DAVID PARKER, Minister of Energy.