1. Under section 38 of the Electricity Industry Act 2010, and having complied with section 39 of that Act, the Electricity Authority gives notice of making the Electricity Industry Participation Code Amendment (Distributor Agreement Amendments) 2024 (“amendment”).

2. The amendment comes into force on 25 November 2024.

3. The amendment amends the Default agreement – Provision of consumption data in Appendix C of Schedule 12A.1 of the Electricity Industry Participation Code (“Code”) to permit distributors to combine consumption data with other data or databases without requiring the relevant trader’s prior agreement, subject to certain requirements.

4. The amendment also amends the Default distributor agreement for distributors and traders on local networks (interposed) in Appendix A of Schedule 12A.4 to change the status of recorded terms to either core terms or operational terms. It also makes some consequential changes to Schedules 12A.1 and 12A.4 and other areas of the Code.

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 and the Code is available on the Electricity Authority's website 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, Aon Centre, 1 Willis Street, Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of October 2024.

ANNA KOMINIK, Chair, Electricity Authority.