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 (Modified Dispatchable Demand) Code Amendment 2013.
2. The amendment (except for clause 4) comes into force at 1.30pm on 15 May 2014. The amendment amends Parts 1, 13, 14, and 15 of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 ("Code") to implement a dispatchable demand proposal, to enable demand-side participants at grid exit points to respond to wholesale market conditions by electing to bid load to be dispatched.
3. Clause 4 of the amendment comes into force on 30 April 2014 and revokes the Electricity Industry Participation (Dispatchable Demand) Code Amendment 2011* and the Electricity Industry Participation (Dispatchable Demand) Code Amendment 2011, Amendment 2013Å.
4. A copy of the amendment, the revoked amendments, 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, the revoked amendments,
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 9th day of December 2013.
DR THOMAS BRENT LAYTON, Chairperson, Electricity Authority.
*New Zealand Gazette, 20 October 2011, No. 159, page 4557
ÅNew Zealand Gazette, 16 May 2013, No. 57, page 1693