The Prime Minister
has misled the public for the umpteenth time this year,
Labour energy spokesperson Pete Hodgson said.
"Her
comments on the electricity reforms made on Crossfire last
night showed again that Mrs Shipley tends to stretch the
truth to breaking point when put under any kind of
pressure.
"Mrs Shipley claimed that "We tried to do better
for New Zealand and we brought through things like power
reforms and a million New Zealanders are paying less for
power today than they were."
"According to a report
released by Max Bradford last month, only 30,000 to 50,000
consumers have switched suppliers. Even they are not
guaranteed to be paying less than they were prior to the
reform process. Given that consumers in Wellington,
Christchurch and half of Auckland were hit with power price
increases just 5 days after the reforms started, a fair few
of those 30-50,000 people may have switched suppliers just
to limit the damage.
"Mrs Shipley can't help herself -
when the facts don't fit, she just makes it
up."
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