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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?

Answered Question 4953 (2026)
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Scott Willis

List MP · Green Party

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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?

Answered by

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.