Code amendments
Electricity Industry Participation Code Amendment (Generation Fault Ride Through) 2016
Downloads
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Electricity Industry Participation Code Amendment (Generation Fault Ride Through) 201624 November 2016, 5 pages
Related documents
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Generation fault ride through - Decision paper1 August 2016
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Generation fault ride through - Consultation paper1 August 2015, 149 pages
Explanatory note
This amendment to the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 ("Code") comes into force on 24 November 2016.
The amendment amends Parts 1 and 8 of the Code. The amendment requires asset owners to comply with fault ride through standards for generating units to ensure that assets remain stable and connected to the grid during transient system disturbances. This new obligation will improve reliable supply by the New Zealand electricity industry for the long-term benefit of consumers, which will promote the Authority's statutory objective.
Legislative information
| Title | Electricity Industry Participation Code Amendment (Generation Fault Ride Through) 2016 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 17 October 2016 |
| Notification date | 27 October 2016 |
| Commencement date | 24 November 2016 |
| End date | Not applicable |
| Consolidation as at date | Not applicable |
| Related instruments | Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 |