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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.

'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.

Manawa Energy share price slumps after customer default

The power generator now faces a sharply lower earnings forecast for the 2025 year.

Power prices double in three weeks; Government may intervene

Shane Jones says the Government is considering intervening to force lower prices.

Govt considering importing LNG as dire energy shortfall bites

Brown also called on Labour to form a bipartisan approach to restore confidence.

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.

How a $448 million wind farm was nearly blown off course

From multiple cyclones to Covid lockdowns and cement gone wrong.

NZ power system needs to change, says Vector boss

Vector's Simon Mackenzie says the electricity reforms of the 1990s no longer apply.

Stock Takes: A new era for power utilities? And sharemarket winners and losers in Q2

Power generation goes from 'nothing-to-see here' to having quite a few moving parts.

Tiwai deal opens door for new power projects

Contact Energy has started its first battery project and says more will follow.

Contact teams up with Tesla to build grid-scale battery at Glenbrook

Contact's collab with Tesla will deliver a battery big enough to power 44,000 homes.

Expect higher generation costs: Genesis

Genesis says a lower gas supply will increase power generation costs.

Spark gets go-ahead for surf lagoon data centre

Auckland's data centre boom continues, with the Dairy Flat project given the green light.

Liam Dann: How will NZ drive economic growth in the next decade? Why mining won’t cut it

OPINION: The next wave of global economic growth will involve electricity, Liam Dann says.

Power problem: Growth of NZ data centres equivalent to demand from 200,000 homes

Data centres will put more pressure on already rising NZ power demand.

Lodestone Energy sets sights on Mackenzie Country

The company has plans for a solar farm on the high-country Haldon Station.