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Moving more electricity use off-peak could save the country up to $3 billion and transform the energy system in the process.

The study found New Zealand could, through fully exploiting modern technologies, lower electricity use at the busiest times by up to 25%.

www.eeca.govt.nz/about/news-a...
EECA flexible electricity report
Moving more electricity use off-peak could save the country up to $3 billion and transform the energy system in the process, according to new research from EECA (Energy Efficiency and Conservation Aut...
www.eeca.govt.nz
February 1, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Outrageous that the govt has appointed John Carnegie to the EECA board.

Carnegie heads the fossil fuel lobby group Energy Resources Aotearoa, formerly PEPANZ.

Regulatory capture at its worse.

#nzpol

www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-...
New members appointed to EECA Board
Energy Minister Simeon Brown has today announced two new appointments to the Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority (EECA) Board.
www.beehive.govt.nz
December 10, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Jesus but the EECA ad campaign.

“Drive slow, pump up your tyres, take off your roof rack”.

Well ok then.
April 9, 2026 at 7:49 AM
1. It is a gigantic loss to climate journalism in NZ. You are unrivalled!

2. What a great gain at EECA, so good to have you still in the fight.

3. Can you just have all your pending OIAs forwarded to me?

4. I'll be OIAing everything you do at EECA.
August 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This sucks, you know what could fix this? The government.

Sell a new CCS enabled EV? It has to fully support V2G and not affect the warranty

So far only BYD,Farizone, Geely/Polestar/volvo & Zeekr support it but only for trials

evsandbeyond.co.nz/eeca-v2g-tri...
EECA V2G report: only a handful of EVs can feed the grid | EVs and Beyond
EECA's first Queenstown vehicle-to-grid trial report finds V2G support in New Zealand limited to a handful of models, mostly on a trial-only basis, with only two compliant chargers and export tariffs ...
evsandbeyond.co.nz
September 26, 2026 at 9:54 PM
A larger V2G trial in New Zealand as the technology continues to mature; what lessons can be learnt regarding policy and market roll-out, how might tariff models and energy system integration work, and how are users responding to it?
EECA Second two-way EV charging trial
EECA and OpenLoop to install up to 100 chargers across urban locations including Auckland.
www.eeca.govt.nz
September 30, 2026 at 11:21 AM
I’ve noticed that Green Party policy initiatives get taken up, deliver broad benefits, and eventually get claimed by other parties.
e.g. EECA, Warm Up NZ, Buy Kiwi Made, CRL, many others.

While Act and National party policies get killed by their own parties some years later… e.g. ProdCom, MLE
July 23, 2026 at 2:47 AM
What can we do about these widely inappropriate #AtlasNetwork appointments this NZGovt is making in order to destroy our #health, wellbeing, #environment, #humanrights & #Democracy & #PublicServices from within? #nzpol #EECA
Simeon Brown has appointed John Carnegie to the EECA even though Carnegie has some decidedly anti energy conservation ideas.
Fox in a henhouse

thestandard.org.nz/fox-in-a-hen...
July 6, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Maltese ‘golden’ passports were sold to Russians with Ukraine war links

https://www.ft.com/content/b6accfc5-eeca-4a83-a39d-1dc54a7688dd
Maltese ‘golden’ passports were sold to Russians with Ukraine war links
Paid-for citizenship that could be banned by European court was handed to people who later faced sanctions
www.ft.com
April 27, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Blue for You · Men At Work
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EECA...
Blue for You
YouTube video by Men at Work - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Et pour la blague, quoique...
Si vous verrouiller le clavier sur majuscule, en tapant les touches éèçà... vous avez directement : ÉÈÇÀ... \o/
October 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Defies belief? Nah. Totally on brand.

For a govt that appoints Aotearoa's chief fossil fuel lobbyist to the EECA Board.
May 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
🧵 Across Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA), trans communities are facing funding cuts, legal crackdowns, and increasing hostility. But they continue to organise anyway.

#EECA #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights
August 25, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Gordon Campbell. 'The unemployed, and single-parent beneficiary households received nothing from Budget 2024, while their landlords received a $2.9 billion package of relief.'

$180 million cut from EECA too.

werewolf.co.nz/2024/05/gord...
May 31, 2024 at 8:01 AM
So not the promised $250m, not even actual cash, just a loan of $68m

This is basically their only climate policy, utter feckless garbage

EECA have funded the 1200 we have now with ~$28m (not loans!)

Somehow we'll get 7800 chargers?

#nzpol

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Government plans to build thousands of EV chargers by 2030
The Government is aiming for 10,000 EV charging stations.
www.nzherald.co.nz
April 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"MEriToCrAcY" for thee but not for me...

Carnegie didn't make the cut thru screening, or the interviews the MP "instructed" EECA to do, still gets job
A top government minister personally added a fossil fuel lobbyist to the shortlist of candidates to help govern the country's main energy-saving agency.

Simeon Brown then overrode official advice to appoint the lobbyist to the role.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...
Simeon Brown appointed prominent oil and gas lobbyist to energy savings board against official advice
A top government minister personally added a fossil fuel lobbyist to the shortlist of candidates to help govern the country's main energy-saving agency.
www.rnz.co.nz
March 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Solar energy friends: I want to build a case for councils in Te Tai o Poutini to install solar panels and batteries on some key buildings. Is there anyone who can give advice on this scale, and any examples of councils to point to please? Tried EECA - completely unhelpful
February 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
EECA should use this in their promotional materials.
Not only is it possible it is fast, convenient, and safe. You just need to put a large metal thing next to the cutlery to override the safety sensor.
April 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I seem to have heard the phrase "against official advice" a lot in the past year and a bit. So I did a bit of Googling. In the past year, ministers (about half of these are Simeon Brown) have gone against official advice on: 1) The appointment of John Carnegie to the EECA.
March 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
#eeca Day 14: @jyusof.bsky.social JMP with Simone Sartor: "Market Luck: Skill-Biased Inequality and Redistributive Preferences" They find more willingness to accept inequality produced by market forces (cultural differences in France and China?) drive.google.com/file/d/1vVwB... #econsky #econjmp
December 20, 2024 at 7:32 AM
The advice Nicola Willis says will be part of a campaign from today has been up on the EECA website for a while and all over the media for about ten days.
March 26, 2026 at 11:29 PM
I can't really get my head around what EECA will do if they're not supporting decarbonisation? it's their primary purpose.
December 10, 2024 at 8:14 AM
No urgent debate on corrupt appointment of John Carnegie to EECA #nzqt
March 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Wondering what other regime appointments could be challenged like this. EECA?
December 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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