The Energy Minister's now claiming the money gathered to pay for building a new LNG import facility - is neither a levy nor a tax on consumers

The Government yesterday announced plans for the storage site, to maintain energy supply in dry years.

Fact-sheets at the announcement outlined a levy will be introduced to cover the infrastructure cost.

Minister Simon Watts was asked this morning whether that's really just a tax -- but says it's neither, as it's a net-benefit to households.

The facility's expected to save households about 50-dollars per year.