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Energy hardship
There are many underlying, and often complex, causes of energy hardship and solutions need to address these issues across a number of fronts.
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The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) reports on energy hardship levels in Aotearoa New Zealand. These reports are available on the MBIE website.
MBIE's Energy Use Newsletter provides updates from the Energy Markets branch on issues relating to:
- household and community energy use
- energy affordability and hardship
- community renewable energy.
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Read previous issues of the Energy Use Newsletter
Several initiatives helping address energy hardship originate from the 2019 Electricity Price Review.
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Support for Energy Education in Communities Programme
The Support for Energy Education in Communities (SEEC) Programme is part of a suite of government initiatives to lift people out of energy hardship. The SEEC programme is now administered by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA).
Defining energy hardship
The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE) has developed a definition of energy hardship and a set of measures that are being used to monitor energy hardship over time.
Energy hardship expert panel and reference group
2 specialist groups were established in 2021 to support government in its work to alleviate energy hardship in New Zealand. The expert panel completed its work in July 2023 and the reference group’s term ended in December 2023.