ACOT Code change implementation

Meridian has written to the Authority seeking clarification on the timing of the implementation of the avoided cost of transmission (ACOT) Code amendment of December 2016. The Authority has responded to Meridian, clarifying the matters that were the subject of Meridian’s letter.

Transpower requested an extension from 15 March 2017 to 21 April 2017 for it to provide a report to the Authority that identifies which existing distributed generation in the Lower South Island is required for Transpower to meet the grid reliability standards. The Authority has granted the extension.