1. Under section 38 of the Electricity Industry Act 2010 (“Act”), and the Legislation Act 2019 and having complied with section 39 of the Act, the Electricity Authority (“Authority”) gives notice of making the Electricity Industry Participation Code Amendment (Transmission Pricing Methodology) 2022 (“amendment”).

2. The amendment was made on 11 April 2022.

3. The amendment comes into force on 1 April 2023.

4. The amendment amends Part 12 of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (“Code”) by replacing the Transmission Pricing Methodology in Schedule 12.4 with a new Transmission Pricing Methodology.

5. More information about the new Transmission Pricing Methodology is available on the Authority’s website at https://www.ea.govt.nz/operations/transmission/transmission-pricing/.

6. The amendment is secondary legislation for the purpose of the Legislation Act 2019 and is administered by the Authority.

7. A copy of the amendment is available on the Authority’s website at http://www.ea.govt.nz/code-and-compliance/the-code/. A copy of the amendment and the Code may also be inspected free of charge or purchased from the Electricity Authority, Level 7, Harbour Tower, 2 Hunter Street, Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of April 2022.

Dr NICOLA LANE CRAUFORD, Chair, Electricity Authority.