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 (Dispatch Compliance Minor Amendment) Code Amendment 2013.
2. The amendment comes into force on 18 April 2013.
3. The amendment amends clause 13.82 of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 ("Code") to allow generators and ancillary service agents to depart from a dispatch instruction if the participant has no reasonable means of complying with the instruction while acting in accordance with a commissioning or test plan.
4. In accordance with section 39(3)(a) of the Act, the Authority is satisfied on reasonable grounds that
the nature of the amendment is technical and
non-controversial. Therefore the Authority has neither prepared and publicised a regulatory statement, nor consulted on the amendment and a regulatory statement.
5. Copies of the amendment and the Code are available on the Authority’s website at
www.ea.govt.nz/act-code-regs/code-regs/the-code/
6. Copies 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 18th day of March 2013.
DR THOMAS BRENT LAYTON, Chairperson, Electricity Authority.