BusinessNZ believes significant elements of fire services should be funded out of general taxation, given the public good nature of much of what the fire service does. Funding via a fire insurance levy does not take account of those without fire insurance who impose unfunded costs on FENZ.
...Several proposed amendments create additional risk for decarbonisation projects which could lead to resources being invested in other jurisdictions with a lower risk profile, the BusinessNZ Energy Council says.
...The BusinessNZ Energy Council makes recommendation in response to the Market Development Advisory Group’s options paper on price discovery in a renewable based system.
...The BusinessNZ Energy Council recommends against the Government procuring and funding an NZU exchange as this could lead to market disruption and confer market power on the chosen operator.
...The BusinessNZ Energy Council recommends efficiency criteria and a competitive process for developing a regulatory framework for permitting and licensing offshore renewable energy.
...ExportNZ recommends that the NZ domestic regulation of therapeutic products should be aligned with the regulation of products produced for export as set by importing countries’ requirements, to avoid regulatory overload of NZ exporters having to comply with a double set of market authorisations.
...In its submission to the Ministry for Primary Industries ExportNZ recommends that market analysis and selection should be left to commercial businesses, with the Ministry of Primary retaining responsibility for its core regulatory functions.
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