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Electricity settlement win for 'wee guy'
He spent 18 months without power after his electricity supplier refused to reconnect him after a storm. Now he's won an out-of-court settlement - and an apology.
He spent 18 months without power after his electricity supplier refused to reconnect him after a storm. Now he's won an out-of-court settlement - and an apology.
Pakistan has been plunged into darkness after the breakdown of a key power transmission line in the southern part of the country.
Isis' vaunted exercise in state-building appears to be crumbling as living conditions deteriorate across the territories under its control.
The heartbroken mother of a man who died in a car crash while power lines prevented his rescue says she lies awake at night visualising his painful death.
A raft of new policies have been introduced in the wake of a fatal car crash in which a man died in front of rescuers eyes as they waited for power lines to be switched off.
Kim Campbell has organised a meeting this afternoon to discuss strategies to soften up Aucklanders for the sale of the remaining shares in lines company Vector to pay for new roads.
Pulse Energy reported a net loss of $9.99 million, or 2.9 cents per share, in the six months ended September 30.
Geothermal has pipped gas generation for the first time as more plants come on stream.
Power companies' margins on retail electricity tariffs are unsustainably high, says a new report on listed NZ electricity stocks.
New Zealand Carbon Farming, the country's largest supplier of post-1989 bulk carbon credits, is suing Mighty River Power for $34.7 million.
New Zealand producer input prices fell in the third quarter as lower farmgate milk prices reduced input costs for dairy manufacturers.
The unusual maneuver requires a level of cash and savvy that few mega-dealmakers could ever offer.
Call me a Luddite, but I don't want a "smart" electricity meter installed at home, and certainly not without my knowledge or consent.
Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are part of a growing number of firms that are entering into power purchase agreements with wind farms.
A city-wide blackout left Dunedin streets in the dark for half an hour last night, as concerns are raised about the reliability of the city's street lighting.
I am the household manager - in part, because the other half isn't interested in assuming the role and in part because I like to know what's going on.
Power cuts are a part of life and Aucklanders should get used to it, says Vector chairman Michael Stiassny.
Vector says compensation from this month's power cuts - which affected 85,000 customers - won't be discussed until the cause of the fire that sparked them was known.
Power companies face a ban on so-called "save" calls, where they ring a customer departing for a rival and try to entice them back with a better offer.
Homeowners who install solar panels to cut their power bills are pushing up prices for everyone else, lines companies say.
Up to 80 per cent of Auckland electricity customers have signed contracts that allow their hot water to be cut off - but many were unaware until the blackouts.
Some Auckland residents were without hot water until late this morning following yet another fault with Vector’s electricity network.
An investigation into the substation fire which cut power to tens of thousands of Aucklanders will be jointly carried out by Transpower and Vector.