DEPARTMENT OF THE
PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET
TE TARI O TE PIRIMIA ME TE KOMITI MATUA
24 April 2018
Dr Terrence Loomis
[FYI request #7589 email]
Reference: OIA-2017 /18-0459
Dear Dr Loomis
Official Information Act request relating to fossil fuels
Thank you for your request made under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act),
received on 10 April 2018. You requested:
"On 22 March 2018, Stuff News published an opinion piece by the Prime Minister
titled 'We're already planning for fossil fuels transition.' In that piece Ms Ardern
stated "We have a
plan for weaning New Zealand off fossil fuels and it has a
timeline that stretches out nearly 30 years into the future. "
Under the Official Information Act, I would like to request a copy of the plan to
which the Prime Minister was referring.
If such a plan does not exist or is not ready for public release, I would like to
request copies of email correspondence, briefings and Cabinet papers regarding
the development of a plan to wean New Zealand off fossil fuels over the next
thirty years."
believe that the information you have requested is more closely connected to the
functions of the Minister of Energy and Resources, Hon Dr Megan Woods. Accordingly,
I have decided under section 14(b)(ii) of the Act to transfer your request to the Minister
of Energy and Resources.
Yours sincerely
K en Jones
Director, Office of the Chief Executive
Executive Wing, Parliament Buildings, Wellington,
� 64 4 817 9700 Facsimile 64 4 472 3181