1. Pursuant to section 38(3)(b) of the Electricity Industry Act 2010 ("Act"), the Electricity Authority ("Authority") gives notice of the making of the Electricity Industry Participation (HVDC Pole 3 Minor Amendments) Code Amendment 2012.
2. The amendment comes into force on 1 July 2012.
3. The amendment amends the definition of "at risk HVDC transfer", "configuration" and "reference point" in clause 1.1(1) of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 to:
(a) reflect the commissioning of Pole 3;
(b) reflect the addition of the round power configuration of the HVDC link;
(c) reflect the decommissioning of one half pole of Pole 1 of the HVDC link;
(d) remove references to the "Bipole" (consisting of Pole 1 and Pole 2) and the "Pole One only, both half poles" configurations that are no longer offered;
(e) correct historical errors and delete redundant information in the definition of "at risk HVDC transfer"; and
(f) correct typographical inconsistencies in the references to Pole 1 and Pole 2.
4. The amendment inserts "round power" as a new definition in clause 1.1(1) of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010.
5. In accordance with section 39(3)(a) of the Act, the Authority is satisfied that the amendment is technical and non-controversial, and therefore the Authority has not prepared and publicised a regulatory statement or consulted on the amendment and the regulatory statement.
6. A copy of the amendment and the Code is available on the Authority’s website
www.ea.govt.nz/act-code-regs/code-regs/the-code/
7. 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 14th day of May 2012.
HON ROGER SOWRY, Acting Chairperson, Electricity Authority.