On the Money: The ComCom grinch, forecasting fumbles, the downward trajectory of just about everything

On the Money: The ComCom grinch, forecasting fumbles, the downward trajectory of just about everything
John Small is not Contact Energy's beardless Santa, but might be their Easter Bunny. (Image: Supplied)
Dileepa Fonseka
On the Money is our weekly newsletter of general frippery from the worlds of business and government.For Contact Energy boss Mike Fuge, the night before Christmas was set to be an exciting time.Come Christmas day, Contact was meant to have known whether it was on Santa's (aka Commerce Commission chair John Small) naughty or nice list and whether “Santa” would allow them a nice little self-bought gift of 100% of Manawa Energy. Instead, Small became the Grinch that stole Fuge’s Christmas, delaying a Commerce Commission...

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