Home truths on gas supply from Amy Adams, Gas Industry Co chair

Home truths on gas supply from Amy Adams, Gas Industry Co chair
Mature fields’ gas are declining sharply. (Image: NZME)
Ian Llewellyn
Electricity generators have more alternatives than industrial users in New Zealand’s stressed gas market, Gas Industry Company chair Amy Adams says in the regulator’s annual report.Adams stops short of suggesting that the electricity sector pull back from snapping up restricted gas supplies, but spells out what the current situation means.“For several years, it has been clear that New Zealand was approaching a point where some demand would not be able to be met unless there was a significant increase in investment and new...

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