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Brownlee can't promise power prices will drop
The Government is confident its shakeup of the electricity market will slow increases in power prices ... but it is making no promises about them coming down.
Power sector brought into line
The electricity sector is in for the most comprehensive overhaul since the late 1990s.
Brownlee delivers major electricity market shake-up
Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee says a big energy company shake-up is designed to give more power to consumers.
Power company shake up announced by Govt
The Government has unveiled a shake up of the state owned power companies in an attempt to get more competition into the electricity sector.
Contact gives the gas bill a New Year boost
Contact Energy is ringing in the New Year by increasing its gas prices for about 65,000 residential and business users.
Power restored to most of Timaru
Power is back on in most areas of Timaru after a major blackout when a substation caught fire this morning.
Contact, TrustPower warned over bid-rigging attempt
Contact Energy and TrustPower have been given formal warnings over a 2002 bid-rigging attempt during negotiations over buying a power station.
Substation fire causes power cut
A fire at a Timaru power substation has caused a city-wide power outage.
Cut cable silences Remuera phones
Around 750 homes in Remuera were left without landline phones.
Clean dream - a U.S energy transformation
Barack Obama has a vision of a fundamental US energy makeover, moving from fossil fuels such as coal and oil to renewable sources including solar and wind.