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Minister of Energy Pete Hodgson says he is pleased the electricity industry is getting on with the job of setting up the new governance structure required by the Government's Power Package.

Energy Minister Pete Hodgson today released Cabinet papers on energy efficiency programmes designed to save taxpayers money and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Energy Minister Pete Hodgson today welcomed an assurance from the electricity industry that Auckland electricity supply security risks for the coming summer can probably be managed without significant disruption for consumers.

Former Governor-General Sir Paul Reeves has been appointed to the Independent Biotechnology Advisory Council (IBAC), Minister of Research, Science and Technology Pete Hodgson said today.

(Address to the IIR Power Package Electricity Reform Conference)

I want to talk today about the challenge laid down to the electricity industry by the Government's Power Package.

Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Pete Hodgson today released copies of documents relating to the development of the Government's proposed export credit guarantee scheme.

Minister of Energy Pete Hodgson today released the final version of a Government Policy Statement on the further development of New Zealand's electricity industry.

I move that the Electricity Industry Bill be now read for the first time.

The Government has tabled an Electricity Industry Bill at Parliament today that will give effect to the Power Package decisions announced in October.

Pete Hodgson, New Zealand's minister at the World Conference on Climate Change in The Hague, said today the failure of the conference to reach an agreement on implementing the Kyoto Protocol was disappointing but there was hope that more progress might

Pete Hodgson, New Zealand's minister at the World Conference on Climate Change in The Hague, says the negotiations have reached "the beginning of the endgame" but the prospects for an agreement are still uncertain.

Minister Pete Hodgson departs New Zealand on Friday for the World Conference on Climate Change in the Netherlands, followed by meetings on high-tech investment in Israel and the United States.

The Government is saving taxpayers' dollars and cutting greenhouse gas emissions by strengthening public sector leadership in energy efficiency, Energy Minister and Convenor of the Ministerial Group on Climate Change Pete Hodgson said today.

Motorists can slash their fuel costs by 10-20% a year with the help of a new driving tips brochure now available from service stations and the AA, says Energy Minister Pete Hodgson.

Public sector agencies are cutting CO2 emissions by 20,300 tonnes a year and slashing energy costs by $4 million annually, thanks to funding from a government energy efficiency loans scheme.

(Address to the Annual General Meeting of the Electricity Networks Association)

Thank you for inviting me to speak today.

The Government's new export credit guarantee scheme is expected to support exports of at least $100 million a year, Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Pete Hodgson said today.

(Address to a Greenhouse Policy Coalition seminar, Wellington Convention Centre.)

Minister of Energy Pete Hodgson has welcomed a report indicating that Auckland electricity supply security risks for the coming summer appear to have lessened.

Commercial trawling and Danish seine fishing vessels will be prohibited from operating within two nautical miles of shore in the Eastern Bay of Plenty, Fisheries Minister Pete Hodgson said today.

An Australian expert says New Zealand's management of orange roughy and other deepwater fisheries is the best in the world, despite mistakes with some orange roughy fisheries.

The new multi-million dollar Ericsson-Synergy Mobile Internet Applications Centre will be a major addition to New Zealand's growing high-tech sector, say Government ministers Pete Hodgson and Jim Anderton.

The Independent Biotechnology Advisory Council will focus its work in the upcoming year on human biotechnology issues, particularly their ethical and social policy implications, says Minister of Research, Science and Technology Pete Hodgson.

The Government has taken another important step towards its goal of ending all native forest logging on Crown-managed land, Minister of Forestry Pete Hodgson said today.