Date Added: 14 Dec 2017 from BusinessNZ

The BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC) welcomes the announcement of a winter energy payment, which will help those Kiwis who find it difficult to pay their electricity bills.

Date Added: 16 Nov 2017 from BusinessNZ

Ranking ninth in the World Energy Council’s Energy Trilemma Index, New Zealand is the only non-European country in a top ten led by Denmark and including Germany and the UK. According to BusinessNZ Energy Council Chair, David Caygill, this high ranking demonstrates "a consistent approach to the pursuit of balanced energy polices” making New Zealand “well-placed to keep up the pace”.

Date Added: 3 Aug 2017 from BusinessNZ

The legislated low-user fixed charge has become a “middle-class subsidy” for electricity and needs to be scrapped or replaced, the country's political parties agree. Labour Party energy spokesperson Dr Megan Woods says the most vulnerable families in terms of energy poverty in her Wigram electorate office are not small households with solar panels, but “very large families”.“They are probably living in uninsulated rental accommodation and they're the ones not getting the benefit, so I absolutely don’t think it meets the needs that I think it needs to.”“It can be seen as a middle-class subsidy now.”

Date Added: 7 Apr 2017 from BusinessNZ

The BusinessNZ Energy Council (BEC) today released the second in its series of reports on energy scenarios to 2050. This report looks at the contribution the energy and transport sectors can make to emission reductions.