http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Electricity headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:00:09 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/electricity/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=187 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/electricity/news/article.cfm?c_id=187&objectid=10632912&ref=rss New Zealand electricity generator Meridian Energy has entered a joint venture with AGL Energy of Australia to build the A$800 million ($1 billion) Macarthur Wind Farm in southwest Victoria. The wind farm is expected to deliver... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:20:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/electricity/news/article.cfm?c_id=187&objectid=10632724&ref=rss Power was restored yesterday evening after an outage affected people in the northern Auckland suburbs of Albany and Coatesville in the afternoon. A Vector spokeswoman said the cause of the power cut was being investigated but could... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/electricity/news/article.cfm?c_id=187&objectid=10632719&ref=rss The Government's proposals to rein in steep electricity price rises for domestic consumers won't work and may in fact have the opposite effect, says consumer advocate and Electricity Commission adviser Molly Melhuish.Parliament's... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/electricity/news/article.cfm?c_id=187&objectid=10632674&ref=rss Only once did laughter break out during the finance and expenditure select committee's three hours of hearings yesterday into the Government's plans to restructure the electricity industry.A former member of the Electricity Commission,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/electricity/news/article.cfm?c_id=187&objectid=10632410&ref=rss When digital television was launched at Te Papa two years ago, a curious thing happened. Most of the radio microphones in the building stopped working.Welcome to the world of spectrum realignment, as frequencies freed up by the... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/electricity/news/article.cfm?c_id=187&objectid=10632403&ref=rss A faulty signal was the cause of an electricity outage in the Queenstown region this morning, Transpower says.About 11,000 customers in the Wakatipu Basin were left without power for just over an hour when the fault occurred in... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:36:03 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/electricity/news/article.cfm?c_id=187&objectid=10632257&ref=rss SANTIAGO - A power failure plunged nearly the entire Chilean population into darkness yesterday, rattling a country already anxious after last month's 8.8-magnitude quake.The outage struck around nightfall and affected a 2000km... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/electricity/news/article.cfm?c_id=187&objectid=10631865&ref=rss Incorrect figures were used to calculate the increases in domestic electricity bills reported last Sunday.The correct price figures show that, based on the average national annual use of 9000kWh, the monthly increase for a domestic... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200