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Genesis says demand for new power options exceeds supply

85 megawatts (MW) of Huntly firming options have been secured by a number of participants.

Letters: Shot-putter Maddison-Lee Wesche defines Olympic spirit

OPINION: 'The All Blacks looked and played like a group of individuals.'

Letters: ‘Banana’ maths and teaching teachers; use tech to blunt bullies

OPINION: 'How many of our primary teachers have no formal qualifications in maths?'

Energy crisis: How to save money as power price spike looms for households

Wholesale electricity prices double in three weeks; residential users face bigger bills.

Electricity regulator steps in as Prime Energy defaults on payment to Manawa

The Electricity Authority is working with both companies on a 'managed resolution'.

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.

Opinion: Power price pain remedy might already be at our feet

Opinion: Could superhot geothermal energy address the extreme power price increases?

Gas shortage

The energy industry is in deep distress, searching for a solution to a nationwide gas shortage.

'Unclear, unkind and unreasonable': Scrap disconnection fees for power debt says lobby group

Petition against hefty fees to be presented to Electricity Authority this week.

Tiwai Point to ramp down electricity usage to ease tight supply

Tightening gas supply and low lake levels have pushed wholesale power prices higher.

What's behind the latest power price spike?

NZ wholesale power prices are sharply higher this winter.

More than 7000 properties without power in Tokoroa

The unplanned outage at 9.21am was caused by lines coming down on Baird Road.

Letters: Farewell to Norm Hewitt – rugby star and caring friend

OPINION: 'I only met Norm once whilst working as CEO of SPCA Auckland.'

'Disastrous during storms and crashes': Downer power workers face job cut proposal

Union says workers at nine depots across the North Island in talks over job future.

Grandson's 'teeth are chattering' in cold house as grandma has to choose between food or power

The woman chooses a warm meal over a warm house and says she can never have both.

Chasing green electrons: Why Rio Tinto went all-in on Tiwai Point

And what the future holds for the Southland plant.