First Gas floats shovel-ready project speedup in virus wake

First Gas floats shovel-ready project speedup in virus wake
Gavin Evans
Gas distributor First Gas is looking at whether it can bring forward some projects to contribute to a national pipeline of infrastructure work and to help provide engineering work in Taranaki. The company, with fellow gas distributors Powerco and Vector, today announced a payment deferral scheme for at least three months to help business customers on their networks through the short-term cash crunch caused by the covid-19 lockdown. Commercial and regulatory general manager Ben Gerritsen said the firm was also looking at what discretionary...

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