The Authority is holding an informal question and answer briefing session to discuss the financial transmission rights (FTR) Code amendment proposal consultation paper, for which submissions close on Monday, 30 July 2012. The paper is available at:

The briefing session will be held at the Electricity Authority, Level 7 ASB Bank Tower, 2 Hunter Street, Wellington on Monday, 23 July 2012, starting at 3pm.

Prospective attendees should register by sending their names and company details to info@ea.govt.nz with 'FTR Code amendment briefing' in the subject line, highlighting any specific questions and/or topics in the registration email.

The Authority is holding a forum on Part 10 implementation on Tuesday, 24 July 2012 in the Civic Suite at the Wellington Town Hall. The forum will start at 9am and finish around 5pm.

The new Part 10 of the Code affects the obligations of distributors, traders, test houses, metering equipment owners and metering equipment providers (MEPs). The forum will include an update on the status of the project, MEP switching, installation control point (ICP) switching and livening processes, and the registry data clean-up. The agenda is available at:

Prospective attendees should register by sending their names and company details to conference@ea.govt.nz with 'Forum attendee Part 10 implementation' in the subject line.

For many years one distributor and five grid connected customers have held exemptions from the Automatic Under-Frequency Load Shedding (AUFLS) requirements. These parties were granted exemptions on the basis that the criteria for AUFLS obligations were unclear and needed to be reviewed. The exemptions are due to expire on 30 September 2012.

A review of the obligations to provide AUFLS is underway but the suitability of the current AUFLS requirements has been called into question as a result of the performance of the system during recent large under-frequency events.

The system operator has been reviewing the AUFLS requirements for several years and will shortly be confirming an updated technical specification for AUFLS with a Code amendment proposal in December 2012. In addition, the Authority is investigating a market-based approach which could replace the current obligations to provide AUFLS. The Authority will publish an issues and options consultation paper on market-based approaches in September/October 2012.

These initiatives are not due to be completed before the current exemptions expire. In the interim, the Authority plans to assist current exemption holders in applying for new temporary exemptions which would apply until the new AUFLS requirements have been confirmed.

Further information is available at:

A summary of submissions, including the Authority's response, on the consultation paper 'Proposed guideline for metering equipment providers' is available at:

Submissions on the consultation paper 'Four proposed operational changes to the registry' are available at:

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