BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Market Monitoring Review of Structure, Conduct and Performance in the Wholesale Electricity Market since the Pohokura Outage in 2018 (‘the Information Paper’).

The BusinessNZ Energy Council (the ‘BEC’) is pleased to have the opportunity to provide feedback to the Electricity Authority on its Issues and Options paper ‘Inefficient Price Discrimination in the Wholesale Electricity Market - An Initial Response to the Wholesale Market Review’, published on 15 November 2021.

BusinessNZ and the BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC) welcome the opportunity to provide feedback to the Ministry for the Environment (referred to as ‘the Ministry’) on its emission reduction plan discussion document: ‘Te hau mārohi ki anamata – Transitioning to a lowemissions and climate-resilient future’ (referred to as ‘discussion document’).

Feedback to the Economic Development, Science and Innovation Select Committee on the Electricity Industry Amendment Bill.

Decarbonising our transport sector is an of the obvious way for New Zealand to reduce its energy emissions. With transport emissions one of the country’s fastest growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions we do not underestimate the challenges faced in moving to a net zero carbon economy. In principle, we support the introduction of a Clean Car Standard. However, we have some concerns about the currently proposed emission targets. The submission addresses some of those and proposes alternative targets.

A comparison of the Emission Reduction Plan Discussion Document vs BusinessNZ & BEC advice

BusinessNZ submission on reforming industrial allocation in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, published 17th of September.

BusinessNZ and BEC submission providing feedback on the Ministry for Environment (referred to as ‘the Ministry’) consultation document ‘Designing a governance framework for the NZ ETS’ (referred to as the ‘document’), published on 8 July 2021.

Submission by BusinessNZ and BEC to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment on the Proposed Regulations to support the Crown Minierals (Decommissioning and Other Matters) Amendment Bill

Submission by BusinessNZ and BEC to the Economic Development, Science and Innovation Select Committee on the CMA Decommissioning Amendments.