by DavidSpratt | Jul 31, 2019 | Energy
I lit my first fire at home for the year on the unusual date of May 31, just one day before the official beginning of winter. I live in the sunny north side of Auckland, but I would have expected to see my dog sleeping in front of the fire by around late April. There...
by chris | May 20, 2019 | Energy
The Government has set a target for New Zealand’s economy to be net-zero emissions by 2050. Does our current approach stack up? Methanex – adding 15% to national electricity demand? In a recent submission to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment...
by DavidSpratt | May 9, 2019 | Energy
When we look at New Zealand electricity prices, it is important to consider lines companies in the equation. The lines company or electricity distribution business (EDB) operates and maintains the transformers, power poles and copper wires that keep our local...
by DavidSpratt | May 1, 2019 | Energy
In 2009 a visiting expert on commodity studies from Stanford University, Professor Frank A Wolak, opined that each year New Zealand’s electricity consumers were paying around $700 per household more than they should. This figure also applied to the tens of thousands...
by DavidSpratt | Mar 4, 2019 | Energy
[Electricity] Demand has, year on year, been steadily rising. This trend is likely to continue, so don’t look for much relief from higher electricity prices in the near term. I recently talked to a businessperson who had signed up to an electricity contract that had...
by DavidSpratt | Feb 10, 2019 | Energy
Warning! Formidable Japanese electric vehicles (EVs) are coming to a dealer near you this year. After reviewing European and American EVs last year, I was offered the Mitsubishi XLS SUV plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) to test during my holiday break. The XLS...
