This note is not part of the amendment but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This amendment to the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (“Code”) comes into force on 1 January 2025.

This amendment amends clause 1.1 and Schedule 8.3, Technical Code D of Part 8 to clarify and strengthen the outage disclosure rules, allowing the system operator and asset owners to have greater visibility to coordinate asset outages effectively.

This amendment:

a. clarifies that outage coordination rules for planned outages apply also for capacity reductions and unplanned outages (where appropriate)

b. requires the grid owner to disclose all its asset outages c. imposes the following requirements for outage notification by other asset owners:

i. distribution network owners must notify outages of assets that connect directly to the transmission grid

ii. intermittent generators that offer into the wholesale market must notify all outages resulting in a loss of generation capacity of 10 MW or more, and

iii. all other generators that offer into the market and grid connected loads must notify all outages resulting in a capacity reduction meeting the thresholds for updating bids and offers in the market

d. requires the asset owners described in paragraph (c) to notify any further outages if they consider the outage may impact system security or security of supply

e. requires that outages are notified in a manner and form reasonably specified by the system operator

f. clarifies the timing requirements for providing notice, including to make it clear that more than 12 months’ notice of an outage can be given, and

g. makes consequential amendments related to the above.