Pursuant to section 161D(1)(e) of the Climate Change Response Act 2002, I, The Honourable Simon Bridges,
Acting Minister for Climate Change Issues, give the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. Title and commencement-(1) This notice may be cited as the Call for the Provision of Electricity-Related Contracts (Aluminium Smelting) Notice 2012.
(2) This notice takes effect from and including 24 May 2012.
2. Interpretation-Unless the context otherwise requires:
Act means the Climate Change Response Act 2002.
aluminium smelting has the meaning given to it
in the Climate Change (Eligible Industrial Activities) Regulations 2010.
NZAS means the company registered as New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited.
Smelter means the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter owned and operated by NZAS, located at Tiwai Point near Invercargill.
3. Electricity-related contracts required to be provided-Provided NZAS is carrying out aluminium smelting at the date of this notice, NZAS must provide the Ministry for
the Environment, within 30 working days of the date of
this notice, with a copy of the following:
(a) The agreement dated 1 October 2007 and entered into between NZAS and Meridian Energy Limited
in relation to the Smelter’s electricity, for the
period beginning 1 January 2013, as amended or supplemented from time to time; and
(b) any information or explanation of matters relevant to the contract referred to in paragraph 3(1)(a) which will assist in a determination by the Minister of
an allocative baseline for NZAS pursuant to the
Act (for the avoidance of doubt, this information
may be provided in summary form in a newly created document rather than providing all source documentation for the calculations).
Dated at Wellington this 22nd day of May 2012.
HON SIMON BRIDGES, Acting Minister for Climate Change Issues.