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What advice, briefings, reports, or any other document, if any, has the Minister received on the impacts on residential power bills of an LNG import terminal?

Answered Question 5974 (2026)
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Scott Willis

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • What advice, briefings, reports, or any other document, if any, has the Minister received on the impacts on residential power bills of an LNG import terminal?

Answered by

Hon Simon Watts

Member for North Shore · National Party · Minister for Energy

Answer

MBIE's analysis of the price impacts of importing LNG focused on the impact on the wholesale market, and is publicly available on the MBIE website. No additional analysis on residential bills has been undertaken, but MBIE estimates that the net effect for the average household would be an annual saving of $50 after accounting for the levy.