Emergency services have contacted Vector to advise them of the issue which happened at around 7:30pm.

Contact's selling its Auckland power station to a property developer.

Aucklanders are cranking up the air con to cope with the rising heat and humidity this week, causing a spike in electricity usage, Transpower says.

An electricity data set shows all the recorded times animals have cut part of power grids around the world.

Former Contact Energy director Phil Pryke is an Australian prawn fisherman-turned-hippie, who washed up here in the mid-1970. Pattrick Smellie writes that he has never been far from controversy since.

Homeowners who suffered up to three days without power during a huge blackout will get just $50 each.

Vector has launched the first rapid electric vehicle chargers in downtown Auckland.

Executive Mark Binns says a new wind farm is one of the options on the table if Meridian can't convince Genesis to keep open two electricity plants.

People rushed to call friends, send texts, share moments on social media during and after the Rugby World Cup final yesterday morning.

Gusts up to 170km/h in the South Island, leave emergency services inundated with calls.

A startling slump in the price of aluminium on global markets is more than offsetting a 20 per cent fall in the New Zealand dollar against the greenback.

A man who was trapped in his crashed car beneath live wires for almost two hours probably would have died even if there wasn't a delay in treating him, a coroner has found.

This week, Small Business editor Caitlyn Sykes talks to business owners about their firms' governance structures.

Contact Energy is facing growing pressure from institutional investors over its governance structure.

Auckland households are set to get a bigger dividend payout from Vector next month.

Vector has posted a 2.8 percent gain in pretax earnings, beating its guidance

Mighty River will spring another 2.5 cents per share special dividend for shareholders, having already given 5c in December.

Profits and earning are up at Meridian Energy. And shareholders are in line for a special dividend.

It's been a tough year for Contact Energy, with profits falling 43 per cent. But CEO Dennis Barnes says improvements are expected across all parts of the business next year.

Of the 33 employees based at the site, 26 roles will be disestablished and seven employees will moved within the company.

Contact Energy's decision to close its Otahuhu power station is the latest in an industry-wide move away from gas.

It is not only Southlanders who can breathe a sigh of relief that the Tiwai Pt smelter received a stay of execution this week, writes Brian Fallow.

Genesis Energy announced its last two coal-burning electricity generators at Huntly Power Station will be shut down.

One in five Auckland households switched power companies last year, helping them save an average of $136 in the process.

Most consumers are happy with their power companies, says a Consumer magazine survey , but the bigger the company the less likely they are to be satisfied.

The price of power is helping drive down customer satisfaction with electricity retailers, according to Consumer New Zealand's latest annual survey.

More than half a billion dollars has been wiped off the value of NZX-listed electricity firms today.

Next Wednesday all eyes will be on the owners of the Tiwai Pt aluminium smelter to see if they give Meridian Energy notice they wish to terminate their contract.

Aucklanders are being warned they could face fines of up to $10,000 and daily penalties for not keeping their trees and other vegetation away from power lines.