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Tairāwhiti leaders plan locally owned renewable grids to combat soaring electricity bills
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If the plan goes ahead 230 people would lose their jobs.
Transpower decision due soon on hydro lake levels
Transpower will soon decide if generators can use more water from their hydro dams.
Poor hydro levels weigh on Mercury’s 2025 earnings outlook
Power company Mercury NZ says pressure on the electricity system will remain.
Earnings preview: NZ's big four power companies set to reveal all
Hydro lake levels and gas supply will feature in upcoming power company results.
Government told to reduce household gas usage to save industry
A Green building group warned there isn't enough gas for households and industry.
Alis Bouma: Finding alternatives to cars and capitalism
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Contact to go ahead with airport solar farm
Company pushes 'go' on $271 million solar project at Christchurch Airport.
Editorial: NZ's electricity sector needs mates
OPINION: The solution to New Zealand's power supply problems is not simple.
Opinion: Energy storage critical to NZ’s economic and climate future
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Letters: Culture a key part of New Zealand's Olympic success
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Letters: Labour isn’t to blame for NZ's looming power crisis
OPINION: 'This power crisis has its genesis in Max Bradford’s power reforms.'
Genesis says demand for new power options exceeds supply
85 megawatts (MW) of Huntly firming options have been secured by a number of participants.
Letters: Shot-putter Maddison-Lee Wesche defines Olympic spirit
OPINION: 'The All Blacks looked and played like a group of individuals.'
Heather du Plessis-Allan: We’re getting close to an energy crisis
OPINION: Our electricity prices last week were said to be the highest in the world.
Letters: ‘Banana’ maths and teaching teachers; use tech to blunt bullies
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Energy crisis: How to save money as power price spike looms for households
Wholesale electricity prices double in three weeks; residential users face bigger bills.
Electricity regulator steps in as Prime Energy defaults on payment to Manawa
The Electricity Authority is working with both companies on a 'managed resolution'.
Power price spike a threat to provincial economy, energy users' group says
Multiple mills have had to go offline in the last week due to high power prices.
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'Slow-motion train wreck': Power price warning for households as major users feel the crunch
'Slow-motion train wreck' in NZ's power market, an electricity company head says.
Power price spikes: Government calls for energy data
Associate energy minister Shane Jones accuses the power companies of profiteering.
Opinion: Power price pain remedy might already be at our feet
Opinion: Could superhot geothermal energy address the extreme power price increases?
Power prices double in three weeks; Government may intervene
Shane Jones says the Government is considering intervening to force lower prices.
Letters: Study history to improve our education standards
OPINION: 'All New Zealand children should have access to music education.'
Govt considering importing LNG as dire energy shortfall bites
Brown also called on Labour to form a bipartisan approach to restore confidence.
Market conditions may drive Manawa Energy earnings lower
Amid energy price concerns, company asks NZX to keep it on a trading halt.
Rising energy costs could force closure of Oji Fibre Solutions recycling plant
'Crazy outcome' could follow as high power prices blamed for plant's possible closure.
Major energy users grapple with very high power prices
Some major energy users say ruinous prices are making them lose faith in the Government.
Rob Rogers: Massive power price rises down the line unless we act now
OPINION: NZ could see power prices doubling, 1 in 5 Kiwis already can’t afford their bill.
‘Just an estimate’: $9k shock gas bill dropped on family
Contact Energy told the customer the bill was due to their gas usage being underestimated.
How a $448 million wind farm was nearly blown off course
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Two workers on collapsed Transpower pylon had ‘no formal training’
Almost 100,000 people - and businesses - were left without power on June 20.