Pursuant to Regulation 194(5)(d) of the Electricity Governance Regulations 2003 (“Regulations”) the Electricity Commission gives the following notice.
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1. Title and commencement—(1) This notice is the Electricity Governance Regulations (Exemption No. 42 (Contact Energy Limited, Genesis Power Limited, Mighty River Power Limited, Alinta ENZ Limited, and Transpower New Zealand Limited in its Capacity as System Operator)) Exemption Amendment Notice 2007.
(2) In this notice, the Electricity Governance Regulations (Exemption No. 42 (Contact Energy Limited, Genesis Power Limited, Mighty River Power Limited, Alinta ENZ Limited, and Transpower New Zealand Limited in its Capacity as System Operator)) Exemption Notice 2007* is called the “principal notice”.
(3) This notice comes into force on the day after the date on which it is notified in the New Zealand Gazette.
2. Amendment to principal notice—(1) The principal notice was granted under urgency in reliance on Regulation 194(4) of the Regulations and provides an exemption from the requirement to comply with Rule 7.3.3 of Section III of Part C of the Electricity Governance Rules 2003.
(2) The principal notice is amended by omitting the date on which the exemption is stated to expire (1 June 2007) and substituting 1 August 2007.
3. Reason for amendment—The reason for this amendment is as follows:
To extend the expiry date of the exemption to the
date when commissioning of Huntly e3p is expected
to be completed.
Dated at Wellington this 17th day of May 2007.
For and on behalf of the Electricity Commission:
PETER HARRIS, Deputy Chair.
*New Zealand Gazette, 12 April 2007, No. 40, page 1017