Smart Meters by 2017 Area Unit
Adam Ward made this Official Information request to Electricity Authority
Electricity Authority did not have the information requested.
From: Adam Ward
To Whom It May Concern
As per the information specified on the Electricity Authority Website:
https://www.ea.govt.nz/operations/retail...
it appears that the ICP Registry contains information upon whether or not each ICP in the country is monitored by a Smart Meter. I am aware that access to the ICP Registry is restricted for 'non-participants' in the electricity market. However, I would like to acquire a data set which specifies:
1. The number of ICPs within each 2017 Area Unit Boundary
2. The number of ICPs within each 2017 Area Unit Boundary which are monitored by a smart meter.
3. The number of ICPs within each 2017 Area Unit Boundary that relate to commercial enterprises.
N.B. I realize that the Electricity Authority may not hold data allowing it to answer part 3 of the above request.
Since the data requested will be aggregated to a 2017 Area Unit Level this does not violate any of the stipulations of the Privacy Act 1993 (https://www.privacy.org.nz/the-privacy-a...). In other words, using the data supplied it would not be possible to determine whether electricity consumption within any individual residence is monitored by a smart meter. Furthermore, such information pertaining to a given residence could easily be determined using an online search tool (e.g. https://www.electrickiwi.co.nz/).
Yours faithfully,
Dr Ward
From: Wai Rau
Electricity Authority
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Dear Adam
Thank you for your Official Information Act request received in this
office on 7 February 2019 requesting:
“A data set which specifies:
1. The number of ICPs within each 2017 Area Unit Boundary
2. The number of ICPs within each 2017 Area Unit Boundary which are
monitored by a smart meter.
3. The number of ICPs within each 2017 Area Unit Boundary that relate to
commercial enterprises.”
We will respond to you as soon as possible.
Kind Regards.
[1]cid:image001.jpg@01CF4744.F29D3150 Wai Rau
Legal & Compliance Officer
DDI +64 4 460 8876
Fax +64 4 460 8879
Email [2][email address]
Electricity Authority – Te Mana Hiko
Level 7, Harbour Tower, 2 Hunter Street
PO Box 10041
Wellington 6143
New Zealand
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From: Ben Goff
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Good afternoon Dr Ward
Please find the attached letter from the Authority’s Chief Executive in
response to your OIA request about smart meters by 2017 Area Unit.
Ngâ mihi
[1]cid:image001.jpg@01CDA7A7.51A29940 Ben Goff
Legal Counsel
DDI: +64 4 471 8637
Email: [2][email address]
Electricity Authority - Te Mana Hiko
Level 7, Harbour Tower, 2 Hunter Street
PO Box 10041
Wellington 6143
New Zealand
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From: Ben Goff
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Dear Dr Ward
You may not be able to open the file I sent you, which contains the
Authority’s response to your OIA request.
I have re-attached the letter in a file you will be able to open.
Nga mihi
Ben Goff
From: Ben Goff
Sent: Tuesday, 26 February 2019 5:06 PM
To: '[FOI #9532 email]'
Subject: Re: OIA request - Smart Meters by 2017 Area Unit
Good afternoon Dr Ward
Please find the attached letter from the Authority’s Chief Executive in
response to your OIA request about smart meters by 2017 Area Unit.
Ngâ mihi
[1]cid:image001.jpg@01CDA7A7.51A29940 Ben Goff
Legal Counsel
DDI: +64 4 471 8637
Email: [2][email address]
Electricity Authority - Te Mana Hiko
Level 7, Harbour Tower, 2 Hunter Street
PO Box 10041
Wellington 6143
New Zealand
[3]www.ea.govt.nz
[4]cid:image002.png@01CFF902.D96E77A0
[5]linkedin-icon [6]YT-small
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6. https://www.youtube.com/user/ElectricityNZ
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Nigel Jones left an annotation ()
You could try to ask for information split by network operator (Vector/Northpower/etc) which they should have, or alternatively see if they can further subset it by unique portions of ICPs which would/should split West/North Auckland from Central/South because of the old United Networks network (not sure if new ICPs include the UN portion). Would at least get you close to geographic districts.
You'd have to discard embedded networks (and maybe ask for that data to be removed for Privacy Act reasons).
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