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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 hereRight across the political spectrum, people are realising that more New Zealand-made energy running through more efficient electric machines makes sense for the country. Going electric wins on economics, it wins on energy security and it wins on emissions. And that means everyone wins when we get off the imported energy roller coaster. We're already heading in that direction. But we need to, as Sir Peter Blake almost said, make the electric boat go faster.
Read moreDownloadElectric vehicles are increasingly pulling into New Zealand workshops - and mechanics need the right qualifications to work on them safely. High-voltage battery systems carry risks for untrained technicians, and as EVs become a larger share of the national fleet, workshops without qualified staff risk being left behind. Some vehicle manufacturers are also beginning to require demonstrated technician competency as a condition of warranty-related work - a trend that is expected to grow. Here's where the training is on offer.
Read moreDownloadSolar and storage on farms has been going off like a frog in a sock recently. And Federated Farmers has made it a big part of its election manifesto. While Wayne Langford recently missed out on a fourth term as president, he's a Bright Spark in our books for all the work he's done to get this issue on the political radar and help speed up adoption.
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