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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.

NZ global warming emissions creep up in first half of '23

Less reliance on coal, natural gas makes electricity generation star performer.

Thieves strip earth wires from live network

Thieves are making off with copper wire from live power network.

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.

Lives on the line: Copper thefts soar across region's electrical network

35 crucial power pole safety features found missing by lines company Unison.

Genesis Energy board, CEO quizzed on soggy share price

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

Australia’s richest person raises stake in lithium producer, threatening $7.1b takeover

Financial Times: Gina Rinehart company muscling in on major mine proposal.

Renewables race: The $30b electricity transition

Why NZ power companies are undertaking a once in a generation infrastructure programme.

Loss of Contact’s Stratford peaker will affect electricity market - analyst

One of Contact Energy's peakers will be out of action until 2025.

What the big power companies can teach NZ Inc

OPINION: The power companies have been a bright spot in the reporting season.

Eastland taps into NZGIF funding for geothermal project

The NZGIF will lend up to $25m to Eastland Generation for its geothermal project.

Meridian plans $3b spend-up on renewables

Meridian has lifted its annual operating profit and dividend.

Power unaffordability for whānau ‘unacceptable’, Energy Hardship Panel says

A total of 8000 homes have been disconnected in the past few years due to unaffordability.

What a deluge: High rainfall drives Genesis to record $523m earnings

The power company opted to keep its dividend steady in order to pay down debt.

Westpac to offer interest-free lending on EVs – but there’s a catch

Westpac has joined other NZ banks in offering loans for electric vehicles.