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Major Electricity Users Group - Latest News [Page 5]
An open letter to major electricity suppliers
Wednesday, 16 April 2003, 8:40 am | Major Electricity Users Group
On 19th March 2003 MEUG wrote to the Government alerting policy makers of an immediate crisis affecting end consumers and the need for a robust policy review because of what appear to be systemic problems in the market. At the same time MEUG initiated ... More >>
MEUG seeks clarification of power generator crisis
Wednesday, 16 April 2003, 8:38 am | Major Electricity Users Group
“Power generators are being asked to stump up with information which proves they are not gaining an advantage from the power crisis, and whether they have contributed to causing businesses to shut down operations. More >>
Electricity crisis index of cost to commerce
Tuesday, 15 April 2003, 8:27 am | Major Electricity Users Group
Electricity crisis index of cost to commercial sector – to 11 April 2003 lost manufacturing sales total $12.4 million More >>
Impact of the electricity market crisis
Monday, 7 April 2003, 7:06 pm | Major Electricity Users Group
Impact of the electricity market crisis – to 4 April 2003 lost manufacturing sales total $9.1 million More >>
Wholesale electricity market crisis & the economy
Monday, 31 March 2003, 5:39 pm | Major Electricity Users Group
Impact on the economy of the wholesale electricity market crisis – to 28 March 2003 lost manufacturing sales total $7.2 million More >>
Electricity crisis is getting worse
Thursday, 27 March 2003, 5:32 pm | Major Electricity Users Group
”The spot electricity prices are getting worse, clearly indicating the electricity crisis is deepening. This is despite significant demand reductions by the manufacturing sector,” said Ralph Matthes, Executive Director of the Major Electricity Users’ Group ... More >>
EG Board announcement unhelpful and unwelcome
Thursday, 27 March 2003, 5:30 pm | Major Electricity Users Group
”The decision by the Electricity Governance Establishment Committee (EGEC) to force a vote on the proposed electricity market Rulebook is unhelpful and unwelcome when we have an electricity crisis,” said Ralph Matthes, Executive Director of MEUG. More >>
Impact on the economy due to electricity crisis
Monday, 24 March 2003, 10:31 am | Major Electricity Users Group
Impact on the economy as a result of the wholesale electricity market crisis – to 23 March 2003 More >>
Comparing household power price increases
Monday, 24 March 2003, 8:52 am | Major Electricity Users Group
Comparing what household power prices would increase if they had the prices faced by wholesale power users’ More >>
Depts should immediately conserve electricity
Monday, 24 March 2003, 8:51 am | Major Electricity Users Group
”The wholesale electricity crisis is of such importance to the economy that we believe the Government should immediately require Departments to start conserving electricity,” said Terrence Currie of the Major Electricity Users’ Group (MEUG). An immediate start ... More >>
Electricity supply crisis
Thursday, 20 March 2003, 8:22 am | Major Electricity Users Group
”The country is facing another electricity crisis,” according to the Major Electricity Users’ Group (MEUG). The Chairman of MEUG Terrence Currie said that this week wholesale electricity spot prices were already as high as they were in the Winter 2001 crisis. More >>
Major Electricity Users’ Group (MEUG)
Thursday, 13 February 2003, 8:01 pm | Major Electricity Users Group
Energy user’s angry at lack of advice on rolling Maui gas outages ”Major users’ of gas and electricity have incurred lost production and additional energy costs in the order of millions of dollars due to the rolling outages on the Maui-A platform ... More >>
Self-governance arrangements take a backward step
Tuesday, 1 October 2002, 9:00 am | Major Electricity Users Group
”The interests of the economy and end consumers of electricity have taken a backward step following today’s announcement that the Commerce Commission has decided to authorise the proposed new arrangements for the self-governance and operation of the electricity ... More >>
High Electricity Prices Impact On Manufacturing
Thursday, 25 April 2002, 8:25 pm | Major Electricity Users Group
“High electricity prices this year have already forced major energy users to cut manufacturing output”, stated the Chairman of the Major Electricity Users Group (MEUG), Mr Terrence Currie. More >>
Proposed Rulebook Entrenches Supply Side Dominance
Wednesday, 12 December 2001, 9:12 am | Major Electricity Users Group
“After 12 months of attempting to put together a new combined rulebook for the electricity industry, the proposed rulebook submitted by the Electricity Governance Establishment Committee (EGEC) for authorisation by the Commerce Commission preserves the supply ... More >>
Generator price rises reflect market power
Friday, 26 October 2001, 6:17 pm | Major Electricity Users Group
Genesis Power’s announcement that it intends to raise average retail prices to some of its customers by nine percent should be viewed with extreme concern by all consumers the chairman of the Major Electricity Users Group (MEUG), Mr Terrence Currie, said ... More >>
MEUG Questions Government’s Electricity Savings
Thursday, 16 August 2001, 2:03 pm | Major Electricity Users Group
The Major Electricity Users Group (MEUG) has today called for the government sector to demonstrate that it was pulling its weight on the national effort to make cuts to electricity consumption. More >>
Crisis Debate “Tragic”
Thursday, 9 August 2001, 2:46 pm | Major Electricity Users Group
Debate this week over the extent or closeness of the electricity crises has been tragic, and will simply bring the country closer to blackouts, according to the Major Electricity Users Group (MEUG). More >>
Power Summit tackles fraction of the problem
Wednesday, 1 August 2001, 9:30 am | Major Electricity Users Group
The Government’s second power crisis summit today confirmed measures that will give the country more time until the electricity runs out, but did not discuss the two other factors behind the crisis: high prices and an uncompetitive market, according ... More >>
Declare Power Situation An Emergency
Tuesday, 31 July 2001, 10:54 am | Major Electricity Users Group
The Market Surveillance Committee (MSC) must declare an “undesirable situation” in the electricity sector under its emergency powers and take over temporary control of the market, according to the Major Electricity Users Group (MEUG). More >>
