Currently the government’s conflicting roles as an owner and regulator in energy markets is undermining New Zealanders’ ability to obtain energy at least cost. ACT would have the government divest its ownership of electricity generators and relax regulatory restrictions on the building of new generation capacity. In the non-electricity energy sector, ACT supports more openness to exploration and extraction of coal and oil,
sceptical towards state expenditure on education, for example in favour of study fees or private schools