'Corporate welfare' now means less cost later, says outgoing EECA boss

'Corporate welfare' now means less cost later, says outgoing EECA boss
Andrew Caseley has overseen a vast increase in EECA's budget and is now returning to Hawke's Bay. (Image: EECA)
Ian Llewellyn
Critics saying that decarbonisation funding is corporate welfare are missing the point about the need for speed in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, says the outgoing chief executive of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, Andrew Caseley.He is leaving the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) after more than six years of overseeing the growth in scale and breadth of the agency’s work.In the financial year beginning June 2017, EECA’s funding towards its initiatives and operations was $38.9 million. In...

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