2021-05-24 Chapter 10 of Regulatory Impact Analysis - Action for healthy waterways - Part II [pdf, 602 KB]
...have on energy markets, as it not possible to predict future regional council plan proposals or consenting decisions. As a general point, constraints on generating capacity can be expected to increase wholesale electricity prices or incentivise other forms of generation. Any such impact in relation directly to the Waikaremoana Scheme is likely to be marginal, given it generates 1- icantly lower relative to the five other schemes, and noting the risks highlighted above, we consider remov...