Energy hardship panel's work 'no longer under active consideration'

Energy hardship panel's work 'no longer under active consideration'
More than 100,000 households could not afford to heat their homes. (Image: NZME)
Ian Llewellyn
After years of work, the recommendations of the Energy Hardship Expert Panel are no longer under active consideration because of the change of government, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment says.The five-member panel was appointed in August 2021 to make recommendations on policy priorities and actions to alleviate energy hardship.The panel’s final report is dated July 2023, but MBIE said in documents on its website that the energy minister Megan Woods asked officials to “provide advice on the report to inf...

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