The Authority has granted and gazetted amendments to six exemptions relating to the requirements for providing automatic under-frequency load shedding. In September 2012 the Authority granted each of the six participants listed below an exemption from clause 8.19(5) of the Electricity Industry Participation Code 2010 (Code) and clauses 7(1), 7(8) and 7(9) of Technical Code B of Schedule 8.3 of the Code. The expiry date for each exemption has been extended to a date specified by the system operator in the extended reserve schedule under clause 8.54O of the Code.
- Norske Skog Tasman Limited - exemption No. 152, which applies to grid exit points KAW0112 and KAW0113
- Northpower Limited - exemption No. 153, which applies to BRB0331
- Winstone Pulp International Limited - exemption No. 154, which applies to TNG0111
- Pan Pac Forest Products Limited - exemption No. 155, which applies to WHI0111
- New Zealand Railways Corporation Limited - exemption No. 156, which applies to BPE0551, TNG0551, TMN0551 and HAM0551. This has also been amended to include two new grid exit points, PEN0251 and SWN0251.
- New Zealand Steel Limited - exemption No. 157, which applies to GLN0331 and GLN0332.
The Authority has published the full Gazette notices, including reasons for the approval of each, on the exemptions page of its website. The amendments come into force on 7 August 2014.
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