Reference: 250992
03 October 2025
Peter MacMillan
[FYI request #32391 email]
Dear Peter
Thank you for your Official Information Act request, received on 25 September 2025. You
requested:
These questions are asked of WorkSafe in its role as the Regulator for the Electricity Act.
Question 1: Are there levies collected from the generation and distribution of electricity
which are used by Worksafe?
Question 2: When was the last time and that levies were collected under the Electricity Act
which have been used or distributed by Worksafe ?
Question 3: At that time what was the total value of the levies over the last 5 years?
Question 4: What percentage of the levies were spent on operation and improvement of
the ‘demand site installations’ (ie that was not spent on generation, the electricity market,
transmission or distribution)?
WorkSafe believes that your request is more closely connected to the functions of the Ministry of
Business, Innovation and Employment. Accordingly, we have decided under section 14(b)(ii) of the
Official Information Act to transfer the request to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and
Employment.
Please note that the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment must decide on the request
as soon as practicable, and no later than 20 working days from receipt of this transfer
notification.
Yours sincerely
Rob Pope
Head of Inspectorate
PO Box 165, Wellington 6140