Archive for October, 2009

Electricity Customer Management: Meridian Shutters Flagship Customer Experience IT Project

• Customer experience IT downgraded
• No business plan after $20m+
• Genesis well placed on CRM
Meridian Energy has put its flagship retail customer project on …

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NZ Carbon Offsets: Strong Interest In Carbon-Farming Forestry Grants

MAF reports strong uptake in the third round of its Afforestation Grant Scheme tender, with grants worth just over $4m granted to 42 projects …

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NZ Oil Search: Horizon Oil Expands Its NZ Interests

Following the success of recent drilling round the Maari field, Sydney-based Horizon Oil which has a 10% stake in Maari has decided to execute …

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NZ Mining Sector: Solid Energy Hits Record Profit Despite Global Slump

Don Elder, CEO at State owned Enterprise coal-miner and bio-fuels producer Solid Energy, struggled to hide his disappointment this week at announcing a record …

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NZ Conservation Minister: Green Movement Caught Napping By Minerals Debate?

Could it be that the Govt has stolen a march on the environmental movement by reframing the debate about NZ’s mineral wealth in a …

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NZ Electricity Reform – “Third Way” Emerges As Electricity Reform Process Approaches The Sharp End

• Asset swaps too hard
• Hedging as proposed won’t work
• Market maker scheme favoured
Electricity generators will be obliged to be two-way price makers in …

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NZ Oil Exploration: Huge Pay-Off From Taranaki Oil

Partners in the Maari joint venture are buoyed by successfully reaching all the objectives in the drilling operations 80km off south Taranaki, with oil …

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NZ Carbon Sink: Ngai Tahu Seeking $120m For ETS Impact On Forest Values

Environment Minister Nick Smith has given the clearest steer yet on the details of the deal with the Maori Party over treatment of Treaty …

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NZ Emissions Policy: Damning Regulatory Impact Report On ETS Bill

Almost unnoticed in the fine print of the Emissions Trading amending legislation is the damning statement from the Treasury’s regulatory impact assessment team, which …

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NZ Oil Exploration: Exxon Mobil Signals Pull-Out From Great South Basin

Exxon Mobil has given its strongest signal yet there is far less interest in the Great South Basin than its most enthusiastic boosters had …

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NZ Emissions Reduction: Lincoln University Breakthrough On Nitrification Inhibitors

Lincoln University scientists have discovered more precisely how nitrification inhibitors work in the soil, leading to a potential breakthrough in reducing nitrous oxide emissions …

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NZ Gas Reserves: Crown Minerals Starts P10 Gas Reserves Analysis

Crown Minerals has sought and been given extensive P10 oil and gas reserves data held by holders of NZ production field permits, in what …

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NZ Oil Exploration: Exxon Mobil Signals Pull-Out From Great South Basin

Exxon Mobil has given its strongest signal yet there is far less interest in the Great South Basin than its most enthusiastic boosters had …

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NZ Electricity Policy: Smelter Owner Backs Asset Swap, Coal And An End To Nodal Pricing

• Don’t touch Manapouri – Rio Tinto.
• Nodal pricing harms retail competition.
• Plan to run Huntly on coal.
Using 14% of total production, the country’s …

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Why A One-Way Asset Swap Would Suit Genesis Fine

• Genesis self interest involved.
• Opens South Island retail market.
• Company not performing well.
Genesis Energy’s support for wholesale electricity market reforms giving it South …

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Smelter Owner Backs Asset Swap, Coal And An End To Nodal Pricing

• Don’t touch Manapouri – Rio Tinto.
• Nodal pricing harms retail competition.
• Plan to run Huntly on coal.
Using 14% of total production, the country’s …

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