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ECNZ: gold plated or robust?
One of the biggest arguments in favour of our failed electricity market reforms was the assertion that it was run by bureaucrats and engineers, and was thus gold plated. Flowing from that was the assertion that thus, we were paying far too much for our energy and that breaking it all up and letting business [...] read moreFebruary 5, 2009 10:18 am - 52 Comments -
Energy shakeup looming
The DomPost Business section leads with a discussion of what national is likely to do with the imminent shakeup of our energy sector. It amounts to privatisation by other means, and sets it for a complete government sell-off to foreign investors in 2011. (No-one else could afford the $12 billion asset!) Re-combining Mighty River Power, [...] read moreNovember 11, 2008 1:40 pm - 28 Comments
