Schedule Of Oral Submissions For The Electricity Industry Bill

26 February 2001

The Commerce Committee is hearing oral submissions on the Electricity Industry Bill, 3.15 pm to 6.00 pm, Tuesday, 27 February 2001. The hearing is to be held in Room G.006 (Maui Tikitiki A Taranga), Parliament House. The schedule is as follows:

Oral submissions

* Federated Farmers

* New Zealand Manufacturers Federation

* Carter Holt Harvey and New Zealand Forest Owners Association

* National Council of Women of New Zealand

* Trust Owned Lines Company

* Electra Lines

* Network Tasman Trust

* Natural Gas Corporation

* Electricity Engineers Association

* New Zealand Wind Energy Association

Further hearings will be advised. All submissions are in public unless otherwise notified.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

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