No. 113, 2007
1. This notice of a recommendation and assessment concerning the Electricity Governance Rules 2003 (“Rules”), Rule Amendment Proposal No. 113, is issued by the Electricity Commission (“Commission”), pursuant to section 172E(2)(c) of the Electricity Act 1992 (“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 20 September 2007, the Commission made a recommendation that:
(a) Part A of the Rules be amended;
(b) Sections II and VI, and Schedule F2 of Part F of
the Rules be amended; and
(c) a new Schedule F2A be added to Part F of the Rules.
4. Section 172F(3) of the Act provides that the Commission is not required to comply with section 172F(1) (which relates to carrying out an assessment) if it is satisfied that
the effect of the recommendation is minor and will not adversely affect the interests of any person in a substantial way. In reliance on section 172F(3), no such assessment has been carried out under section 172F(1) of the Act in relation to some of the proposed amendments.
Recommended Amendments to the Rules
5. The recommended amendments to the Rules were:
(a) amendments to the availability and reliability service measures and levels that apply to Transpower under Schedule 5 and Part C of the benchmark agreement, as set out in Schedule F2 of Part F of the Rules.
The amendments would apply these service measures and levels at the point of service level. Transpower would also be required to provide estimates of the expected performance for connection assets up to
the point of connection on request;
(b) amendments to the benchmark agreement and Section II of Part F of the Rules, including the insertion of
a new Schedule F2A in Part F, to provide for a transition period during which Transpower would not have to separately report on the performance of connection and interconnection assets;
(c) minor amendments to terminology and definitions in the benchmark agreement and Part A of the Rules;
(d) amendments to section II of Part F of the Rules
to implement the revised service measures and transitional requirements; and
(e) amendments to section VI of Part F of the Rules
to provide transitional requirements for reporting on the performance of interconnection assets.
6. A copy of the Commission’s recommendation and assessment is available, at no cost, on the Commission’s website
http://www.electricitycommission.govt.nz/rulesandregs/
recommend
Dated at Wellington this 20th day of September 2007.
For and on behalf of the Electricity Commission:
PETER HARRIS, Commissioner.
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