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8 Oct 2025 10:09:51

The power plan without much of a plan

Posted: 07 Oct 2025

Opinion: If you were looking for a government-driven solution to soaring electricity bills, you won’t have found it in last week’s big announcement from Energy Minister Simon Watts.

The Government’s taken a tiny bite out of a $500,000 review by Frontier – a review that was in turn peer reviewed and panned by two $100,000 reports. Just two of its eight recommendations have been taken up.

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