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What's behind the latest power price spike?

NZ wholesale power prices are sharply higher this winter.

More than 7000 properties without power in Tokoroa

The unplanned outage at 9.21am was caused by lines coming down on Baird Road.

Some new houses so energy efficient, they must be cooled in winter, Minister says

Over-insulated? Penk says some people are taking extreme steps.

Letters: Farewell to Norm Hewitt – rugby star and caring friend

OPINION: 'I only met Norm once whilst working as CEO of SPCA Auckland.'

Watch: Inside NZ’s biggest fully electric bus depot

Kinetic says about 75% of Auckland's buses will be electric over the next 3-5 years.

Opinion: 'An emotional discussion' - We need to know the size of NZ's energy hardship problem

OPINION: No one likes the idea of a family struggling to pay their power bill.

'Disastrous during storms and crashes': Downer power workers face job cut proposal

Union says workers at nine depots across the North Island in talks over job future.

‘Unbelievably shortsighted’: Fury against Chris Penk on house energy efficiency review

Future generations would be sentenced to a life of cold housing, Andrew Eagles says.

'We used the pools for a hot shower': Families go months without power because of non-payment

Households choose between heating and cooking to keep the power on.

EV-etiquette: the do's and don'ts of how and when to charge your electric car

Ask before you plug in and don't hog the charging outlets, EV specialists say.

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

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

Power generation goes from 'nothing-to-see here' to having quite a few moving parts.

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

Financial Times: Energy-thirsty AI threatens tech giant’s ambition of reaching ‘net zero’.

Tiwai deal opens door for new power projects

Contact Energy has started its first battery project and says more will follow.