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Push to give lines maintenance vehicles priority status
Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown (National) has drafted a private members’ bill to allow lines company vehicles to use flashing lights, requiring traffic to give them priority when responding to electrical emergencies.
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Answering the Climate Change Minister's electric vehicle challenge
Greens co-leader and Minister for Climate Change, James Shaw, met with the ENA and one of his parting questions was around lines networks' capability to cope with the possibility of a rapidly accelerating uptake of electric vehicles.
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Latest ENA consumer reference panel tackles pricing reform
ENA’s third consumer reference panel was held in Wellington recently, and following the Electricity Price Review’s release, was able to focus meaningfully on price reform proposals.
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Energy hardship to be targeted
A cross-sector energy hardship group will be established by the government to help ensure “energy hardship initiatives are well-considered, carefully co-ordinated and properly implemented”.
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Consumers to be given louder voice by government
The Government has accepted the Electricity Price Review’s recommendation to set up an electricity consumer advocacy council, as supported by ENA in its submission.
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Anger at Government’s Westpower decision
There is huge disappointment over the government’s decision to decline Westpower's application to build a run-of-river (ie. no dam) hydro scheme.
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Award winning lines companies
The Counties Power team receiving the award en-masse for Network Initiative of the Year at the Deloitte Energy Excellence Awards last month for their "Putting the smarts in" scalable customer restoration project.
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A consumer's perspective of new electricity technologies in the home
A consumer in Wellington explains his home energy setup: electric vehicle, solar panels and battery technology.
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Government response to Interim Climate Change Committee Report
The Electricity Networks Association (ENA) is welcoming the Government’s response to the Interim Climate Change Committee (ICCC) Report released today.
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Common competency framework introduced for technical lines staff
A Common Competency Framework (CCF) has been developed by the ENA for use by its members.
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