Front up and explain yourselves
Front up and explain yourselves
16 July 2020
That's the blunt order from the State Owned Enterprises Minister to our biggest electricity generator - Meridian Energy.
The Electricity Authority last month released a preliminary decision that found Meridian may have spilled water unnecessarily - causing gas generation to fire up... and consumer prices to rise.
Winston Peters says its Board Chair and Chief Executive have now been told to front up to his office - before the House rises in early August.
He says it's a damning finding... and it's unacceptable to essentially gerrymander the market for profit.
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