1. Pursuant to section 38(3)(b) of the Electricity Industry Act 2010, the Electricity Authority gives notice of
the making of the Electricity Industry Participation (Dispatchable Demand) Code Amendment 2011.
2. The amendment comes into force on 27 June 2013.
3. The amendment provides for the introduction of dispatchable demand by amending Part 1, Part 13, Part 14, and Part 15 of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 ("Code"). The amendment:
(a) provides a process for purchasers at non-conforming GXPs to obtain the system operator’s approval for one or more devices to be a dispatch-capable load station ("DCLS");
(b) requires a purchaser who has a DCLS to submit either a nominated non-dispatch bid or a nominated dispatch bid for the DCLS in every trading period;
(c) requires the system operator to issue dispatch instructions to purchasers who have submitted nominated dispatch bids;
(d) requires nominated dispatch bids to be used as inputs into all schedules, including price responsive and non-response schedules, dispatch schedules and final pricing schedules;
(e) requires a purchaser who has a DCLS to submit metered quantities to the grid owner and pricing manager for the purpose of calculating prices;
(f) entitles purchasers who have submitted nominated dispatch bids to receive, in certain circumstances, constrained on and/or constrained off compensation with respect to their nominated dispatch bids;
(g) requires DCLSs’ volume information to be provided to the reconciliation manager and the clearing manager so that constrained on and constrained off amounts can be calculated; and
(h) makes consequential changes to Part 1 and Part 14.
4. A copy of the amendment and the Code is available on the Electricity Authority’s website at
www.ea.govt.nz/act-code-regs/code-regs/
5. A copy of the amendment and the Code may also be inspected free of charge or purchased from the Electricity Authority, Level 7, ASB Bank Tower, 2 Hunter Street, Wellington.
Dated at Wellington this 17th day of October 2011.
DR THOMAS BRENT LAYTON, Chairperson,
Electricity Authority.