Government seeks gas user list of 20 to transition off gas, as supply crunch intensifies

Government seeks gas user list of 20 to transition off gas, as supply crunch intensifies
In an email, gas users say a gas crunch will be harmful to the economy no matter what. (Image: Getty)
Dileepa Fonseka
Energy Minister Simon Watts has asked gas users to nominate about 20 businesses that could transition off natural gas, as supply tightens and spot prices spike.BusinessDesk can reveal Watts made this request during a meeting with a delegation of large and mid-sized gas users in late August. Details of the meeting, and suggestions from it, were included in an email between gas users leaked to BusinessDesk last week.According to the email, representatives of gas users in a range of industries, from materials to horticulture, met with Watts a...

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