Around 3,000 Auckland homes are without power tonight as the wet weekend weather kicks in.

If you worry about the power your mobile phone uses when you leave it charging all night, relax.

An experienced power line worker was last night fighting for his life after being flung from a live transformer in Auckland.

Taking long showers and leaving the lights on are among the big reasons flatmates argue when it comes to electricity usage, says Canstar Blue in a new survey.

An estimated two-thirds of New Zealand homes do not meet global guidelines for healthy living.

A top US Government official visiting the country has praised New Zealand as a “great model” for other countries working to boost their renewable energy generation.

A massive electrical storm has left some Mt Eden and Balmoral residents and businesses without power this afternoon.

Solid Energy says it is solvent, but only just, and will need a new deal from its bankers to survive.

Wellington company Flick describes itself as "the first retailer to give NZers access to the wholesale price of power direct from the market the big guys buy electricity from".

Tesla Motors' new stationary-storage unit making battery packs will help founder Elon Musk expand beyond electric vehicles.

Expect a little bit of love from your power company this year but they're not betting on it being requited.

Electricity demand is edging up but strong competition is keeping a lid on prices and could push them down this year.

The electricity sector has attracted a lot of attention in the past couple of weeks, both in the business pages and within the investment community itself.

Kiwi energy company Powershop is expanding its Australian market before targeting Europe and Asia next year.

Vector, the Auckland gas and electricity distribution monopoly, is in discussions with the Commerce Commission.

Dunedin residents are angry after they lost power for eight hours a week earlier than expected - saying the power company's attitude to the mistake was 'cavalier'.

He spent 18 months without power after his electricity supplier refused to reconnect him after a storm. Now he's won an out-of-court settlement - and an apology.

Pakistan has been plunged into darkness after the breakdown of a key power transmission line in the southern part of the country.

Isis' vaunted exercise in state-building appears to be crumbling as living conditions deteriorate across the territories under its control.

The heartbroken mother of a man who died in a car crash while power lines prevented his rescue says she lies awake at night visualising his painful death.