Greens to Take Plan for State-Owned Power Entity to the Election

The Greens propose a state-owned energy company

The Green Party says 'Kiwipower' would solve our current affordability and supply problems.

Plan to fund company with rich tax

Green Party co-leaders Marama Davidson (left) and Chloe Swarbrick announce the party’s energy plan at the Dunedin Gasworks Museum yesterday. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Plans for a publicly owned renewable power company funded by the taxes of the super-rich were announced by the Greens at Dunedin’s historic gasworks yesterday, which ‘‘rightly places fossil fuels where they belong — in a museum’’.

Greens Energy Policy Would Leave New Zealand Running Out Of Power

The Infrastructure Commission's own work, which the Greens themselves cite, shows that gas availability keeps power prices lower for households. Yet the Greens want to double down on the very thinking that got us into this mess.

Greens to take plan for state-owned power entity to the election

The Green Party is proposing sweeping energy reforms, aimed at slashing household power bills and stripping market dominance from major electricity corporations, by funding public solar schemes through a tax on “the super-rich”.

Greens promise $980m public power company to cut bills and boost renewables

The Green Party has unveiled plans for a new publicly owned electricity company, with a proposed $980 million four-year appropriation, as part of an election...

Green Party Launches Plan To Cut Power Bills And Take Power Back From The Big Energy Companies – The Daily BlogSearchExpandExpandToggle MenuPreviousContinueContinueContinueContinueContinueContinueContinueFacebookXYouTubeScroll to topScroll to topSearchToggle Menu CloseSearch

The Green Party has today launched its election energy policy, a plan to cut household power bills and establish Kiwipower,...