1. Under section 38(3)(b) of the Electricity Industry Act 2010 (“Act”), and having complied with section 39 of that Act, the Electricity Authority (“Authority”) gives notice of making the Electricity Industry Participation Code Amendment (Distributed Generation) 2016 (“amendment”).
2. The amendment comes into force on 9 January 2017.
3. The amendment amends Parts 6 and 17 of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (“Code”) to provide that the incremental cost of providing connection services to distributed generation is net of the transmission costs that an efficient distributor would be able to avoid as a result of the connection of the distributed generation, but only if the distributed generation is included in a list published by the Authority for that purpose.
4. A copy of the amendment and the Code is available on the Authority’s website
   www.ea.govt.nz/code-and-compliance/the-code/
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 6th day of December 2016.

Dr THOMAS BRENT LAYTON, Chairperson, Electricity Authority.