Electricity Stakeholders Meeting
Friday, 27 July 2001, 11:37 am
Press Release: New Zealand Government
Minister of Energy Pete Hodgson will meet electricity
industry stakeholders at 3pm today to discuss possible
responses to the prospect of electricity supply shortages
later this winter.
Participants in the meeting will
include electricity generators and retailers, the national
grid company Transpower, the Electricity Networks
Association (representing line companies), consumer groups,
the wholesale electricity market operator M-co and officials
from the Ministry of Economic Development, the Energy
Efficiency and Conservation Authority and the Ministry for
the Environment.
The meeting will be on level 20, Bowen
House. News media are welcome to video or photograph people
entering the meeting, providing they have the usual approval
from the Speaker, but should then leave the floor. There
will be a press conference following the
meeting.
Ends
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