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Electricity Industry Act 2010

Electricity industry governance - Who does what - Industry participants and specified persons

7: Industry participants

You could also call this:

“This law explains who counts as part of the electricity industry”

This law explains who is considered an ‘industry participant’ in the electricity industry. You are an industry participant if you are:

A generator who makes electricity, Transpower (the company that manages the national grid), a distributor who delivers electricity to homes and businesses, or a retailer who sells electricity to customers.

You are also an industry participant if you own power lines, use electricity directly from the national grid, or generate electricity that goes into a network (even if you’re not a big generator).

If you buy electricity from the clearing manager or if you’re named in specific regulations, you’re also an industry participant.

The law also lists some service providers as industry participants. These include people who operate the market, provide or own metering equipment, offer ancillary services, run approved test houses, aggregate loads, trade electricity, or any other service provider named in regulations.

It’s important to know that the Authority (which oversees the electricity industry) is not usually considered an industry participant. They only count as one when they’re doing the job of a service provider.

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Part 2 Electricity industry governance
Who does what: Industry participants and specified persons

7Industry participants

  1. The following are industry participants for the purposes of this Act:

  2. a generator:
    1. Transpower:
      1. a distributor:
        1. a retailer:
          1. any other person who owns lines:
            1. a person who consumes electricity that is conveyed to the person directly from the national grid:
              1. a person, other than a generator, who generates electricity that is fed into a network:
                1. a person who buys electricity from the clearing manager:
                  1. any industry service provider identified in subsection (2):
                    1. any other person identified in regulations made under section 109(1)(ab).

                      1. The following industry service providers are industry participants:

                      2. a market operation service provider:
                        1. a metering equipment provider:
                          1. a metering equipment owner:
                            1. an ancillary service agent:
                              1. a person that operates an approved test house:
                                1. a load aggregator:
                                  1. a trader in electricity:
                                    1. any other industry service provider identified in regulations made under section 109(1)(a).

                                      1. The Authority is not an industry participant, except to the extent that it performs functions as an industry service provider.

                                      Compare
                                      • SR 2003/374 r 4
                                      Notes
                                      • Section 7(1)(j): inserted, on , by section 7(1) of the Electricity Industry Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 46).
                                      • Section 7(2)(h): amended, on , by section 7(2) of the Electricity Industry Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 46).