Wellington, Feb 23 NZPA - Contact Energy says electricity retail prices need to rise, after reporting flat underlying earnings for the six months to the end of December.

Wellington, Feb 22 NZPA - State-owned Mighty River Power said its diversified generation strategy helped it post a solid half-year result.

Wellington, Feb 8 NZPA - Fitch Ratings expects proposed investments by Transpower to lead to a deterioration in the national grid operator's credit profile, unless the Government is willing to inject more equity.

Wellington, Dec 10 NZPA - Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee's proposed re-jig of the electricity sector could be the last chance the competitive-pricing model has for the industry in New Zealand, Consumer New Zealand chief executive Sue Chetwin says.

Wellington, Dec 10 NZPA - Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee's proposed re-jig of the electricity sector may actually raise electricity prices and reduce the security of power supply, says a retailer in the sector.

Wellington, June 8 NZPA - The New Zealand sharemarket slipped in trading reduced by a holiday in Australia. The benchmark NZSX-50 index closed down 17.892 points, or 0.631 percent, at 2816.616, reversing nearly all of the 18.8 point rise on Friday.

Wellington, April 30 NZPA - Wholesale electricity prices in New Zealand have fallen significantly and should remain low for the rest of the year, said Fitch Ratings, a credit rating company.

Wellington, May 16 NZPA - Low hydro lake levels and high wholesale electricity prices shouldn't hurt power companies' profits because they are passing costs on to customers, credit rating agency Standard & Poor's says.