Code amendments
Notice of the Electricity Industry Participation Code (Emergency Reserve) Amendment 2026
Downloads
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Electricity Industry Participation Code (Emergency Reserve) Amendment 2026 (pdf)13 January 2026, 8 pages
Related documents
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Emergency reserve scheme Code amendment - Decision paper13 January 2025, 52 pages
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Emergency reserve scheme Code amendment proposal - Consultation paper17 October 2025, 75 pages
Explanatory note
This amendment to the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (Code) comes into force on 1 March 2026.
The amendment amends Parts 1, 8, 12 and 13 of the Code to modify the framework for the provision of ancillary services to enable the procurement by the system operator of a new emergency reserve ancillary service. Emergency reserve is an ancillary service that provides access to generation capacity or load that can be used to minimise the electrical disconnection of demand in a grid emergency.
Legislative information
| Title | Notice of the Electricity Industry Participation Code (Emergency Reserve) Amendment 2026 |
|---|---|
| Principal or amendment | Amendment |
| Consolidated version | No |
| Empowering Act and provisions | Electricity Industry Act 2010, section 38 |
| Replacement empowering Act and provisions | Not applicable |
| Maker name | Electricity Authority |
| Administering agency | Electricity Authority |
| Date made | 12 January 2026 |
| Publication date | 13 January 2026 |
| Notification date | 13 January 2026 |
| Commencement date | 1 March 2026 |
| End date | Not applicable |
| Consolidation as at date | Not applicable |
| Related instruments | Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 |