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Opinion: Wholesale electricity prices – is more Govt intervention the solution or the problem?
OPINION: Spot prices have been at their highest level in the last decade.
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Editorial: NZ's electricity sector needs mates
OPINION: The solution to New Zealand's power supply problems is not simple.
Opinion: Energy storage critical to NZ’s economic and climate future
OPINION: This is a market failure, and one with serious implications.
Editorial: Price of supermarket fruit and vegetables at crisis point
OPINION: When a single tomato costs $3, something has got to give.
Methanex gas deal a sign of tough times for New Zealand industry
Methanol maker will bolster its profits through selling rather than using its gas supply.
Genesis says demand for new power options exceeds supply
85 megawatts (MW) of Huntly firming options have been secured by a number of participants.
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.
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.
'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.
Power prices double in three weeks; Government may intervene
Shane Jones says the Government is considering intervening to force lower prices.
Letters: Attacks on the Treaty of Waitangi akin to domestic abuse
OPINION: 'There has been no equal partnership between Māori and Pākehā.'
Gas shortage has energy industry and exporters in ‘distress’ - analyst
Supply is at a record low and prices are at record highs.
Tiwai Point to ramp down electricity usage to ease tight supply
Tightening gas supply and low lake levels have pushed wholesale power prices higher.
Opinion: 'An emotional discussion' - We need to know the size of NZ's energy hardship problem
OPINION: No one likes the idea of a family struggling to pay their power bill.
Grandson's 'teeth are chattering' in cold house as grandma has to choose between food or power
The woman chooses a warm meal over a warm house and says she can never have both.
Chasing green electrons: Why Rio Tinto went all-in on Tiwai Point
And what the future holds for the Southland plant.
Aotea Energy aims to revolutionise market with peer to peer sharing grid
Māori energy company wants to take whānau off the grid.
Opinion: Shocking statistic that should worry all New Zealanders
OPINION: New Herald series puts spotlight on those going without.
'It transformed our winter': How a new power company is changing lives
A warm-hearted power company uses surplus from regular customers to help others.
Letters: Power companies switch common decency for profit
OPINION: 'Is this a society that we can be proud of?'
'We used the pools for a hot shower': Families go months without power because of non-payment
Households choose between heating and cooking to keep the power on.
'Penalty for being poor': Advocates put heat on power firms to scrap disconnection fees
Advocates say disconnection from essential services as a way of debt collection is unjust.
Power bills pile on the pressure for households, small businesses
Most respondents in a new survey were worried about rising costs and network resilience.
Six ways to save on your power bill this winter
As the cold of winter sets in, you're likely being left with a growing power bill.
$15 more a month: ComCom gives green light for higher power charges
The regulator says it will let Transpower lift its transmission charges.
One thing households could do to save $1000-plus on power bills
Also under scrutiny are the creaky state of Kiwi appliances and our ageing vehicle fleet.
Higher power bills coming: Mercury increases prices, first-half profit falls
Mercury has warned of higher prices as it faces higher costs.
Make power bills simpler - and help us save money
OPINION: Consumers want to know they are on the right plan for their power usage.