Our fuel supply resilience remains critical to business operations across the economy and to social connections. The Government works closely with the fuel sector to ensure the fuel supply chain in New Zealand can manage domestic or international disruptions.

We carry out weekly monitoring of importer margins for regular petrol, premium petrol and automotive diesel. This data is updated weekly, using the previous week's data.

The Government is partnering with New Zealand Steel to deliver New Zealand’s largest emissions reduction project to date, with half of the coal being used at Glenbrook steel to be replaced with electricity to recycle scrap steel.

We’re responsible for advising the Government on energy efficiency policy for New Zealand and we are currently trialling a new renewable energy initiative that aims to improve energy affordability. EECA is responsible for implementing programmes to improve the energy efficiency of New Zealand homes and business.

Gas distributors may need to apply for gas operator status to perform certain activities in some areas.

In August 2020, the Government announced a new fund to trial renewable energy technologies on Māori and public housing. This is part of a suite of government initiatives to improve energy affordability and create warm, healthy and energy efficient homes.

The Government has responded to the recommendations proposed in the Electricity Price Review (EPR). MBIE is progressing a number of work streams to deliver on the response. Other agencies, particularly the Electricity Authority, also have a key role. Progress has been impacted by COVID-19 and associated resource constraints but all work streams are under way. This page sets out progress.

Detailed information on the geotechnical investigations for the local community.

Pumped hydro storage at Lake Onslow is one option being explored.

We are seeking feedback on a set of draft assumptions about the future state of the electricity system. These assumptions will be used to produce our regular Electricity Demand and Generation Scenarios (EDGS) publication.