Transpower's refreshed board: what does it mean for electricity?
Energy

Pattrick Smellie: Transpower's refreshed board: what does it mean for electricity?

Helen Clark's former chief political adviser and former Meridian Energy CEO Keith Turner have turned up on the board of the national grid operator at a critical time for electricity policy.

Pattrick Smellie 13 Dec 2021
Tensions run high as electricity market reviewed
Energy

Tensions run high as electricity market reviewed

Meridian Energy threatened legal action against the sector regulator.

Ian Llewellyn 06 Dec 2021
Hydrogen plant granted fast track consent despite urea objections
Energy

Hydrogen plant granted fast track consent despite urea objections

Concerns about hydrogen being used to make urea and the visual impact of windfarms do not outweigh the benefits of a Taranaki project, a fast track consent committee ruled.

Ian Llewellyn 03 Dec 2021
Carbon price pushes towards $70
Energy

Carbon price pushes towards $70

The final carbon auction of the year has resulted in a clearing price of $68.

Oliver Lewis 01 Dec 2021


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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