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The Lines Company told to clean its act up

Company told to do better after 'concerning' power outages.

Country’s largest solar farm at Kaitāia switches on

More than 7700 homes can be powered by the new Kaitāia solar farm.

Meridian set to hike power prices by 6 per cent

Meridian will lift its power prices due to increased costs.

Meridian ups profit and dividend

The power generator and retailer has raised its first half profit and dividend.

Company results: Vector and Heartland report

Extreme weather increased Vector's expenditure.

Genesis first-half profit zapped after Huntly outage

Lower hydro inflows and gas turbine wobbles impact Genesis Energy.

Higher power bills coming: Mercury increases prices, first-half profit falls

Mercury has warned of higher prices as it faces higher costs.

Waikato Warehouse stores make switch to solar power

The Warehouse is using a quarter of the power produced by the solar farm.

Smart use of power is helping ease cost of living pressures

The aim of the Healthy Homes Program is to reduce power use by 30 to 40 per cent.

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.

$1000/year to drive your EV: Road user charges for electric vehicles from April

The other shoe has dropped. How it will work.

Govt-owned Genesis, Saudis and Canadians build $104m solar farm

Canterbury is first, Northland is likely to be next.

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.

Tesla dethroned as EV sales boomed in final month of Clean Car Discount

An industry boss wants clarity as EV owners get set to pay Road User Charges.

Why 2023 wasn't as bad as you think - 12 things that made the world better

Some really good things happened this year. Simon Wilson selects a few.