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Offshore renewable energy
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Enabling investment in offshore renewable energy discussion document
- Minister’s foreword
- Executive summary
- Chapter 1: Purpose of this consultation
- Chapter 2: Context
- Chapter 3: Why does the government need to enable feasibility activity now?
- Chapter 4: Proposals for managing feasibility activities
- Chapter 5: Māori involvement in the assessment of feasibility
- Chapter 6: Considerations for a permitting framework
- Chapter 7: Information on existing uses, interests, and values
- Annex 1: Location of interest maps
- Annex 2: Proposed resource management reforms
- Annex 3: International models for offshore renewable energy regulation
- Annex 4: Aotearoa New Zealand’s international obligations
- Annex 5: Mapping uses, interests, and values
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Summary of submissions: Developing a regulatory framework for offshore renewable energy
- Background
- Summary of submissions
- Chapter 4: Feasibility Permits
- Chapter 5: Commercial permits
- Chapter 6: Economics of the regime
- Chapter 7: Māori rights and interests and enabling iwi and hapū involvement
- Chapter 8: Interaction with the processes for environmental consents
- Chapter 9: Enabling transmission and other infrastructure
- Chapter 10: Decommissioning
- Chapter 11: Compliance
- Chapter 12: Other regulatory matters
- Annex 1: List of submitters
- Design of the offshore renewable energy regulatory regime
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Enabling investment in offshore renewable energy discussion document
Chapter 11: Compliance
Approximately 12 submitters commented on the issues relating to offences and penalties. However, the responses to this chapter generally contained minimal detail or reasoning behind the preferred positions.
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The discussion document sought feedback on regulatory design choices that could encourage compliance with the regime and whether a balanced approach informed by the VADE model would be best suited to achieving effective compliance outcomes.
Submitters generally agreed that the proposed VADE model was appropriate and emphasised the need for combination of proactive and reactive tools. Submitters noted that trust between all parties, transparency and an incremental approach to enforcement will be important. Several submitters noted the importance of a gradual move up the penalties ladder for serious breaches.
Some submitters expressed caution around the inclusion of permit revocation as a penalty – within this group, some suggested it should not be included at all, whereas others suggested it should be used only for serious breaches as a penalty of last resort. The concern amongst submitters appeared to be that it could significantly impact investment certainty and result in projects being abandoned. Submitters noted that in most instances the preference should be to remediate breaches.