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Lines companies are watering down the new incentives they must pay out for households that supply power to the network at peak times through solar and battery systems, jeopardising the effectiveness of the scheme, advocates say. Last week, Newsroom reported that most retailers are not passing on the full value of these peak-time battery rebates from lines companies to consumers, raising concerns the policy won’t have its intended impact. Rewiring's Josh Ellison says "it is clear tipping the scales on behalf of their own profit incentive.”

Once you've electrified your own life, we suggest you electrify someone else's life. Mike Casey has managed to convince a lot of people to do that, including his parents, but his dad Simon Casey has taken things up a notch recently by buying 648 panels for his lifestyle block in the Wairarapa.

We're really trucking along this week as Foodstuffs goes electric; Etrucks' Ross Linton crunches the numbers with the current prices and says there's never been a better time to get an electric truck; the New Zealand Trucking Association says we should be running on New Zealand-made energy; Australia - the world's biggest importer of diesel - sees demand for electric trucks rise as price parity is reached and shows that electric long-distance freight is possible; legacy automakers are seeing this fuel crisis as existential (and Mike Casey picked the petrol car hot potato scenario last year); dirty ol' diesel generators might be on the outer as battery solutions for festivals and conferences come into play; a potential cultural tipping point as Daniel Craig backs luxury Chinese EV brand Denza; and you've heard of Ranger Anxiety but how about Ramxiety?