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Heather du Plessis-Allan: We’re getting close to an energy crisis

OPINION: Our electricity prices last week were said to be the highest in the world.

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.

Markets with Madison: Power problems

Wholesale electricity prices are incredibly high – an analyst explains how the major power generation companies are handling it. Video / Alyse Wright

'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.

Power price spikes: Government calls for energy data

Associate energy minister Shane Jones accuses the power companies of profiteering.

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

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

Two workers on collapsed Transpower pylon had ‘no formal training’

Almost 100,000 people - and businesses - were left without power on June 20.

$260 coming to the pockets of power consumers in Hawke's Bay

It's a $20 increase from last year's dividend.

Letters: Attacks on the Treaty of Waitangi akin to domestic abuse

OPINION: 'There has been no equal partnership between Māori and Pākehā.'

NZ power system needs to change, says Vector boss

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

Transpower willing to provide some payment to Northland for power cut, MP says

Northland MP Grant McCallum had a productive meeting with Transpower about compensation.

'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.

Can the solar industry keep the lights on?

Financial Times: Global supply glut of panels hurts producers, helps installations.

Tiwai Point to ramp down electricity usage to ease tight supply

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