New ideas for electricity price reform cheered - so far
Latest electricity reform ideas take some digesting, but mostly welcomed by sector.
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Contact Energy posts $276m profit on back of asset sales
Contact sold assets to simplify its business.
Mercury's $75m plan to squeeze more juice from Karapiro
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Hydrogen 'unlikely to be economic for industrial heat'
Hydrogen unlikely to be a cost-competitive option for heavy industry to reduce emissions.
Wild weather cuts power, whips up lake waves
Kaikōura and coastal Marlborough are now bearing the brunt of the wild weather.
Govt pumps another $11M into low-emissions transport projects
This will help to introduce another 31 low-emissions vehicles.
Govt and businesses to spend $11m on green transport projects
The Government is spending $4.3 million and businesses will stump up $7.3 million
Pump and go: Z Energy rolls out automated fuel payment
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Pāpāmoa pipeline purchase: First Gas faces prosecution
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Outrage over government spying on protest groups
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Power company boss lifts lid on industry 'dirty secrets'
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Thompson & Clark asked to 'monitor' Ngāti Ruanui
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Private equity strikes again with $270m Mercury metering deal
Private equity has struck again with a $270m deal to buy Mercury's metering business.
Guessing game: Kiwis rank 2nd in 10-question global quiz
We overestimate immigration and underestimate global warming.
Viewpoint NZ: Q&A with Santa and the Bay Sausage Rollers
Video news from around the regions. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Ten ComCom complaints about solar power company
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Kiwi virtual power plant will be world's largest
Virtual power plant will be the world's largest, solar business leader says.
Fuel-price probe: ComCom faces 'considerable pressure'
The Commence Minister said the market regulator is "no stranger to pressure"
Fonterra is beginning to turn its back on coal
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Neil Holdom: Gas can give us emissions-free power
COMMENT: Taranaki is being offered a scheme to use gas for emissions-free power.
Where NZ's going wrong with electric cars - expert
By taxing heavy polluting cars nearly half of car sales in Norway are electric.
Energy Mad choice: 3% of PaySauce or 100% of nothing
Energy Mad shareholders are set to vote on the company's future.
NZ joins power-play to advance PNG
Only 13 per cent of PNG has access to electricity but that will change.
Nanogirl: Sponging up lithium to power smartphones
COMMENT: Scientists are trying to find new sources for the valuable metal lithium.
Bryan Leyland: Electricity market is not conserving lakes
COMMENT: Electricity suppliers are not preparing for shortages next winter.
Stiassny fires parting shots at Rocket Lab, all-comers
Departing chairman takes aim at Entrust, the ComCom and even perceptions of Rocket Lab.
Oil prices plunging into bear territory
Slide gains momentum amid US-China trade worries and dampen energy demand.
Entrust flexes muscle and dumps Vector directors
Entrust has pulled support for two recently appointed Vector directors
Kiwis 'being ripped off': Independent power retailers urge action
Four independent power retailers have laid a joint complaint with the market regulator.
Nova Energy enters broadband market
Energy retailer Nova is making the move into the telecommunications space.
Trustpower warns of price risk: Retailers 'may face going out of business'
Generator says dry year could hammer unwary retailers.