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![Residents call Vector planned outage ‘reprehensible’ as Auckland temps plunge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Residents call Vector planned outage ‘reprehensible’ as Auckland temps plunge
Avondale residents will brave the chill without power as Auckland drops to 5C tonight.
!['The pain is ongoing': Businesses want power cut compensation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'The pain is ongoing': Businesses want power cut compensation
The power cut is causing ongoing damage to Northland's reputation, NorthChamber says.
![Stock Takes: A new era for power utilities? And sharemarket winners and losers in Q2](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Stock Takes: A new era for power utilities? And sharemarket winners and losers in Q2
Power generation goes from 'nothing-to-see here' to having quite a few moving parts.
![MBIE tips 81% rise in power demand by 2050](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
MBIE tips 81% rise in power demand by 2050
By 2035, it is expected 92.1% of NZ's electricity will be from renewable sources.
![Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges
Financial Times: Energy-thirsty AI threatens tech giant’s ambition of reaching ‘net zero’.
![Tiwai deal opens door for new power projects](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Tiwai deal opens door for new power projects
Contact Energy has started its first battery project and says more will follow.
![Contact teams up with Tesla to build grid-scale battery at Glenbrook](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Contact teams up with Tesla to build grid-scale battery at Glenbrook
Contact's collab with Tesla will deliver a battery big enough to power 44,000 homes.
![Spark gets go-ahead for surf lagoon data centre](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Spark gets go-ahead for surf lagoon data centre
Auckland's data centre boom continues, with the Dairy Flat project given the green light.
![Power bills pile on the pressure for households, small businesses](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Power bills pile on the pressure for households, small businesses
Most respondents in a new survey were worried about rising costs and network resilience.
![Northland outages: Auckland Mayor suggests bolt removal led to pylon fall](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Northland outages: Auckland Mayor suggests bolt removal led to pylon fall
'I am making this assessment well before any official investigation,' Brown wrote.
![Toppled pylon: More power supply restored, further outages not ruled out](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Toppled pylon: More power supply restored, further outages not ruled out
Northland is expected to get full power again today following Friday's pylon collapse.
![Liam Dann: How will NZ drive economic growth in the next decade? Why mining won’t cut it](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Liam Dann: How will NZ drive economic growth in the next decade? Why mining won’t cut it
OPINION: The next wave of global economic growth will involve electricity, Liam Dann says.
!['We’re sick to the eyeballs': Northland businesses angry with region's fragile infrastructure](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'We’re sick to the eyeballs': Northland businesses angry with region's fragile infrastructure
Thursday's power cut was estimated to cost $60m in another blow to struggling businesses.
![Kaitaia businesses forced to scramble for generators when power went off](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Kaitaia businesses forced to scramble for generators when power went off
Residents are frustrated Northland’s infrastructure failed them yet again.
!['Unacceptable': Energy Minister on fallen pylon that cut power for 100,000 Northlanders](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'Unacceptable': Energy Minister on fallen pylon that cut power for 100,000 Northlanders
Simeon Brown orders Electricity Authority review into pylon collapse.
![The $60 million cost of the Northland power cut](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
The $60 million cost of the Northland power cut
The bill highlights the impact of a region too often cut off in recent years.
![Lodestone Energy sets sights on Mackenzie Country](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Lodestone Energy sets sights on Mackenzie Country
The company has plans for a solar farm on the high-country Haldon Station.
![Editorial: Data centre deal shows potential future for New Zealand](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Editorial: Data centre deal shows potential future for New Zealand
OPINION: Could NZ's economic future lie in storing other country's data?
![Full investigation launched after major power outage in Northland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Full investigation launched after major power outage in Northland
Parts of Northland were without power after a pylon toppled near Wellsford.
![Northland 'grid emergency': Most homes should get power back tonight but no hot water](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Northland 'grid emergency': Most homes should get power back tonight but no hot water
'There will obviously be an investigation into the incident and what caused it.'
![Why Americans are not buying more EVs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Why Americans are not buying more EVs
Financial Times: Tariffs on Chinese imports could reduce competition and increase costs.