Pursuant to section 161D(1)(e) of the Climate Change Response Act 2002, I, The Honourable Simon Watts, Minister of Climate Change, give the following notice.

Notice

1. Title and commencement—

(1) This notice may be cited as the Call for the Provision of Electricity Contract Related Information (Aluminium Smelting) Notice 2024.

(2) This notice takes effect from and including 19 December 2024.

2. Interpretation—Unless the context otherwise requires:

aluminium smelting has the meaning given to it in regulation 7(3) of the Climate Change (Eligible Industrial Activities) Regulations 2010.

2021 amended electricity contract means the amended electricity related contract between New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited and Meridian Energy Limited dated 13 January 2021.

2024 electricity contracts means

1. the electricity related contract between New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited and Meridian Energy Limited dated 30 May 2024, and
2. the electricity related contract between New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited and Contact Energy Limited dated 30 May 2024, and
3. the electricity related contract between New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited and Mercury Energy Limited dated 30 May 2024.

NZAS means the company registered as New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited.

3. Electricity contract related information required to be provided—

(1) NZAS must provide the Ministry for the Environment, within 30 working days of the date of this notice, with the information specified in paragraphs 3(3)(a) to 3(3)(d) of this notice.

(2) NZAS must provide the information specified in paragraphs 3(3)(a) to 3(3)(d) in respect of the activity of aluminium smelting and for the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024.

NZAS must provide actual values for historic time periods where such information is known.

For time periods in the future, or where such actual information is not known, NZAS must provide its best estimate of the most likely values as at the date of this notice.

(3) NZAS must provide:

1. the total amount of electricity consumed (in GWh) by NZAS each month under NZAS’s 2021 amended electricity contract from 1 January 2024;
2. the total amount of electricity consumed (in GWh) by NZAS each month under NZAS’s 2024 electricity contracts from 1 January 2024;
3. the total amount of electricity consumed (in GWh) by NZAS each month that was purchased on the electricity spot market or purchased under any electricity supply contract other than the 2021 amended electricity contract or the 2024 electricity contracts;
4. any other changes to contract parameters relevant to determining the NZAS allocative baseline for 2024 and 2025, including whether NZAS has entered into any other electricity supply contracts whose term extends beyond two years from the date of this notice.

4. NZAS may provide any additional information that it believes will assist the Minister in making a determination.

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December 2024.

Hon SIMON WATTS, Minister of Climate Change.