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Company results: Contact's profit increases, Freightways’ earnings slump

Contact expects a more generous electricity deal to be finalised with Tiwai Point.

Redclyffe switched on, but what's the future?

Transpower expects to reveal the future of the Redclyffe station within two months.

El Niño fails to dent NZ dairy, power production

Much of the country remains green despite the onset of El Niño.

Piped gas network heading for ‘death spiral’

A recent report shows how gas prices will rise significantly in the next decade.

Whanganui council's $3.4m plan to turn faeces into fuel

The $40m wastewater treatment plant became fully operational in February 2019.

EV owners: RUCs will cost us twice what petrol car owners pay in fuel tax

EV owners are happy to pay road user charges but say it works out double the petrol tax.

Power restored after cut hit Napier CBD as thousands of cruise passengers arrived

The power outage lasted for more than an hour at a 'peak' time for shops and eateries.

2023 a good year for NZ's renewable energy projects

Demand for electricity is increasing, so how are we coping?

Power move: Whanganui woman saves Rugby World Cup viewing

'We were all annoyed about the timing but Val was the one who got on the phone.'

Power from the people: Councillor's ambitious solar scheme 'can’t focus on social needs'

People with the largest roofs and most sunshine hours would get priority.

High voltage: Man frustrated with stock trucks moved fence and network power wires outside house

The man would have been handling live wires if the power had been turned back on.

Burning issue: Incinerator proposal sparks record number of submissions

The Waipā District Council says the number of submissions was the highest ever received.

Genesis Energy board, CEO quizzed on soggy share price

Relative underperformance of share price put down to usage of fossil fuels.

Decision time: Anna Lorck fears general election muddies Unison ownership review

Trustees’ term is up, but that election will now take place in 2024.

What non-Tesla owners will pay to use Tesla's charging network in NZ

Tesla operates 30 chargers around New Zealand.

The $360 payout: Are you in line?

It is New Zealand’s largest dividend payout, with more than $2b paid out since 1994.