electricity authority

Time to wake up to the Electricity Authority

Written By: advantage
Date published: - 46 comments

The Electricity Authority is planning hearings on proposals that will mean that Rio Tinto will save money on electricity charges but people living in Auckland and Northland will pay more.  Time to make your voices heard.

The free market’s inability to handle climate change

Written By: mickysavage
Date published: - 150 comments

Two recent events, one involving a WTO challenge to India’s subsidy for local Solar Panel manufacturers and the other the local review of New Zealand’s electricity grid suggest that the free market is not the best mechanism to use to create sustainable electricity supply.