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Contact And Taupo DC Reach Breakthrough Agreement
Friday, 26 September 2003, 4:19 pm | Contact Energy
Contact Energy and Taupo District Council have agreed to a far-reaching settlement that recognises the need for the continued growth of Taupo as well as protecting the area's geothermal resources as potential future energy sources. The settlement ... More >>
Clutha Resource Consent Decision
Friday, 19 September 2003, 9:52 am | Contact Energy
Contact Energy Ltd said today that it has received the decision on its resource consent applications and the conditions attached to the consent authorisation for using water in the Clutha River to generate electricity. More >>
Discussion of Unaudited Financial Results
Thursday, 31 July 2003, 9:52 am | Contact Energy
Management Discussion of Unaudited Financial Results for the nine month period ended 30 June 2003 More >>
Contact Energy Announces Third Quarter Result
Thursday, 31 July 2003, 9:50 am | Contact Energy
Contact Energy Ltd today announced an after-tax profit for the nine months to June 30, 2003 of $74.2 million, five per cent above that achieved in the same period last year. On an adjusted basis the result was 9 per cent below the adjusted result of ... More >>
Contact and CRA On New Whirinaki Plant
Tuesday, 29 July 2003, 2:32 pm | Contact Energy
Contact Energy Ltd will build and operate a new Crown-owned dry year reserve electricity generating plant on Contact’s Whirinaki site, the company’s chief executive, Mr Steve Barrett, announced today. More >>
Contact Energy To Clean Up Waikato River Discharge
Monday, 21 July 2003, 10:23 am | Contact Energy
Contact Energy today announced a major new initiative to improve the quality of the water discharged into the Waikato River from its Wairakei geothermal plant. More >>
Contact Energy Conservation Challenge
Thursday, 10 July 2003, 3:20 pm | Contact Energy
Contact Energy’s Community Conservation Challenge ended July 9 with all participating regions achieving sizeable donations from their electricity savings efforts. More >>
Empower Integration Close To Completion
Friday, 4 July 2003, 11:24 am | Contact Energy
Contact Energy Ltd confirmed that the absorption of its marketing subsidiary, Empower Ltd, into Contact had occurred on July 1, and that the processes associated with its integration under Contact’s direct management were largely complete. More >>
Contact Energy Abandons New Deep Geothermal Well
Wednesday, 11 June 2003, 3:14 pm | Contact Energy
Contact Energy announced today that the BR-50A well at Ohaaki geothermal field has been plugged and abandoned due to drilling difficulties. More >>
Contact on Govt Electricity Policy Announcement
Tuesday, 20 May 2003, 2:55 pm | Contact Energy
Policy announcements aimed at improving security of supply during dry years received a cautious welcome from Contact Energy Ltd today. More >>
Contact Energy Announces First Half Result
Thursday, 1 May 2003, 10:48 am | Contact Energy
Contact Energy announced today a net surplus of $34 million for the six months ended 31 March 2003 – an improvement on the $30.1 million recorded in the equivalent period last year. More >>
Contact Plans For New Plant To Secure Supply
Thursday, 1 May 2003, 10:47 am | Contact Energy
Contact Energy announced today that it was moving ahead with plans for a new power station to be built in either Auckland or Hawkes Bay to ensure additional generation capacity from winter next year. The plants will be designed to operate on distillate ... More >>
Contact Plans New Plant To Secure Supply Next Year
Thursday, 1 May 2003, 9:40 am | Contact Energy
Contact Energy announced today that it was moving ahead with plans for a new power station to be built in either Auckland or Hawkes Bay to ensure additional generation capacity from winter next year. The plants will be designed to operate on distillate ... More >>
Contact Provides Additional Gas To Genesis
Thursday, 1 May 2003, 8:36 am | Contact Energy
Contact Energy today announced that it has entered into arrangements with Genesis to provide additional gas to the Huntly power station for use during this autumn and winter. More >>
Taranaki Combined Cycle Outage
Friday, 11 April 2003, 9:06 am | Contact Energy
Contact Energy Ltd today reminded market participants that the Taranaki Combined Cycle plant will be taken out of service for essential maintenance from this evening. During the outage work will be carried out to ensure the plant’s reliable functioning ... More >>
Market Not To Blame For Lack Of Fuel Or Rain
Tuesday, 25 March 2003, 11:22 am | Contact Energy
Government proposals for “significant change” to the electricity market threaten to delay further the construction of the new electricity generating plant that the country urgently needs, the chief executive of Contact Energy Ltd, Mr Steve Barrett, ... More >>
Contact Energy – Retail Electricity Prices
Monday, 24 March 2003, 4:55 pm | Contact Energy
Contact Energy today confirmed that a routine adjustment to its retail prices in Wellington would increase tariffs for a typical household by 11 cents a day. More >>
Contact Energy Outlines Generation Outlook
Friday, 21 March 2003, 8:18 am | Contact Energy
Contact Energy Ltd today outlined its plans for plant maintenance at its newly acquired Taranaki Combined Cycle plant and for restoration of dual-fuel capability at its New Plymouth power station. More >>
Clutha Resource Consent Hearings Conclude
Wednesday, 26 February 2003, 6:22 pm | Contact Energy
Contact Energy Limited today began its closing submissions in its marathon four-month application to renew its water rights for the Clutha River/Mata-au. More >>
Maui Platform Outages
Thursday, 13 February 2003, 2:56 pm | Contact Energy
Contact Energy’s chief executive, Mr Steve Barrett, commented today on the series of intermittent gas supply interruptions from the Maui gas field production platform over the last 10 days. More >>
