Roberts AngelaANGELA ROBERTS (Labour): It is with great pleasure I take a call on the third reading of the Gas (Information Disclosure and Penalties) Amendment Bill. I'd like to start by reassuring the member on the other side of the House—Joseph Mooney—that this Government is indeed doing a lot to invest in the future which is renewable. I'd like to invite the member to come to the wonderful part of the world that is South Taranaki and visit the Kapuni solar plant and the Waipipi Wind Farm. We don't just grow milk but we grow energy. We're really proud of that investment and we are really really pleased to see that it isn't all about a narrow idea of coal. It isn't just Kapuni and Waipipi but the significant investment that our world-leading energy sector is making in greengas. Gas is part of the future but it's green. I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge those who made submissions to the Economic Development Science and Innovation Committee. As I read through them I noted that they were thoughtful and helpful. The sector engaged in the issues that had been highlighted by the concerns around the outages with natural gas and it was a piece written by Firstgas that reminded us why these changes have been welcomed. Firstgas talked about consistent and timely information about production outages meaning that efficiencies for maintenance and planning and outages could be greater. So it is really great to have had the thoughtful engagement from the sector about how to make sure that the gas part of the energy sector is best looked after. There were some changes made in select committee as a result of submissions and the recommended change—it was an important one—will ensure that a failure of an industry participant to follow a Gas Rulings Panel order will continue to carry a criminal penalty. The down flow and the impact on so many consumers when things go wrong has been highlighted by members on the other side of the House and it is important that everyone involved in the industry plays their part to ensure that our energy provision in electricity is done in a manner that is not harmful to those who are using it. It will help to ensure that the appropriate incentives are in place for the industry to comply with the orders from the Gas Rulings Panel. This bill represents a step forward in improving the information that highlights the risk of critical gas shortages or the potential for significant price impacts and the impacts that have been highlighted for industries when it's released to the market which should improve the management of the situation. I'd just like to acknowledge again the progressive energy industry that is in Taranaki. The future is bright and it's lit by green gas and solar and wind. The future is definitely in the energy province as this Government proudly stands with the sector to take up these significant challenges to decarbonise and this bill does help with the small but important role that gas currently plays in the electricity market. I think the way that the sector engaged so sincerely with the challenges presented by the failures in the market to date in coming up with solutions which are complex shows the strength of the relationship between this Government and the energy sector. We've had tough times but there is a commitment to collaborate and build a world-class energy centre and I feel a great deal of satisfaction when I go past Waipipi and look at those blades in the wind—there's some advantages to being on the west coast of Taranaki. We look forward to our bright green energy future and of course this is why I am very very happy to commend this bill to the House.