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 June 2025.

The amendment amends Parts 1 and 11 of the Code as part of the Electricity Authority’s Code amendment omnibus number four to:

a. 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

b. clarify what electricity information is to be provided to consumers upon request.