An Alpine Fault earthquake could cut the West Coast from the main grid for many weeks.

Devonport residents face a day without power after car crash.

Power lines are down after a car has hit a power pole in Milford.

The Electricity Authority says 6170 homes have been disconnected in the last few months.

There are ways to save on your power without shivering through winter.

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Low inflows of water into the South Island's hydro lakes are expected to knock Contact.

Meridian Energy says the uptake of electric vehicles will not strain power generation.

Vector is starting a full roll-out of software that draws on artificial intelligence.

Further flaws were found in the Oakley Greenwood cost-benefit analysis.

The Green Party's new energy policy has been cautiously welcomed by business groups.

The Whakatane District Council has provided a full update on the area after Cyclone Cook.

Wellington Electricity has extended its unbroken run of losses under Hong Kong ownership.

A union is linking a linesman's injury to its call on Top Energy to halt its plan to lay off 17 workers.

Dutch researchers have found that electronic energy meters can be wildly inaccurate.

Gareth Morgan's The Opportunities Party would ban subsidies on fossil fuels, increase the price of carbon and overhaul energy efficiency efforts under a climate change policy launched this evening.

King Country residents are debating the future of the local power trust - which currently pumps more than $1 million a year back into the community Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Large electricity users with national operations are losing patience with local electricity line network owners' slow progress towards having common terms and conditions.

Some 50,000 Slingshot customers will be offered power to go along with their broadband this month as the company branches into new

Parts of the South Island have been hit by a major power cut.

Cheap oil and a wet spring kept wholesale prices low, offsetting better retail margins.

A solar powered electric vehicle charger is opened to the public in Tauranga and will provide free charging for the next year.

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Businesses in a small Northland town lost tens of thousands of dollars in revenue after a power cut lasted up to 54 hours.

The battle of what's being touted as a tax on the sun is heating up as an independent appeals authority prepares to review an Electricity Authority decision.

New Zealand's relatively flat demand for electricity continues to weigh on the electricity companies.

A tree has fallen and power lines are down on Queenstown-Glenorchy Rd, leaving the road blocked in both directions.

Power has been restored to hundreds of households across Auckland after wild weather wreaked havoc at the weekend.

Vector's making progress getting power back on to the remaining Auckland homes left in the dark since the weekend's stormy weather.

Power remains out in pockets across Auckland, from Orere Point in the east to Papakura in the south, according to Vector's website.