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MEDIA STATEMENT
National should get its electricity priorities sorted
Gerry Brownlee's ministerial advisory group on the electricity sector has an impossible task, thanks to the National Government's failure to provide basic answers on what it expects from the system, Labour's Energy spokesperson Charles Chauvel said today.
"Sustainability, affordability and security of supply must be the three key aims of any electricity sector," Charles Chauvel said.
"On the first point - sustainability – New Zealanders deserve to know if the Government is still committed to 90% renewable generation by 2025.
"If it isn't, then the inevitability of a world cost of carbon is going to mean that more fossil-fuelled generation will mean higher power bills.
"On the second point - affordability – New Zealanders deserve to know if the Government still intends to wring maximum profits out of the state-owned power generators.
"If they do, an ever-increasing price spiral lies ahead for consumers.
"On the third point - security of supply - it is clear that greater investment is required in generation and in transmission. These are strategic priorities for New Zealand and should be part of the Government's response to the current economic crisis.
"But New Zealand still awaits leadership from the Government in this area.
"The Government can appoint any number of committees to advise on the way the system should be structured. But until those basic questions are answered at a political level, the consumer can expect little progress on the issues that matter," Charles Chauvel said.
Contact: Charles Chauvel 021 557 964
<<PRChauvelElectricityApr01.doc>>
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Hon. Phil Goff
Leader of the Opposition
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