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System outage 5:30pm to 10:30pm Thursday 21 November 2019

Please be aware the NZETR will be unavailable between 5:30pm to 10:30pm Thursday 21 November 2019. This is a planned outage, required to make minor system changes to increase the user experience of the system. We are using a scheduled maintenance window to carry out this change.

Thank you for your feedback

Thank you to everyone who completed the survey. Below are some of the themes we heard, and what we’re doing to address them.

Understanding and navigating the Register

  • We’ve recently published a suite of new guides to help customers with the Register. We’ll also continue to update our guidance materials, so please check our website if you need any help. Our guides can be found at www.epa.govt.nz/ets-guides
  • We also heard many customers say they found the Register difficult to navigate. Without knowing which areas customers have trouble with it’s hard for us to fix things. We're interested to know if there are any terms or labels used within the Register that you find particularly unhelpful. If you're able to provide any examples it will help us to know where to focus our efforts. You can email us any specific Register feedback to emissionstrading@epa.govt.nz

Getting in touch with us

  • We received some feedback to say it’s taking longer than usual to get in touch with us. We’re sorry if you’ve had to wait longer than usual to speak to someone from our team.
  • We’ve put steps in place to address our wait times, including training additional staff to answer our calls. We’re also reviewing the ways customers can get in touch with us, to make sure we’re answering your enquires as soon as possible.

Reminders for upcoming deadlines

  • Our newsletters and email notifications are the best way to keep up to date with any upcoming deadlines. Please make sure you are receiving and reading these. If you are the sole Account Operator for an account, you may be the only person receiving these notices, so it’s important we’re sending them to the right email address.
  • We’re looking at options for adding automatic notifications for Industrial Allocation deadlines for the next reporting period.

Transferring units

  • We’ve recently published a guide to help customers transfer units. You can find this guide here www.epa.govt.nz/ets-guides
  • We make changes to the Register from time to time to improve its functionality. An upcoming change should make the process to transfer units and input 'transaction authorisation code's easier for our customers.

Kyoto Voluntary cancellation workflows available

After last week’s maintenance outage, Kyoto Voluntary cancellation workflows are once again able to be completed. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Annual ETS Reports have been published

The EPA publishes aggregated figures annually regarding ETS activities and surrenders. This report has been posted on the EPA website.

ETS security reminder

Your ETS register account should always remain secure. If you suspect that someone else knows your username or password, contact the EPA immediately and change your password.

Here’s some quick tips to keep your account secure

  • We recommend you regularly review your account to ensure the correct Account Operators, who are people who can do transactions, remain up-to-date (you can check this through the Register Public Reports)
  • If we ever phone you, we will always identify ourselves as from the EPA.
  • All EPA emails will come from an @epa.govt.nz email, or @emissionsregister.govt.nz address.
  • System generated emails do not contain any links for you to click on.
  • EPA staff will never ask you for your login details.
  • If you are unsure about the validity of any calls you receive regarding your NZETR Account you should hang up and call back on 0800 Climate (0800 254 628), Overseas callers:+64 3 962 27 08 (normal phone charges apply)

Want to help decide how we should tackle greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture?

The Government is holding a consultation on proposed options to reduce agricultural emissions from 16 July to 13 August.

The proposals - developed using advice from the Interim Climate Change Committee and conversations with leaders in the agricultural sector - are outlined on the consultation page at www.mfe.govt.nz/consultation/action-agricultural-emissions

A submissions form and FAQ are also available on this webpage, along with a schedule of public information sessions which are being held around the country. At these sessions you will be able to talk with officials about the consultation and ask questions.

Your feedback will help the Government make the best decisions and provide farmers with guidance and certainty on the way forward.

Addressing biological emissions from agriculture - which contribute nearly half of New Zealand's total emissions - is the next step in our response to the global climate challenge. It will help:

  • secure a sustainable, prosperous future for our primary sectors and this country
  • ensure we avoid the worst effects of climate change
  • enable a just transition to a low-emissions economy for all New Zealanders

    • Submissions Analysis on ETS forestry available

    MPI and Te Uru Rākau have released their Submissions Analysis for the 2018 forestry consultation on changes to New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme.

    Important information about the Fixed Price Option

    Participants with obligations or repayments arising from an amended return or default assessment are ineligible to use the Fixed Price Option (FPO), as per section 178A of the Climate Change Response Act 2002. Ministers have been informed, and until they make their decisions we cannot advise further. If you are unsure if you are eligible to meet an ETS obligation or repayment using the FPO please contact the EPA to discuss (0800 254 5628 or emissionstrading@epa.govt.nz), prior to the due date. If an FPO transaction is set up to meet an obligation or repayment which is not allowed under s178A the EPA will decline the application, and you will be required to surrender units.

    Keeping your login details safe

    The sharing of usernames and passwords to allow people to access accounts would be considered a breach of the terms and conditions of use of the Register and in that case we may then refuse access to, or suspend access to, the NZ Emissions Trading Register without prior warning.
    The Registrar takes the security and integrity of the NZ Emissions Trading Register extremely seriously and therefore cannot condone the sharing of login information under any circumstances. The Registrar also has a responsibility to the International community and would be in breach of the operational guidelines set out by the International Transaction Log of the UNFCCC.

    Have your say on proposed improvements to the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme

    The Ministry for the Environment has started the consultation process on improvements to the emissions Trading Scheme. Find out more about the proposed changes and make submission here.
    Submissions close on 21 September 2018.

    Annual Emissions Return: 'One for two' phase out

    A reminder that the 'one for two' phase out is happening in three stages, for the following reporting periods:

    • 2017 - 1 unit for each 1.5 whole tonnes of emissions
    • 2018 - 1 unit for each 1.2 whole tonnes of emissions
    • 2019 - 1 unit for each 1 whole tonne of emissions

    Equivalent changes apply so that recipients of Other Removal Activities entitlements receive a phased increase to their entitlement.

    There is no change to obligations for agriculture participants as they are not currently required to surrender New Zealand Units (NZUs) to account for their emissions.

    Second Forestry Mandatory Emissions Return Due

    The second Forestry Mandatory Emissions Return (MER) period for the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) ended on 31 December 2017.
    All participants that have registered post-1989 forest land in the ETS on this date are required to submit a MER between 1 January and 30 June 2018.
    This return will reconcile all units to be claimed or surrendered in the period 01/01/2013 to 31/12/2017.

    Further information can be found on MPI's website:

    https://www.mpi.govt.nz/growing-and-harvesting/forestry/forestry-in-the-emissions-trading-scheme/emissions-returns/

    Take a 3-minute tour of the new register

    We've created a video to help you see how the new register will work for you.

    It shows you how to login, and navigate through to do different tasks.

    Link https://vimeo.com/179691351

    Use the guides to help you navigate

    We've written three guides to help make it easy for you to use the New Zealand Emissions Trading Register.

    The NZETR has been designed to be intuitive, and guide people through the different tasks they need or want to do to take part in the Emissions Trading Scheme.

    If you get stuck, or want to have a little more information, the guides can help you.

    Check your browser

    The New Zealand Emissions Trading Register will work best with the latest version of the following browsers:

    How to get a new migration code to access the NZETR

    All the migration codes we sent to let people transfer to the new register have now expired.

    If you didn't use yours in time, you'll have to contact us on 0800 CLIMATE (0800 254 628) to get a new one emailed to you. When you call, select Option 2, and be prepared to answer some security questions to confirm your identity.

    Login as an 'existing user' if you were a user of the old register, the New Zealand Emissions Unit Register

    To login, go to www.emissionsregister.govt.nz and click on the RealMe login field.

    You will have two options from this window:

    1. login as an existing RealMe user if you already have a RealMe login
    2. Or 'create a RealMe login' if you haven't signed up for RealMe yet.

    When you've logged in using RealMe, you'll be taken to a new page to enter a few details to link your RealMe identity to your NZETR account.

    • You must login as an existing user. To do this: Enter your new migration code.
    • Enter the telephone number you listed for your NZEUR account. Don't put in any dashes or spaces for your phone number, just the digits.

    Note: Ignore the section for new users – this is for people who weren't users of the NZEUR (the old Register).

    Enjoy the new register

    When you've done this, you should have access to all your details. Take a moment to check everything works for you.

    Now you've logged in successfully with your new migration code, in future you'll only need your RealMe login.