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The government is requiring the electricity industry to make new arrangements to manage wholesale electricity price risk caused by transmission line congestion...

International researchers are meeting at a workshop to establish research priorities for New Zealand to reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions

Dunedin North MP and Energy Minister Pete Hodgson took part today in the first installation of energy use monitoring equipment in a Dunedin house.

PowerSafe is a new industry and government initiative to improve electrical safety.

The Government is inviting applications for new petroleum exploration permits for five blocks covering 30,000 square kilometres of the onshore and offshore Canterbury Basin.

New Zealand is ready to ratify the Kyoto Protocol following the passage through Parliament last night of the Climate Change Response Bill

Associate Minister of Transport and Energy Harry Duynhoven drives in the EnergyWise Rally

New government policy is designed to enhance efficiency and reliability in gas production and transportation, and improve fairness for gas customers.

The Government will facilitate the negotiation of open access arrangements to the Maui gas pipeline

The Government will request the Commerce Commission to report on whether increased regulatory control should be introduced for gas pipelines

A link to the draft policy statement

A link to a Q&A on the government's review of policy on the gas industry.

A New Zealand Press Association report misrepresents the significance for New Zealand of some Italian research on a climate change issue.

One of the world's most influential independent centres for climate change policy development is looking at establishing a presence in New Zealand

New Zealand and the United States will increase cooperation on areas of mutual interest concerning climate change

Official joint statement from United States Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky and Pete Hodgson, Convenor of the New Zealand Government's Ministerial Group on Climate Change.

Pete Hodgson departs New Zealand for New Delhi to represent New Zealand in international climate change negotiations

Farm foresters' interests are well served by the government's climate change policy

The Government has confirmed a policy package on climate change

The government sets a target for growth in renewable energy

"National’s energy spokesperson Gerry Brownlee must stop making blatantly untruthful claims about New Zealand’s electricity supply situation ...

Electricity supply forecasts released today by industry consultant Bryan Leyland appear to err on the side of pessimism, according to an expert review ...

The National Party is scaremongering about New Zealand’s electricity needs.

A new report confirms that New Zealand has significant opportunities for renewable energy development