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Transmission Gully cost blows out to more than $1b
The cost of Transmission Gully – a four-lane, 27-kilometre motorway - may blow out to more than $1 billion after the New Zealand Transport Agency agreed to pay the contractor another $190.6 million.Contractor Wellington Gateway Partnership got about half as much as it wanted. It...
Law & Regulation
Decision near on electricity "saves and winbacks" ban
The Electricity Authority is about to release its final decisions on new rules governing what happens when a consumer decides to switch electricity suppliers."We will release the decisions in the next two weeks and then implementation will begin from March," EA chief executive Ja...
New heavy industry should not get ETS protection, says Upton
New Zealand is not an industrial economy and should resist offering support to new emissions-intensive businesses keen to establish here to take advantage of the country’s renewable energy resources, the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says.Under the emissions trad...
Policy
Renewables, nuclear flatten global energy emissions - IEA
Image credit: The Generator JudgeMild temperatures, increasing renewables and a recovery in nuclear generation saw global energy sector emissions flat-line last year, according to the International Energy Agency.It estimates energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were unchanged...
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Oliver Lewis won the local government reporting category at the 2023 Voyager Media Awards. He is part of our investigations unit and also covers infrastructure, housing and employment issues. Formerly with Stuff/The Press, Oliver has also written for the Guardian and North & South.
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