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Question 4953 (2026)
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Scott Willis
List MP · Green Party
Question
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Will industrial users of electricity be required to pay the proposed electricity levy to fund Liquefied Natural Gas import terminal, if not, why not?
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Hon Simon Watts
Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister for Energy
Answer
Final decisions are yet to be made, but it is anticipated the levy would be applied in a similar way as the levy to recover costs associated with the Electricity Authority (i.e collected through the wholesale market). How the levy is then on-charged to end users will be up to participants in the electricity market.