NZ ETS unit limits and price control settings for 2023-2027

Our first advice on updating the NZ ETS unit limits and price control settings for the next five years (July 2022)

In July 2022, we provided the Minister of Climate Change with our first advice on updating the NZ ETS unit limits and price control settings for the next five years.

The full report and related documents are available via the links below. More information is available in our media release on this advice.

Full report

This advice is required under section 5ZOA of the Climate Change Response Act 2002. Read more about the NZ ETS and the Commission's role, or explore our other advice to Government on the NZ ETS.

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Technical annexes

Technical annex 1: Unit limit settings

Technical Annex 2: ENZ modelling

Technical Annex 3: Electricity market modelling and retail price estimates

Supplementary documents

Modelling on the distributional impacts of emissions pricing – a Treasury report

This document provides information on analysis undertaken by the Treasury for the Climate Change Commission on the distributional impacts of emissions pricing.

NZ ETS price control mechanisms - a review of issues

This document discusses the settings of the cost containment reserve and auction reserve price mechanisms, taking account of new information since their introduction, including significant changes in prices of New Zealand Units (NZUs) and recent events in which the CCR has been triggered.