The case for energy loans: read our latest explainer
Rewiring Aotearoa's Mike Casey writes in Newsroom about the Commerce Commission's recent draft decision on how much the electricity distribution businesses can spend in the next few years. "This $1.3 billion saving is actually a win for consumers and a step in the right direction for the energy sector. While the bills are still going up by 74 percent over the next five years, they’re not going up by as much as they could have. And if the rules change, households, farms and businesses with solar and batteries can reduce their energy bills even further."
Read moreDownload the document hereTo compare the running costs of EVs vs. petrol cars in a way that is accessible for everyday folks, we created an “equivalent fuel price” for EVs, in $/L, by taking into account the energy consumption and electric : petrol motor efficiency ratios. This allows for an apples-to-apples comparison against traditional fuel pump prices. Here's how we did it.
Read moreDownloadNewsroom's Marc Daalder talks to Rewiring research lead Josh Ellison about our growing solar uptake and the reasons for regional variations. As he writes: "One in 27 homes now has rooftop solar, with more than 73,000 registered systems in the latest data from the Electricity Authority, which runs to the end of 2025. That represents a 15 percent increase from 2024 and follows declining solar install prices."
Read moreDownloadFor Andrew Cranswick, operations manager at Tumu Timbers in Hastings, the calculation was pretty simple: solar costs had dropped by about a third since they last ooked at it, and power prices had gone up by about the same amount.
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