The cash-poor state can do only so much to shore up its sinking coasts.

Meridian Energy is declaring a special dividend for shareholders in a sector where strong cashflows are not currently required for new investment.

Mercury, formerly known as Mighty River Power, has delivered a 2.3 percent lift in operating earnings and declared a special dividend.

US federal plan to preserve habitats and accommodate industry makes few happy.

There are signs that electricity demand may be starting to grow again after a long period of declne.

Wall Street rose to records as shares of Macy's and Kohl's rallied, while oil prices gained.

Auckland-based Mercury has swapped its Roman god logo for a bee.

Efficiency moves by industry deliver financial savings.

Trustpower may now have to pay nearly $15 million in tax and interest after losing a Supreme Court appeal.

Consumer prices rose less than expected in the June quarter as cheaper meat and domestic airfares offset a recovery in petrol prices

Combining solar panels and batteries would make homes fully self sufficient, but Powerwalls don't provide capacity to make it affordable.

The oil industry is fighting a generation gap.

COMMENT: The number of New Zealand households generating their own electricity from the sun climbed 77 per cent.

Switching power companies has hit a record and new figures show Kiwis could be better off if they change suppliers.

The New Zealand division of British Petroleum more than tripled net profit in 2015.

The New Zealand division of ExxonMobil narrowed its 2015 loss even as revenue dropped 15 per cent.

Helen Twose talks to three winners of this year's EECA Awards for energy efficiency.

Z Energy is confident of the savings it can make from the $785m acquisition of Chevron's Caltex and Challenge! chains.

Homes in west Auckland are without power after a car hit a transformer.

Energy Minister Simon Bridges says the abundance of renewable electricity has made New Zealand complacent about energy productivity.

Z Energy is about to open the country's first commercial scale biofuels plant in a bid to become part of the emissions solution.

A trust that helps sport to spread the energy saving message has won the top honours at the EECA Awards.

Entrants in the EECA energy awards saved or generated the equivalent of the annual energy use in New Plymouth during the past year.

Some power customers could be in for a nasty jolt if proposed changes to national electricity grid costs go ahead.

COMMENT: The Royal Society has called for urgent action in NZ on carbon emissions. But the transition to renewable energy won't be quick or easy.

The company said earnings had been impacted by the settlement of its dispute with Customs.

The former state owned enterprise will soon be known as Mercury.