Climate Action LedgerTracking climate leadership · Aotearoa NZ
LL-006··Labour-led government (Greens confidence & supply)·legislation

ETS confidential reserve price (2021)

Win +1

What happened

Climate Change Response (Auction Price) Amendment Act 2021 added confidential reserve price floor for ETS auctions to prevent sales far below secondary market prices.

Why it matters

Reinforces ETS price signal and auction integrity.

Impact assessment

Technical but meaningful strengthening of carbon price floor mechanism.

Limitations: Effect depends on reserve price methodology (confidential).

Attribution

shared (high confidence) -Labour, Greens

Follow-on ETS market governance under Shaw.

Coalition period: Labour-led government (Greens confidence & supply) (17 October 2020 - 26 November 2023)

Categories

governancemitigation

Sources