[Introduction]
1. The Ministry of Economic Development (MED) supports the application of Mighty River Power Limited for resource consent to enable it to construct and operate a coal-fired power station at Ruakaka referred to as the Marsden B Power Station Re-powering Project, in light of its contribution to the national energy objective of enhanced security of supply, and as long as local environmental impacts can be appropriately avoided, remedied or mitigated.
2. The particular parts of the application MED supports
MED supports the application, to the extent that the Marsden B Power Station Re-powering Project contributes to the Government's objectives for the energy sector.
3. The reasons for making this submission are:
The Marsden B Power Station Re-powering Project is aligned with one of the government's key energy outcomes; to improve electricity security of supply.
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