Consultations

The Authority is consulting on amending the extended reserve Code obligations.

The intent of the amendment is to transition the North Island AUFLS scheme to the system operator’s proposed 4-block scheme and to make explicit the testing requirements for the AUFLS systems.

The proposal will  require North Island distributors to pro-actively engage with the system operator to transition their AUFLS systems to the 4-block scheme no later than June 2025.

This amendment will also re-state the AUFLS relay testing requirements removed from the Code in the 2016 Extended reserve Code amendment.

Exemptions currently held by a number of large consumers in the North Island will expire on 30 June 2022. Current exemption holders must either become compliant or successfully apply for an equivalence arrangement from the system operator ahead of their exemption expiration.

No change to the South Island AUFLS scheme or responsibility for provision is proposed.