1. This notice of a recommendation and assessment concerning the Electricity Governance Rules 2003 ("Rules"), Rule Amendment Proposal No. 97, 2006, is issued by the Electricity Commission ("Commission"), established under the Electricity Act 1992 ("Act"), pursuant to section 172E (2) (c) of that Act.
2. Section 172E (2) (c) of the Act provides that, no later than 10 working days after making a recommendation concerning the Rules to the Minister of Energy, the Commission must publicise the recommendation and
the assessment completed under section 172F of the Act.
Recommendation
3. On 5 November 2006, the Commission made a recommendation that Technical Code C of Schedule C3
of Part C of the Rules be amended, by amending Rules
1-3, deleting Rule 5, and amending Appendices A1 and A2.
Recommended Amendments to the Rules
4. The recommended amendments to the Rules change
the obligations of participants to provide operational communication facilities to:
(a) place obligations on the parties best able to meet those obligations; and
(b) provide an appropriate balance between the
system operator's requirements for the availability of operational communications and the practical and economic limitations of communication assets.
5. A copy of the Commission's recommendation and assessment is available, at no cost, on the Commission's
web site:
http://www.electricitycommission.govt.nz/rulesandregs/recommend
Dated at Wellington this 5th day of October 2006.
For and on behalf of the Electricity Commission:
PETER HARRIS, Commissioner.