Kia ora Spencer, 
 
Thank you for your request of 1 September 2025, under the Official
Information Act 1982, for the following information: 
 
Substantiation for EA website statements Please provide the documents and
data underlying EA statements that smart-meter RF exposures are “very low”
and that “the maximum exposure has been measured at one five-hundredth of
the allowed limit for New Zealand” (including who conducted the
measurements, methodology, dates, duty-cycle assumptions, distances, and
how NZS 2772.1:1999 or ICNIRP limits were applied).
 
Reports, assessments, measurements (2012–present) Copies of any reports,
memoranda, scientific assessments, measurements, or briefing notes
authored, commissioned, received, or reviewed by EA since 1 January 2012
concerning RF/EMF exposure from residential smart meters (including
cumulative/peak exposure, duty-cycle assumptions, comparisons with NZS
2772.1:1999/ICNIRP, cluster/banked meters, HAN traffic, and any
consideration of EHS).
 
Correspondence with ESR/PHF Science, MoH, MBIE, or WorkSafe (2012–present)
All correspondence (emails, letters, attachments) between EA and ESR/PHF
Science, the Ministry of Health, MBIE, or WorkSafe regarding:
a) smart-meter RF/EMF health risk, exposure estimates, or thresholds;
and/or
b) EA’s smart-meter FAQ/web content on RF exposure.
Note: ESR released two 2012 email threads where ESR’s NRL commented on
EA’s FAQ language and duty-cycle assumptions; please include all related
and subsequent threads, drafts, and attachments.
 
Internal drafting history of EA smart-meter FAQ/webpages (2012–present)
Internal notes, drafts, change logs, approvals, or review comments
concerning RF/EMF content on EA’s website, including references relied
upon (e.g., CCST 2011, EPRI, Richard Tell Associates) and any subsequent
updates or reviews.
 
We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in
any event no later than 29 September 2025, being 20 working days after the
day your request was received.  
 
If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of
an extension of that timeframe. 
 
If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me by emailing
[Electricity Authority request email].   
 
Ngâ mihi nui,
 
Alex Shearer (she/her)
Senior Ministerial Advisor
 
 
 
Level 7, AON Centre, 1 Willis Street
PO Box 10041, Wellington 6143, New Zealand
[1]www.ea.govt.nz
 
   
 

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Kia ora Spencer

 

Please see the attached response to your request under the Official
Information Act 1982 of 1 September 2025.

 

Ngā mihi nui,

 

Alex Shearer ([1]she/her)
Senior Ministerial Advisor

 

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Level 7, AON Centre, 1 Willis Street
PO Box 10041, Wellington 6143, New Zealand
[3]www.ea.govt.nz

 

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