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)(c) of the Act.
3. The amendments:
(a) create a definition of co-generator;
(b) set out a process for approving co-generators;
(c) increase the dispatch compliance band for
co-generators; and
(d) widen the definition of bona fide physical reason.
4. Pursuant to section 172Z(4) of the Act, the reason for my decision to amend the Rules is that the rule changes will allow co-generators to operate efficiently within the Rules while minimising any adverse impact on the achievement of the Principal Performance Obligations or on price integrity.
5. These Rules come into force on 1 June 2007.
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’s website
http://www.electricitycommission.govt.nz/rulesandregs/rules
Dated at Wellington this 20th day of February 2007.
DAVID PARKER, Minister of Energy.