Proposed National Policy Statement for Renewable Electricity Generation

Appendix A: Preliminary Estimate of Costs

Table 1: Assumptions for the preliminary cost assessment

Regional Councils (12)	Unit rate	Assumptions
Training/upskilling/new staff	$75,000	0.5 FTE* per RC
Notify plan change/hearings	$300,000	per change (includes coastal plan if needed)
Consents / appeals	uncertain
Innovation	$10,000	per annum per RC for continued education / encouragement
Territorial Authorities (68)
Training/upskilling/new staff	N/A
Notify plan change/hearings	$150,000	per change
Consents / appeals	uncertain
Innovation	N/A
Unitary Authorities (5)
Training/upskilling/new staff	$75,000	0.5 FTE per UA
Notify plan change/hearings	$200,000	per change
Consents / appeals	uncertain
Innovation	$10,000	per annum per council
Central government
Guidance preparation	$210,000	1FTE plus standard QP cost
HVA methodology dev and testing	N/A	Removed from proposal
Workshops	$50,000	0.2FTE plus $20k for venue hire, travel, materials, etc.
Submitting on plans	uncertain
Generators (5)
Pre-consent preparation	uncertain
Consents/appeals	uncertain
Plan advocacy	$200,000	1 FTE per annum + $50k per plan for years 2 to 5. FTE’s for 5 main generators.
Local community stakeholders
Consents/appeals	uncertain
Plan advocacy	$20,000	$20k per plan for experts, submissions, etc.
NGOs
Plan advocacy	$20,000	$20k per plan for experts, submissions, etc.
* 1 FTE = $150,000

Table 2: Preliminary estimate of costs

		Year and cost ($m)
Stakeholder/cost source	Unit assumption	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Total

Regional Councils (12)
Training/upskilling/new staff	$75,000		$0.9	$0.9	$0.9	$0.9															$3.6
Notify plan change/hearings	$300,000			$1.8	$1.8																$3.6
Consents / appeals	uncertain																				$0
Sensitive areas assessment	N/A																				$0
Innovation	$10,000		$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.12	$0.12	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$2.2
Territorial Authorities (68)
Training/upskilling/new staff	N/A																				$0
Notify plan change/hearings	$150,000			$5.1	$5.1																$10.2
Consents / appeals	uncertain																				$0
Sensitive areas assessment	N/A																				$0
Innovation	N/A																				$0
Unitary Authorities (5)
Training/upskilling/new staff	$75,000		$0.4	$0.4	$0.4	$0.4															$1.5
Notify plan change/hearings	$200,000			$0.4	$0.6																$1.0
Consents / appeals	uncertain																				$0
Sensitive areas assessment	N/A																				$0
Innovation	$10,000		$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$01	$01	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.15	$0.1	$01	$01	$01	$0.1	$01	$0.9
		Year and cost ($m)
Stakeholder/cost source	Unit assumption	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Total
Central government
Guidance preparation	$210,000	$0.2																			$0.2
HVA methodology dev and testing	N/A
Workshops	$50,000	$0.1																			$0.1
Submitting on plans	uncertain																				$0
Generators (5)
Pre-consent preparation	uncertain																				$0
Consents/appeals	uncertain																				$0
Plan advocacy	$200,000		$1.9	$1.8	$1.8	$1.8															$7.3
Local community stakeholders
Consents/appeals	uncertain																				$0
Plan advocacy	$20,000		$0.4	$0.4	$0.4	$0.4															$1.7
NGOs
Plan advocacy	$20,000		$0.4	$0.4	$0.4	$0.4															$1.7
Total (undiscounted)		$0.3	$4.2	$11.4	$11.6	$4.1	$0.2	$0.2	$0.2	$0.2	$0.2	$0.2	$0.2	$0.2	$0.2	$0.2	$0.2	$0.2	$0.2	$02	$33.9

Discount rate	10.0%
Discount factor		0.91	0.83	0.75	0.68	0.62	0.56	0.51	0.47	0.42	0.39	0.35	0.32	0.29	0.26	0.24	0.22	0.20	0.18	0.16
Discounted cost		$0.3	$3.5	$8.6	$7.9	$2.5	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.1	$0.0	$0.0	$0.0	$0.0	$0.0	$0.0	$23.5m
Present value cost (20 years)	$23.5m

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