What will ministers tell electricity bosses?
Energy Analysis

What will ministers tell electricity bosses?

The urge for electricity market reform is strong, but needs to solve the right problems.

Pattrick Smellie 11 Sep 2025
Watts to challenge gentailers on 2026 'energy security'
Energy

Watts to challenge gentailers on 2026 'energy security'

Minister for Energy Simon Watts spoke at the Climate Change & Business Conference.

Pattrick Smellie 10 Sep 2025
Transpower to spend $1.1b on Cook Strait link upgrade
Energy

Transpower to spend $1.1b on Cook Strait link upgrade

Transpower plans to spend $1.1 billion on upgrading the electricity link between the North and South Islands.The state-owned power grid operator said it had applied to the Commerce Commission for approval to invest in the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) link.The proposal inclu...

Staff reporters 09 Sep 2025
Contact Energy lodges fast-track application for windfarm
Energy

Contact Energy lodges fast-track application for windfarm

The Southland project was rejected under a different fast-track process six months ago.

Oliver Lewis 08 Sep 2025


Ian Llewellyn
Ian Llewellyn

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Ian is a journalist with more than 30 years' experience working in NZ and the UK. This has included radio, newspapers, and agencies with time also as a ministerial advisor and press secretary. Experience in the Press Gallery includes reporting for the Independent Business Weekly and more than 10 years with the New Zealand Press Association.

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