Exemptions from the Code for 2025

This year, the Electricity Authority Te Mana Hiko approved 11 exemptions and three exemption amendments from obligations in the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (Code).

An exemption provides a participant with release from an obligation in the Code for a specified period.

The Authority may grant an industry participant with an individual exemption from the Code, under certain circumstances.

All exemption requests are assessed on an individual case by case basis. We have the power to grant exemptions to the Code on any terms or conditions that we consider are reasonably necessary.

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Exemptions

1. Kakariki Power Limited, Exemption No. 351, from the requirement to hold certification and submit audits under Part 16A of the Code.
   
2. Liberta Systems Limited, Exemption No. 353, from the requirement to hold certification under Part 15 of the Code.
   
3. Nelson Electricity Limited, Exemption No. 354, from the requirement to ensure there is one or more metering installations for a network supply point that is not a point of connection to the grid and that all electricity conveyed is quantified in accordance with the Code.
   
4. Meridian Energy Limited, Exemption No. 356, from a small subset of requirements in the Retail Market Monitoring Notice provisions published by the Authority for the FLCK (Flick Electric Limited) participation identifier.
   
5. Counties Energy Limited, Exemption No. 357, to enable it to participate in a multiple trading trial.
   
6. Counties Energy Limited, Exemption No. 358, to enable it to participate in a multiple trading trial.
   
7. Paua to the People Limited, Exemption No. 359, to enable it to participate in a multiple trading trial.
   
8. The Lines Company Limited, Exemption No. 361, from the requirement that the new price category code must not take effect earlier than two months after the date on which it is entered in the Authority’s registry.
   
9. Bluecurrent Assets NZ Limited, Exemption No. 362, from the requirement to ensure a metering installation configuration does not use subtraction to determine submission information for ICP 0000840407WE388.
   
10. Meridian Energy Limited, Exemption No. 363, from the requirement not to use subtraction to determine submission information for ICP 0000840407WE388.
    
11. Meridian Energy Limited, Exemption No. 364, from the requirement to maintain certification for each metering component and metering installation at NSP MAN2201MERIGG (Manapōuri).

Amendments to existing exemptions

1. Transpower New Zealand Limited, Exemption No. 321, amended to extend the expiry term.
   
2. WEL Network Limited and NewPower Energy Limited, Exemption No. 346, two amendments to an existing exemption from specific arm’s length rules in Part 6A of the Code.

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