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Appendix A: Estimate of Costs

Table 12: Assumptions for the preliminary cost assessment

 

Unit rate

Assumptions

Regional councils (12)

   
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  
Sensitive areas assessment N/A Removed from proposal
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  
Sensitive areas assessment N/A Removed from proposal
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  
Sensitive areas assessment N/A Removed from proposal
Innovation $10,000 per annum per council
Central government    
Guidance preparation $210,000 1 FTE plus standard QP cost
HVA methodology dev and testing N/A Removed from proposal
Workshops $50,000 0.2 FTE plus $20,000 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 plus $50,000 per plan for years 2 to 5
FTEs for five main generators

Local community stakeholders

   
Consents/appeals uncertain  
Plan advocacy $20,000 $20,000 per plan for experts, submissions, etc

NGOs

   
Plan advocacy $20,000 $20,000 per plan for experts, submissions, etc

* 1 FTE = $150,000

Table 13: Estimate of costs ($ million) over 20 years following approval

Stakeholder/cost source

Unit assumption

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9

10

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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 
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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