High wholesale power prices unsustainable: Contact boss
Energy

High wholesale power prices unsustainable: Contact boss

Contact warns of risks in market intervention.

Ian Llewellyn 17 Aug 2021
Contact Energy net profit jumps 50%
Energy

Contact Energy net profit jumps 50%

Contact returned to profitability comparable with 2019 after a weak 2020, boosted by high wholesale electricity prices and dry hydro conditions.

Pattrick Smellie 16 Aug 2021
Transpower's catastrophic calculations may have caused black outs
Energy Free Exclusive

Transpower's catastrophic calculations may have caused black outs

Electricity demand on 'Black Monday' was not based on actual demand needs, but a meaningless calculation based on annual consumption.

Ian Llewellyn 16 Aug 2021
Blackouts post-mortem shows demand control mistakes
Energy

Blackouts post-mortem shows demand control mistakes

An electricity regulator timeline explains what led to power cuts.

Ian Llewellyn 13 Aug 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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