Pursuant to section 11 of the Electricity Industry Act 2010 ("Act"), the Electricity Authority gives the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice is the Electricity Industry (Exemption No. 178 (Accucal Limited)) Exemption Notice 2013.
(2) This notice comes into force on the day after the date it is notified in the New Zealand Gazette.
2. Exemption-Accucal Limited ("Accucal") is exempted from compliance from clause 24(1)(b)(ii) of Schedule 10.7 of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 ("Code"), in respect of the metering installation at installation control point ("ICP") 0008803900WMFBC.
3. Term-This exemption expires at the close of 31 May 2014.
4. Reasons for granting the exemption-The reasons for granting this exemption are:
(a) granting the requested exemption meets the requirements in section 11(2) of the Act for granting exemptions;
(b) the exemption from clause 24(1)(b)(ii) of Schedule 10.7 would allow Accucal (an approved test house) to fully certify the existing metering installation at this ICP until such time as the metering installation is replaced;
(c) the metering equipment provider at this ICP has scheduled a new and larger capacity meter to be installed at the customer's site over the off-season, to be completed by May 2014, which would allow Accucal to fully certify the metering installation without the need for an exemption;
(d) granting the exemption will enable error compensation factors to be applied, which is considered to be a cost effective solution to producing accurate volume information without disrupting the power to the customer during its
peak ski season; and
(e) the requested exemption will have no impact on any other participant or service provider, and will not affect any other Code provision.
Dated at Wellington this 21st day of October 2013.
For and on behalf of the Electricity Authority:
DR THOMAS BRENT LAYTON, Chairperson, Electricity Authority.