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Contact offers support for relief effort in Samoa
Friday, 16 October 2009, 4:47 pm | Contact Energy
In response to local requests, Contact Energy announced today it will send a shipping container of much needed LPG gas cylinders to Samoa in the wake of the tsunami tragedy. More >>
Contact’s smart meters equipped for the future
Friday, 26 June 2009, 11:48 am | Contact Energy
Contact Energy’s smart meters are designed to allow households to benefit from the introduction of smart appliances and from pricing plans which enable customers to choose to use electricity when it is most cost effective. More >>
Contact keen to support insulation initiative
Thursday, 28 May 2009, 2:28 pm | Contact Energy
Contact Energy today said the Government and Green Party’s $323 million home insulation Budget announcement would make a real difference to New Zealand families, and Contact would look to actively support it. More >>
No increase in base directors’ fees
Friday, 24 October 2008, 10:21 am | Contact Energy
Contact Energy today declared the poll results of the four resolutions put to the company’s annual meeting in Auckland this morning. The results of the four resolutions are included below. More >>
Contact - Chief Executive’s Annual Meeting speech
Thursday, 23 October 2008, 2:37 pm | Contact Energy
Introduction Thank you Grant, and may I also extend a warm welcome to you today. It’s been another significant year for Contact – a year in which we’ve dealt with a number of key challenges while making good progress on executing Contact’s ... More >>
Contact: Chairman’s Annual Meeting speech
Thursday, 23 October 2008, 2:34 pm | Contact Energy
I am pleased to report to you on Contact Energy’s performance for the year in review and comment on the strategic position of the company as it moves into a period of significant investment and growth. More >>
Transmission must catch up with generation
Thursday, 23 October 2008, 2:32 pm | Contact Energy
Contact Energy today said investment in the country’s transmission system is required if the grid is to catch up with the significant investment in new generation to enable the most cost effective electricity to be delivered to consumers. Speaking at Contact’s ... More >>
Contact Annual Report and Notice of Annual Meeting
Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 10:47 am | Contact Energy
Contact Energy Limited today advised that its 2008 Annual Report, the Notice of its 23 October 2008 Annual Meeting and its Sustainability Report are now available on the company’s website. More >>
Contact welcomes decision on Te Mihi power station
Monday, 15 September 2008, 11:15 am | Contact Energy
Contact Energy has welcomed the granting of resource consents for the company’s 220 megawatt Te Mihi geothermal power station at Taupo. The Minister for the Environment called in the company’s application to construct its Te Mihi geothermal power station ... More >>
Contact Files For Waitahora Wind Farm Concent
Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 8:29 am | Contact Energy
Contact Energy today filed resource consent applications with the Tararua District Council for its 177 megawatt Waitahora wind farm located south-east of Dannevirke. More >>
Contact welcomes wind farm call in
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 9:33 am | Contact Energy
Contact Energy today said the Environment Minister's intention to call in the company's resource consent application for its proposed Hauāuru mā raki wind farm was a positive step forward for the project. More >>
Contact secures additional Pohokura gas
Wednesday, 30 July 2008, 5:28 pm | Contact Energy
Contact Energy has entered into a new gas sale agreement with OMV for the supply of an additional 32 petajoules of natural gas from the Pohokura gas field. This supply will commence at the completion of the existing arrangement with OMV, on 31 March ... More >>
Contact investigating Waitahora wind farm project
Monday, 21 July 2008, 3:21 pm | Contact Energy
Contact Energy today said it was investigating a new wind farm project on the remote Puketoi Range near Dannevirke in Southern Hawke’s Bay. More >>
LPG – the cleaner, cheaper fuel of choice
Thursday, 3 July 2008, 4:42 pm | Contact Energy
With petrol and diesel prices hurtling well past $2 a litre, LPG is re-emerging as the clean, cost-effective alternative fuel of choice, according to Contact Energy subsidiary, Rockgas. More >>
Contact files application for wind farm
Thursday, 26 June 2008, 4:19 pm | Contact Energy
Contact Energy today filed resource consent applications for the company’s Hauāuru mā raki wind farm. The applications were filed with Environment Waikato, the Franklin District Council and the Waikato District Council. More >>
Temporary Otahuhu outage
Thursday, 5 June 2008, 11:58 am | Contact Energy
Contact Energy yesterday took its 400 megawatt Otahuhu B gas-fired power station near Auckland off line to repair a fault. More >>
Origin Requests Trading Halt
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 4:31 pm | Contact Energy
Origin Energy has announced to the ASX a request for a trading halt. More >>
Contact to recommission New Plymouth unit
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 2:42 pm | Contact Energy
Contact Energy announced today that it intends to recommission one 100 megawatt gas-fired generator unit at its mothballed New Plymouth power station, in response to tight electricity supply conditions resulting from very low hydro lake storage levels and ... More >>
ETS will boost renewable generation, cut emissions
Thursday, 8 May 2008, 10:22 am | Contact Energy
The New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme has the potential to significantly increase investment in clean, renewable electricity generation projects and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the sector, Contact Energy said today. More >>
Contact takes top spot in industry survey
Tuesday, 8 April 2008, 4:21 pm | Contact Energy
New research has confirmed that Contact is rated number one in the delivery of electricity hedge market services. Electricity hedges involve selling large volumes of electricity, at fixed prices, to commercial and industrial users, and other electricity generators ... More >>
