Solid Energy says it is solvent, but only just, and will need a new deal from its bankers to survive.

Wellington company Flick describes itself as "the first retailer to give NZers access to the wholesale price of power direct from the market the big guys buy electricity from".

Tesla Motors' new stationary-storage unit making battery packs will help founder Elon Musk expand beyond electric vehicles.

Expect a little bit of love from your power company this year but they're not betting on it being requited.

Electricity demand is edging up but strong competition is keeping a lid on prices and could push them down this year.

The electricity sector has attracted a lot of attention in the past couple of weeks, both in the business pages and within the investment community itself.

Kiwi energy company Powershop is expanding its Australian market before targeting Europe and Asia next year.

Vector, the Auckland gas and electricity distribution monopoly, is in discussions with the Commerce Commission.

Dunedin residents are angry after they lost power for eight hours a week earlier than expected - saying the power company's attitude to the mistake was 'cavalier'.

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.

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.

Mighty River Power, the first of the state-owned power companies to be partially privatised last year, will quit its geothermal investments in Chile and Germany, while sticking with its interests in....

An electrical engineer tasked with cutting power to a crash site where a man lay trapped inside his car, surrounded by power lines, did not call an operations centre for help despite being unable to find a substation for about an hour.

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.