Power surge : how Think Big and Rogernomics transformed New Zealand

320 pages

illustrations

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references

Rough passage through the 1970s -- Electricity, reduced demand growth -- What to do with Maui gas -- Fast forward to make decisions -- The start of the oil revolution -- The energy strategy emerges -- Transport fuels in focus -- CIA rings the alarm bell -- Reasons for the growth strategy -- Mobil synthetic petrol, for and against -- The cost of self-sufficiency -- Growth strategy launched -- Electricity intensive industry -- NZ steel gets over the line -- The private sector also though big -- Words into action -- A new theory of economic management -- Election 1984 -- Redefining the energy industries -- Energy departments to corporations -- Oil prices collapse -- Synfuel gets in trouble -- Electricorp is born -- Coal Corporation and more -- The lead-up to privatisation -- The sale of NZ Steel -- Deregulation and restructuring -- The sale of Petrocorp -- Synfuel is sold -- Creating competition in energy supply -- The end of self-sufficiency -- The fate of the electricity projects -- Decision-making on mega-projects -- Crisis and the speed of reform -- Assistance to reform -- Transfer of risk and privatisation -- Public participation in ownership -- Climate changes everywhere.

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