1. This notice of a recommendation concerning the Electricity Governance Rules 2003 (“Rules”), Rule Amendment Proposal No. 133, 2008, is issued by
the Electricity Commission (“Commission”) pursuant to section 172E(2)(c) of the Electricity Act 1992 (“Act”).
2. The Act provides that, no later than 10 working days after making a recommendation to the Minister of Energy concerning the Rules, the Commission must publicise the recommendation.
Recommended Amendments to the Rules
3. On 5 September 2008, the Commission recommended the Rules be amended by the insertion of a new Rule 11.4.9 into Part J of the Rules. The Commission has recommended that the amendment to Part J be made under urgency in reliance on section 172E(3) of the Act.
4. The Commission has recommended that the new Rule 11.4.9 of Part J of the Rules provide as follows:
(a) As soon as practicable after the commencement of the rule, the reconciliation manager must publish one seasonal adjustment shape for each balancing area that existed at the beginning of the first trading period of May 2008; and
(b) the reconciliation manager must not publish any further seasonal adjustment shapes for the consumption periods for which transitional revisions are required; and
(c) within 5 business days of the date on which those seasonal adjustment shapes are published, each reconciliation participant must provide submission information to the reconciliation manager based on those seasonal adjustment shapes for the months of February to July 2008; and
(d) as soon as practicable after the expiry of the time referred to in paragraph (c), the reconciliation manager must complete revisions using that submission information for the months of February 2008 to July 2008; and
(e) each reconciliation participant must continue to use the seasonal adjustment shapes published by the reconciliation manager under paragraph (a) for all subsequent transitional revisions for the period for which transitional revisions are required.
5. Section 172E(3) of the Act provides that section 172E(2)(b) and section 172F (which relate to consultation and assessment) do not apply if the Commission considers that it is necessary or desirable
in the public interest that the recommended rule amendments be made urgently. Instead, consultation and an assessment must be carried out within six months
of the amendments being made. In reliance on section 172E(3), no such consultation or assessment has been carried out at this stage.
6. A copy of the Commission’s recommendation is available, at no cost, on the Commission’s website at
http://www.electricitycommission.govt.nz/rulesandregs/recommend
Dated at Wellington this 8th day of September 2008.
For and on behalf of the Electricity Commission:
DAVID CAYGILL, Chair.