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Transpower to rejig maintenance after flood damage
National grid operator Transpower intends to reschedule maintenance work in the South Island after weekend flooding took out one of the four lines it has crossing the Rangitata River between Timaru and Ashburton.Nine transmission towers on the firm’s 220-kilovolt circuit between...
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The sun and natural gas: Todd Corp's $3b 'clean' electricity play
Todd Corp is planning to spend $3 billion over the next 10 years in New Zealand on solar electricity, natural gas-fired power stations, and further developing its Taranaki gas fields. Two-thirds of that total will go to extracting more natural gas from Todd's Mangahewa onshore Ta...
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Z says ComCom wrong on fuel company profits
The Commerce Commission’s views on profitability in the retail fuel sector would be “materially different” if they had looked at current earnings, Z Energy chief executive Mike Bennetts says.Margins in the industry have fallen materially from even a year ago and the picture today...
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KiwiRail eyes threat of rising diesel costs
KiwiRail is looking at alternative energy options for its rolling stock as new global shipping regulations threaten to push up the cost of diesel, according to chief executive Greg Miller.The state-owned enterprise faces higher diesel costs if global shipping regulations force sh...
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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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