31020 (2023). Hon Dr Megan Woods to the Minister for Resources
Written Question
Published date: 24 Jan 2024
31020 (2023). Hon Dr Megan Woods to the Minister for Resources: What changes, if any, have been made to the Energy and natural resources section of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's website since he became the Minister of Resources?
Hon Shane Jones: Since becoming Minister of Resources, the changes listed below have been made by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to the Energy and natural resources section of their website.
• Updates to the Fuel price monitoring section as part of the Ministry’s weekly monitoring of importer margins for regular petrol, premium petrol and automotive diesel.
• Update of the infographic on the Electricity industry page to align with Ministry brand colours.
• Update to Energy hardship expert panel and reference group page noting group ran until December 2023, and the addition of a report advising on issues relating to wholesale and retail electricity market competition (the Ben Hamlin report).
• Proactive release of Electricity Authority Strategic Baseline Review and Electricity Authority Funding Options following Strategic Baseline Review.
• Release of Energy Quarterly New Zealand for the July-September 2023 quarter.
• Release of mining industry statistics for the calendar year of 2022.
• Updates to Consultation on advancing New Zealand’s energy transition and supporting pages to reflect close of consultation, number of submissions received and next steps.
• Reissue of the Hydrogen Economic Modelling Results report supporting the development of a Hydrogen Roadmap correcting errors that were identified in the model after the public consultation period.
• New subpage for Māori and Public Housing Renewable Energy Fund: Spotlight on completed projects.
• Updates to New Zealand energy sector greenhouse gas emissions data.