Energy sector grapples with fallout from low demand

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date October 11, 2020

A gradual retreat or withdrawal of major power users is raising questions about future power costs and long-term asset requirements.

Tory Whanau may have to sell Wellington mayoralty to make ends meet September 20, 2024
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Heartwarming: Thoughtful driver uses indicator to tell you what they’ve just done September 17, 2024
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NPC teams will now be allowed to actually use the Ranfurly Shield in play September 17, 2024
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National Party board denies it unanimously agreed to Collins’ Faustian bargain with Satan November 26, 2021
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Super Saturday recap: Patrick Gower doesn’t know what he’s supposed to do October 16, 2021
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Man City gloom deepens December 22, 2024
Morgan Rogers scores Aston Villa's second goal past Manchester City goalkeeper Stefan Ortega. Photo: Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith Manchester City have been on some extraordinary runs during their last four seasons of Premier League domination, but the one that continued with a 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa on Saturday has been scarcely believable.
Man City gloom deepens December 22, 2024
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Vanuatu quake: 80,000 estimated to be affected December 22, 2024
The priority is to enable Vanuatu citizens stranded outside the country to return home, and for visitors to the island nation to be able to leave. Photo: RNZ By Koroi Hawkins of RNZ Pacific The number of official deaths from a damaging quake in Vanuatu now stands at 12, as strong aftershocks continue.
Getting together to address the great offshore wind gap December 22, 2024
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Usyk retains crowns, Fury says judges wrong December 22, 2024
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Albania bans TikTok for a year December 21, 2024
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'Have a horrible holiday': Pet-sitter's message as owners watch dog die December 21, 2024
Winston, a bulldog that died shortly after being in the care of Judith Webby (inset), a woman with a chequered history, who also abused Winston's owners. Photo: Supplied / NZ Herald A woman banned from a popular house-sitting website has had a beloved family dog die on her watch and then abused its owners before […]
'Have a horrible holiday': Pet-sitter's message as owners watch dog die December 21, 2024
Winston, a bulldog that died shortly after being in the care of Judith Webby (inset), a woman with a chequered history, who also abused Winston's owners. Photo: Supplied / NZ Herald A woman banned from a popular house-sitting website has had a beloved family dog die on her watch and then abused its owners before […]

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