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2010 News Articles
Electricity Authority Establishment
18 March 2010
The Electricity Authority Establishment Board has been set up with Dr Brent Layton appointed chairman.
Power prices to increase by 6pc
23 February 2010
Up to 17,000 King Country Energy customers will be hit by a 6 per cent increase to their power bills from April 1, the company citing rising wholesale electricity prices as the cause.
Electricity price hike to hit 17,000
22 February 2010
More than 17,000 Marlborough households will be affected when TrustPower increases its electricity prices by 4.3 per cent next month.
Contact to hike electricity rates
10 February 2010
Fancy paying even more for your power? Of course not – but that's the unwelcome reality for more than 12,000 residents and businesses in Invercargill and Bluff who face a 5 per cent hike in their electricity bills from March.
Electricity upgrade in pipeline
23 January 2010
Increasing demand for power in the lower Waitaki is forcing Transpower to upgrade the area's electricity supply.
2009 News Articles
NZX champions local electricity futures market
24 December 2009
NZX, the New Zealand stock exchange operator, says it is best placed to host a local electricity futures market and warns of the pitfalls of foreign ownership.
11 December 2009
OPINION: The reform of the electricity sector announced by the Government this week is the biggest since the creation of the present system in the early 1990s.
9 December 2009
A $15 million campaign will be launched telling households to switch power companies if they are fed up with their prices and power generators and retailers will be forced to compensate customers for dry-year power cuts and conservation campaigns under plans announced today.
Brownlee spills on Mokihinui hydro-electricity project
4 November 2009
Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee says reports of him saying the Mokihinui River dam will not go ahead are out of context, and he is not interfering with the planning process.
Electricity Commission backs changes
18 September 2009
The Electricity Commission supports proposed changes that will lead to its demise.
Electricity firm to sell broadband
31 August 2009
Electricity lines company Unison Networks is moving into the internet broadband business.
Electricity plan no surprise to Caygill
17 August 2009
The Electricity Commission's future looks uncertain, but chairman David Caygill seems relaxed about the Government's move to axe it.