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Why power prices are rising and what to do about it
Author: Molly Melhuish
Category: Electricity Pricing
Created: 03:47 PM, Friday 18 March, 2011
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Market pricing of electricity began in 1991, and domestic power prices have risen faster than inflation, ever since. Prices will rise even faster under the Electricity Industry Act 2010, which creates new excuses for price hikes. It entrenches in law t
PowerPrice2LowforMeridian
Author: Molly Melhuish
Category: Electricity Pricing
Created: 09:19 AM, Friday 27 August, 2010
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Meridian Energy, having doubled its net profit to $184 million, says power prices are still too low. (Dominion Post 25 August, page C1). They say prices will have to rise to meet long-run energy costs.
Electricity move takes money out of your pocket
Author: Molly Melhuish
Category: Electricity Pricing
Created: 03:38 PM, Thursday 06 May, 2010
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DEUN considers that Government’s recent policy decisions will lead to higher, not lower, prices to consumers.
Price rises blamed on trivia: truth about policies
Author: Molly Melhuish
Category: Electricity Pricing
Created: 11:40 AM, Thursday 04 March, 2010
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Meridian Energy, in its prospectus on renewable energy shares warns that Government's recent decisions will make power prices rise. It quotes "a mandatory floor on spot prices during conservation campaigns." This is a complete red herring.