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SYSTEM RULES

ENERGY CERTIFICATION ACTIVITIES IN NEW ZEALAND ARE GOVERNED BY THE NZECS SYSTEM RULES

Rules governing the certification of electricity production

Current rules version: 2.4 (Feb 2022).

 

Three key changes to the NZECS Rules:
Rule Change 1: Allow for an exception to the requirement that ICP details must be recorded.
Rule Change 2: Allow a Participant to redeem NZ-ECs for another energy consumer’s consumption.
Rule Change 3:  Allow a Participant to redeem a quantity of NZ-ECs greater than an Energy User's level of consumption – small over redemption allowed for transactional efficiency, large over redemption is 
still not permitted.

Previous rules versions:

Version 2.3 - Nov 2020

Version 2.2 - May 2020

Version 2.1 - July 2019

Version 1.1 - Sep 2018

Version 1.0 - May 2018

Current version: 2.4

Rules governing the certification of gas production

Current rules version: 1.0 (Sep 2021).

 

This rules set provides the basis for provision of gas certification in New Zealand. This is the preliminary rules version, to be developed over time in conjunction with industry stakeholders.

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Current version: 1.0

Assessment method for certification of gas production

You can find the method of assessment for renewable gas production for certificate issuance under the renewable gas page.

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