New Zealand Legislation: Acts

17A Connected generation cap rule

• (1) The connected generation cap is breached by a person if—

  • (a) any of the person’s connected generation with a capacity greater than 5 MW in total (determined according to nameplate or nameplates) was commissioned before 20 May 2003; or

  • (b) the person’s connected generation has a total capacity (determined according to nameplate or nameplates) that exceeds the greater of—

    • (i) 50 MW; or

    • (ii) 20% of the average of the maximum demand, in the immediately preceding 3 financial years, on the local network area.

  (2) This section is subject to section 17B.

  Section 17A: inserted, on 14 October 2008, by section 10 of the Electricity Industry Reform Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 71).