(Todd Energy Limited and Whareroa Power Limited Unincorporated Joint Venture)) Notice 2007
Pursuant to Rule 8 of Schedule G9 of Part G of the Electricity Governance Rules 2003 ("Rules"), the Electricity Commission ("Commission") gives the following notice.
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1. Title and date-(1) This notice is the Electricity Governance Rules (Approval as Industrial Co-generating Station (No. 3) (Todd Energy Limited and Whareroa Power Limited Unincorporated Joint Venture)) Notice 2007.
(2) This notice is dated 31 July 2007.
2. Approval-The following generating units, owned by the Todd Energy Limited and Whareroa Power Limited Unincorporated Joint Venture ("the Joint Venture"), are approved as an industrial co-generating station in accordance with Schedule G9 of Part G of the Rules:
- All 5 units at the Whareroa Co-generator.
3. Conditions-This exemption is granted on the following conditions:
- The industrial co-generating station must not deviate from the quantity set out in dispatch instructions
by greater than ñ1MW for longer than one trading period without making a revised offer.
- The industrial co-generating station must comply with dispatch instructions if the system operator has issued a formal notice as defined in Part A of the Rules.
4. Reasons for granting the approval-The reasons for granting this exemption are:
(a) The system operator provided comments on the application and the conditions noted above were added as a consequence;
(b) the plant fits the definition of industrial co-generating station as defined in Part A of the Rules. Most of the electricity produced by the co-generating station
is used by a co-located industrial process. Also,
a by-product of the generation is then provided to that industrial process. Accordingly, the industrial process depends upon the operation of the co generation plant;
(c) because of this close link between the on-site industrial process and the co-generation plant, the generator is unable to comply with the standard dispatch tolerance; and
(d) granting approval will, in accordance with the Commission's principal objectives and specific outcomes, encourage co-generation, thereby promoting and facilitating the efficient use of electricity. It will maintain the efficient use
of resources by continuing to allow the Joint Venture to fully utilise by-products of electricity generation in the industrial process. It will therefore maintain the incentives for co-generation.
Dated at Wellington this 31st day of July 2007.
For and on behalf of the Electricity Commission:
MERVYN ENGLISH, General Manager.