One onshore petroleum exploration permit has today been granted through the Block Offer 2020 competitive tender process.

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.

This section is about our work to improve energy efficiency, including lowering greenhouse gas emissions and fostering growth in renewable energy.

The electricity industry is covered by generic legislation as well as acts and regulations specific to the sector.

This page provides information on the regulations covering the electricity industry and how they were developed.

EDGS explores potential future electricity demand, and the generation capacity needed to meet that demand, out to 2050.

We undertook a consultation over May and June 2023 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.

The gas market is governed by regulations and rules jointly developed by the Gas Industry Company and the government.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE) has developed a definition of energy hardship and an initial set of measures that will be used to monitor energy hardship over time.

On this page you can find the latest energy balance tables for New Zealand. These show how energy supply and demand by sector varies by energy fuel type.