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Editor's Insight: Why power prices are off the political agenda

Market forces and Tiwai Pt uncertainty are pushing prices down.

Thu, 16 Apr 2015

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Power prices are fading from the political agenda, thanks to market forces.

One of the main arguments against the Labour-Greens New Zealand Power proposal was that controlling the wholesale price of power would distort the market and

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