{"id":2644293,"date":"2023-05-11T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-1016567-4521551.cloudwaysapps.com\/plato-data\/energy-companies-powering-change-on-climate-targets\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T06:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T10:30:00","slug":"energy-companies-powering-change-on-climate-targets","status":"publish","type":"station","link":"https:\/\/platodata.io\/plato-data\/energy-companies-powering-change-on-climate-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy companies powering change on climate targets"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Electricity Retailers’ Association chief executive officer<\/span> Bridget Abernethy, minister of energy and resources Megan Woods and Electricity Networks Aotearoa chief executive <\/span>Graeme Peters.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Media release | A group of New Zealand energy companies have made a joint commitment to help reduce emissions and build a more sustainable future for all Kiwis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Together they have formed ‘Powering Change’, an initiative that sets out progress on New Zealand\u2019s climate change goals and details the collective action of members, who represent a broad cross section of electricity and gas companies.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe energy sector will play a key role in helping New Zealand achieve our climate change goals,\u201d Powering Change spokesperson Bridget Abernethy said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Powering Change website is a way for the energy sector to tell our story so the public can have confidence that change is occurring.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cBut it\u2019s more than that, it also represents our pledge that we can and will achieve our goals.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“We\u2019re continuing to make our energy systems smarter and provide innovative solutions for customers, finding better ways to generate, store and use our energy, as well as developing technology to get more out of our infrastructure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Powering Change members are: Contact Energy, Firstgas Group, Genesis Energy, Mercury, Meridian Energy, Nova Energy, Orion, Transpower, Unison, Vector, Powerco, Electricity Networks Aotearoa, the Electricity Retailers\u2019 Association, Business NZ Energy Council and the Independent Electricity Generators Association.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ms Abernethy said creating the Powering Change platform \u2013 <\/span>www.poweringchange.nz <\/span><\/a>\u2013 was just a first step.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re working on further detailing our collective action, including developing targets to evaluate our progress,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ms Abernethy says transitioning to a low carbon economy requires significant investment – ‘Powering Change’ demonstrates the energy sector is already making progress.<\/span><\/p>\n

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She says Powering Change members have agreed on six key principles to help guide their actions, focusing on choice, innovation, affordability, reliability, collaboration and care for the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n