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 Related Amendments) 2022 (“amendment”).

2. The amendment was made on 20 June 2022.

3. The amendment comes into force on 25 July 2022.

4. The amendment inserts provisions into the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (“Code”) to clarify the Authority’s ability to amend the transmission pricing methodology under section 38 of the Act, and to enable Transpower to access information held by the system operator and certain participants that own generating plant to calculate transmission charges.

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

6. A copy of the amendment is available on the Authority’s website at http://www.ea.govt.nz/code-and-compliance/the-code/

7. 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 20th day of June 2022.

Dr NICOLA LANE CRAUFORD, Chair, Electricity Authority.