1. Under section 38 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 (Improving Consumer Access to their Electricity Information) 2025 (“amendment”).

2. The amendment comes into force on 1 June 2025.

3. The amendment amends Parts 1 and 11 of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (“Code”) as part of the Authority’s Code amendment omnibus number four to:

1. prevent retailers from charging consumers a fee to respond to the first 12 requests from a consumer for access to their electricity information, in the 12 month period before 1 June 2026, and to prevent retailers from charging consumers any fee for all such requests that consumers make after that period; and
2. clarify what electricity information is to be provided to consumers upon request.

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

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

6. A copy of the amendment and the Code may also be inspected free of charge or purchased from the Authority, Level 7, Aon Centre, 1 Willis Street, Wellington.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of April 2025.

ANNA KOMINIK, Chair, Electricity Authority.