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Notifying
Member: NEW ZEALAND
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and
7.2):
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Agency
responsible:
Energy Efficiency
and Conservation Authority
P.O. Box: 388
Wellington,
New Zealand
Phone: +64 4
470 2200
Email: star@eeca.govt.nz
Web:
http://www.eeca.govt.nz
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and
website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle
comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from
above:
TBT Enquiry
Point of New Zealand
Ministry of
Business, Innovation and Employment
Ph +64 4 896
5711
wto@standards.co.nz
www.mbie.govt.nz
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Notified
under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ],
other:
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Products
covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS
numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Electrical transformers, static converters (for example,
rectifiers) and inductors; parts thereof including HS 8504
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Title,
number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Equipment Energy Efficiency (E3) Consultation: Regulation Impact
Statement for
Consultation:
Distribution Transformers (October 2024); (99 page(s), in English)
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Description
of content: The notified
consultation document presents policy options to:
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Increase the
Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS).
·_
Widen the scope
for Distribution Transformers.
Three MEPS
levels are considered in the consultation document.
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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems
where applicable: The proposed
policy options for Distribution Transformers (DTs) for supply (sale, lease,
hire, or hire-purchase) will improve their energy efficiency and ensure that
inefficient products are not available for supply in New Zealand. DTs are
critical infrastructure components in the electricity grid, enabling voltage
changes between primary and secondary circuits. They typically lose less than
2% of the energy that passes through them, but as they are energised 24 hours
a day, even small increases in efficiency result in significant energy
savings.
The
proposed measures contribute to the New Zealand Government's action under the
first Emissions Reduction Plan to "Use energy efficiently, lower costs
and manage demand for energy" and will support achievement of emissions
targets under the Climate Change Response Act 2002 including net zero 2050.
It also aligns with New Zealand's commitment at COP28 to double energy
efficiency by 2030.
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Relevant
documents:
Equipment
Energy Efficiency (E3) Consultation: Regulation Impact Statement for
Consultation:
Distribution Transformers (October 2024, 99 pages) available for download at:
A Policy Framework for Hot Water Systems
in Australia and New Zealand - 12 November 2018
The Energy
Efficiency (Energy Using Products) Regulations 2002 (the Regulations) are
available at: Energy Efficiency (Energy Using Products)
Regulations 2002 (SR 2002/9) (as at 12 April 2022) Contents – New Zealand
Legislation
Standards
will be available from the Standards New Zealand website at: Home :: Standards New Zealand
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Proposed
date of adoption: The proposed
policy option (if progressed) will be incorporated into New Zealand
Regulation no earlier than 2025.
Proposed date of entry into force: The proposed policy option (if progressed) will come into force
in New Zealand Regulation no earlier than 2027.
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Final
date for comments: 60 days from
notification
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Texts available from: National enquiry
point [X] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website
addresses, if available, of other body:
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
P.O. Box: 388
Wellington, New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 470 2200
Email: star@eeca.govt.nz
Web: http://www.eeca.govt.nz
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