Best of Business Desk: End of golden weather for gentailers

Best of Business Desk: End of golden weather for gentailers
Investors reacted badly to Contact's latest news. (Image: Contact)
Ian Llewellyn
This article was originally published on July 16, 2024. Market events in recent times indicate investors may be starting to realise the golden run for major generator-retailers as cash cows with ever-increasing dividends may be coming to an end.Whether investors have yet accurately weighed up the pressures gentailers are facing is another matter.There seemed to be a general view that, with the long-term future of the country’s largest electricity user –  the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter –  settled, th...

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