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Improved transmission pricing may save $2.7 bln - Electricity Authority
By Gavin Evans July 23 (BusinessDesk) - Changes proposed to the way electricity transmission costs are shared could deliver about $2.7 billion in benefits to consumers during the next 30 years, the Electricity Authority says. The plan, which aims to charge consumers based o...
Infrastructure
Energy efficiency key to lowering cost of renewables push - EECA
By Gavin Evans July 18 (BusinessDesk) - A focus on energy efficiency will lower the cost of the country’s drive toward greater renewable energy use and may increase the scale of emission reductions achieved, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority says. Installing...
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First Union leading rivals for biggest average pay claims, says bargaining firm
By Pattrick Smellie July 18 (BusinessDesk) - Wage negotiations are becoming tougher, with the First Union leading the pack as it adopts more aggressive tactics to win higher than average wage settlements than competing unions, says Adelhelm & Associates in its 10th annual revi...
Finance
Jenny Ruth: COMMENT: RBNZ's key political omission in its bank capital proposals
By Jenny Ruth July 18 (BusinessDesk) - Motherhood and apple pie top most people’s lists of things that are unquestionably good. We don’t normally question the cost – many mothers would say, far too much! – but if the pie cost $5, that would look fair enough. But what if...
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