Transport Minister Simon Bridges has bought two electric cars, and is trying to convince other National MPs to do the same.

Half of Delta's executive leadership team has jumped ship as fallout from the pole scandal continues to rock the Dunedin company.

The Commerce Commission has cut the rate of return that local electricity lines networks and national grid owner Transpower can charge in its latest decisions on monopoly network pricing.

Final repairs were made this morning to high voltage lines which were brought down when a light plane crashed, killing the two people on board.

It will be a dark and quiet night for some people in Manurewa, after a crash toppled a power pole and cut power.

Vector says the revamped grid proposals released this week change nothing of substance while introducing "huge risk" to the process.

Now that Gisborne is out of the unexpected chaos and back to the usual Christmas mayhem, locals are reflecting on how it all started. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

More than 40,000 Gisborne residents have been asked to prepare for eight hours without power again this Sunday.

Tairawhiti Police, Civil Defence and Eastland Network called a press conference today, with some good news. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

The Electricity Authority is softening its proposed reforms for national grid payments, but power prices would still rise for some regions.

Investigators will begin combing through the wreckage of a plane crash that killed two people and cut power to 20,000 homes in the Gisborne region.

Billing disputes are the main issue for utility customers but the number of those complaining about disconnections is growing.

A car has hit a power pole and broken it in two in South Auckland this morning.

There are calls to make the Far North self-sufficient for power, after the whole region blacked out for 12 hours yesterday.

A decision on whether the Department of Conservation will allow the Waitaha River power scheme will be made by mid-2017.

Over 32,000 Far North homes and businesses were without power for most of yesterday, and police are investigating whether the outage was sabotage.

Power has been restored to the Far North after a major outage earlier today.

Thousands of tourists arrived in the Bay of Islands this morning on the Celebrity Solstice cruise ship to be greeted by storm clouds and the power cut.

The Electricity Authority says consumers will save around $300 million a year following its decision to end power station subsidies.

The head of Genesis Energy wants to move his company to being an integrated energy management business but says this could expose it to overseas competition.

Submissions from all over New Zealand have poured in opposing Westpower's Waitaha River power scheme, forcing a four-day hearing in Hokitika next week.

First NZ Capital has raised its target price for Genesis Energy to $1.97 from $1.85, but has retained its neutral rating on the stock.

The revitalised board of struggling electricity producer New Zealand Windfarms is exploring ways to pay a maiden interim dividend.

Elon Musk, the man behind Tesla and SpaceX, has made a lot of enemies during his time in business.

A small island in American Samoa is making the switch from diesel generators to 100 per cent renewable energy.

Power was cut to more than 260 homes and businesses in west Auckland this morning.

Santa is not coming to Dunedin-based lines company Delta this year after chief executive Grady Cameron cancelled end-of-year function.

The arrival of electric vehicle company Tesla in New Zealand is expected to see the number of electric cars being sold here leap.

An accident along Whanganui's Mosston Rd which knocked out power to nearly 200 homes has prompted calls for a speed camera in the

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