Weather and economy weigh on power sector
Dry weather and a sluggish economy are the biggest challenges for New Zealand's electricity companies right now.
Dry weather and a sluggish economy are the biggest challenges for New Zealand's electricity companies right now.
Workshop aims to explore provider switch for Turangi residents.
Meridian Energy is not a private enterprise but in negotiation with Rio Tinto it must act like one. If it can get a better power price elsewhere, Tiwai smelter must go.
A tiny King Country town which depends on tourism could go off the national grid because of crippling lines charges for power.
Household power bills have risen by up to $316 this year, and lines companies and retailers are blaming each other for the increases.
Rio Tinto's attempt to renegotiate New Zealand's largest electricity contract, for its aluminium smelter at Bluff, comes as the company's chief executive warns of "difficult decisions" ahead.