Five days to submit on oil and gas bill
Law & Regulation

Five days to submit on oil and gas bill

Those wishing to submit on the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill have until midnight next Tuesday to make a submission.The bill repeals the ban on new oil and exploration permits outside parts of onshore Taranaki and other changes, including altering the decommissioning liability reg...

Ian Llewellyn 26 Sep 2024
Public sector gas contract renewed, almost doubles in price
Energy

Public sector gas contract renewed, almost doubles in price

Genesis and unnamed player come to the rescue.

Ian Llewellyn 26 Sep 2024
Another Northland solar farm gains consent
News in Brief

Another Northland solar farm gains consent

Meridian Energy has been granted resource consent to build a 120 megawatt solar farm in Northland to operate alongside its grid-scale battery.The solar farm is Stage 2 of Meridian’s Ruakākā Energy Park, which includes a 100MW battery energy storage system that is at an advanced s...

Ian Llewellyn 25 Sep 2024
Transpower ignored warnings of failings that led to pylon falling
Energy

Transpower ignored warnings of failings that led to pylon falling

A warning in 2021 that contracted crews were not trained properly was not heeded.

Ian Llewellyn 25 Sep 2024