Media releases
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Media releases for 2010
Monthly Operational Data for the month ending 31 July 2010
Contact’s strategic initiatives position it well for the future
Monthly Operational Data for the month ending 30 June 2010
Contact Energy 2010 annual meeting and annual results announcement
Contact Energy 2010 annual meeting and annual results announcement
Contact Energy business systems transformation progressing well
Contact announces change to board of directors
Monthly Operational Data for the month ending 31 May 2010
Contact completes Tauhara One ahead of schedule
Monthly Operational Data for the month ending 30 April 2010
Ahuroa gas storage facility on track for operation in December
Monthly Operational Data for the month ending 31 March 2010
Investors show ongoing support for Contact’s profit distribution plan; half year report available
Monthly Operational Data for the month ending 28 February 2010
Profit Distribution Plan - strike price and bonus issue ratio
Profit Distribution Plan – timeline and notice of amendment to terms and conditions
Restoration of portfolio flexibility in sight
Step forward for Tauhara geothermal development
Monthly Opearational Data for the month ending 31 January 2010
Monthly Operational Data for the month ending 31 December 2009
Contact Energy half year results announcements
Media releases for 2009
Monthly Operational Data for the month ending 30 November 2009
Cancellation of Contact Energy Treasury Stock
Monthly Operational Data for the month ending 31 October 2009
New wells next step in Ahuroa gas storage development
New Zealand's leading integrated energy company
$600 million invested to add portfolio flexibility
Monthly Operational Data for the month ending 30 September 2009
Contact Energy Notice of Meeting available
New Zealand’s leading integrated energy company
Contact retains $120 million under profit distribution plan; annual report available
Monthly Operational Data for the month ending 31 August 2009
Profit Distribution Plan - strike price and bonus issue ratio
Weather, transmission and economic conditions impact Contact result
Contact Energy 2009 annual meeting and annual results announcement
Contact's smart meters equipped for the future
Earnings guidance for the current financial year and outlook
Contact keen to support insulation initiative
Tampa delivers huge load for new power station
Release of Commerce Commission report
Contact raises $550 million in bond issue
Profit Distribution Plan retains cash for capital investment
Contact Energy half year report available
Contact Energy Investor Offsite
Profit Distribution Plan – strike price and bonus issue ratio
$550 million of Bonds allocated under Contact Energy’s offer
Drought, deluge and DC constraints impact performance
Contact Energy to announce half year results on 24 February
Hydrology and transmission constraints impact current year earnings
Media releases for 2008
Transmission must catch up with generation investment
Contact announces no increase in base directors’ fees
Contact Energy Annual Report and Notice of Annual Meeting available
Contact welcomes decision on Te Mihi power station
Presentation to Goldman Sachs JB Were Australasian Investment Forum 2008
BG Group not to extend takeover bid for Origin Energy
Contact files consent application for Waitahora wind farm
Contact welcomes wind farm call in
Balanced business delivers pleasing full year result
Contact Energy annual financial results announcement and live webcast
Contact secures additional Pohokura gas
Triathlon becomes a ‘Contact’ sport in major new partnership
Contact investigating Waitahora wind farm project
Centennial Drive binary update
Contact and Meridian to co-operate on transmission investment
Origin and Contact finalise NZ$110 million New Zealand
Origin Energy announces it did not accept proposal from BG Group
Contact to recommission New Plymouth unit
BG Group proposal to acquire Origin Energy – takeovers panel exemption
Update on BG Group plc proposal to acquire Origin Energy Limited
Update on BG Group plc proposal to acquire Origin Energy Limited
ETS will boost renewable generation, cut emissions - Contact
Origin Energy Limited (“Origin”) announces proposal from BG Group plc (“BG Group”) to acquire Origin
Contact signs contracts for peaking plant
Contact Energy Half Year Report Available
Contact invests in sustainable long-term growth
Contact Energy to announce half year results on 22 February 2008
Wells underway for new binary plant
Media releases for 2007
Closure of New Plymouth power station
Contact welcomes intention to call in Te Mihi power station
Origin Energy and Contact Energy Acquire Swift Energy
Sale of Mokai geothermal rights
Contact confirms binary geothermal plant
Consent conditions clear way for Hawea generation
2007 annual meeting poll results
Contact positioned for sustainable growth
New Plymouth power station outage
Contact unveils Waikato wind farm
Contact welcomes commitment to quicker consenting
Contact Energy Annual Report and Notice of Annual Meeting available
90 per cent renewables ambitious but achievable - Contact
Contact delivers strong annual profit of $231 million
Contact Energy deferred tax restatement
Contact helps Kiwis become carbon neutral
Application for new geothermal power station filed
Contact welcomes resource consent for new hydro scheme
Contact welcomes resolution of Clutha consents
Contact welcomes resolution of geothermal resource consents
Contact supports announcement on carbon market
Investor presentation slides disclosure
Quarterly Operational Report for the Period Ended 31 March 2007
Contact's purchase of Rockgas completed
Contact's '40 percent challenge' to cut electricity emissions
Investor presentation slides available
Contact Energy half year report available
Contact to help customers cut one million tonnes of carbon by 2014
Contact to purchase Rockgas LPG business
Contact outlines $2 billion in a new renewable generation programme
Digital learning network to kick off in Capital
Contact Energy to announce half year results on 23 February 2007
Contact Energy half year result announcement and live webcast
Media releases for 2006
Contact welcomes draft energy strategy
Contact secures additional Maui gas
Roxburgh Dam – 50 years of clean energy for New Zealand
2006 Annual Meeting Poll Results and Independent Directors
Possible LNG site about preserving future options
Contact relinquishes petroleum exploration permit
Contact Energy prices - correction to Dominion Post story
Contact Energy Annual Report and Notice of Annual Meeting available
New Hawea hydro plan to increase clean, renewable energy
Contact signs MOU with windfarm developer
Flexible generation helps deliver secure supply; 14 percent increase in earnings
Final dividend dates and share top up plan participation
Contact asks former Roxburgh workers to register interest
Funding available for Wairakei environmental projects
Details for Contact Energy Christchurch sponsorship projects
Contact Energy 19 October 2006 Annual Meeting to be held in Auckland
Contact to support Christchurch insulation project for elderly
Contact donates generators to Canterbury Civil Defence
Memorabilia, memories to mark 50 years of Roxburgh hydro
Contact Energy Senior Management Team
Contact Energy Shareholders Encouraged to Participate in Merger Vote
Cancellation of Contact Energy Treasury Stock
ContactOrigin Merger Proposal - Progress Update
BRANZ reports on Invergarry Road properties available
Quarterly Operational Report for the Period Ended 31 March 2006
Contact to investigate South Tauhara
Healthy Homes campaign set to resume
Contact Announces New Chief Executive
Planning needed now for LNG backstop option
Contact keeps Clyde kids warm this winter
Contact helping Christchurch kids to a better future
Two hundred healthier homes in Ngāti Kahungunu
Contact Delighted at Recognition for Healthy Homes Initiative
Another report rejects subsidence damage
Contact Energy backing the ultimate triathlon clash
Chief Executive Tenders Resignation
Contact Energy Limited Request for Trading Halt
Chief Executive tenders resignation
Contact and Origin Agree to Merge to Create Australasia's Largest Integrated Energy Group
Contact and Origin agree to merge
Diverse generation portfolio delivers strong half year result
Contact Energy to Announce Half Year Results on 20 February 2006
Media releases for 2005
Local Students Receive Contact Energy Scholarships
Warm Dry Healthy Homes in Horowhenua-Kapiti
Independent Reports Update on Invergarry Road Properties
First Round of Wairakei Environmental Projects Selected
Quarterly Operational Report for the Period Ended 30 September 2005
Quarterly Operational Report Release Date
Contact Energy - Sale of 40% Interest in Valley Power Completed
Annual Meeting Poll Results And Independent Directors
Contact Energy Annual Meeting Speeches
Contact Energy Helps New Plymouth BMX Club Get On Track
Contact Energy Sponsors World-leading Housing Research Focused on Children with Asthma
New Chief Executive For Contact Energy
Contact Annual Report and Notice of Meeting Available
Contact Energy Marks Opening Of Wairakei Geothermal Binary Plant
Clutha Re-Consenting: Intention To Volunteer Compensation Regime
Contact Energy Announces Sale Of Valley Power Stake
Solid Result Provides Platform For Long Term Investment
Contact Moves To Adopt International Financial Report Standards Early
Contact management discusses annual result
Contact releases nine month annual result
Contact adopts international financial reports standards early
Final Dividend Dates And Share Top-Up Plan Participation
Latest Independent Report Should Further Restore Confidence In Invergarry Road Properties
Applications Open For $1 Million In Funding For Wairakei Environmental Projects
Clutha Catchment Resource Consent Decision
JV Partners Offer Valley Power For Sale
Environmental Award For Taranaki Combined Cycle Power Station
Contact Energy Welcomes Rating Decision
Contact Energy 12 October 2005 Annual Meeting To Be Held In Auckland
Minister Of Energy Opens Contact Energy Retail Services Centre In Hutt City
Energy Efficiency First To Help Small To Medium-sized Businesses Manage Their Energy Consumption
Marae-based Housing And Health Initiative To Make Hutt Homes More Energy Efficient
Contact Energy Welcomes Certainty Of NZ$15 Per Tonne Carbon Tax
Integrated Business Model Delivers Strong Six Month Result
Contact Energy Six Month Result Announcement
Contact Energy Six Month Results Release Date
Contact Energy Drills Additional Geothermal Production Wells At Te Mihi
Reliable National Grid Vital For Security Of Electricity Supply
Independent Reports On Building Status Of Invergarry Road Properties
Contact Energy Backing Bevan Docherty All The Way To Beijing
Contact Energy Reaches Agreement With Kayaking Users
Independent Study Into Causes Of Damage In Invergarry Road Properties Underway
Contact Issues Notice Of Meeting
Contact Energy 1st Quarter Results To Be Released 15/02/05
Proposed New Constitution for Annual Meeting February 2005
Proxy/Representative Form for Annual Meeting February 2005
Notice of Annual Meeting February 2005
Notification Of Annual Meeting Poll Results And Independent Directors
Contact Energy Launches News Release Notification Service
Short Term Supply Outlook Improves - Long Term Challenges Remain
Creating Positive Energy: Contact Launches Healthy Homes Project
Contact Energy Modifies Proposal For Small Hydro Scheme At Lake Hawea Following Community Feedback
Contact Energy Annual General Meeting
Contact Issues Notice Of Meeting
Media releases for 2004
Contact Reaches Agreement With Lake Dunstan Water Users
Contact Now In Eastern Bay Of Plenty As Nationwide Rollout Continues
Contact Reports Full-Year Result In Line With Forecast
Contact Announces Red Energy Sale to Snowy Hydro Limited
Contact Now In Buller As Nationwide Rollout Continues
Contact Energy 2005 Annual Meeting To Be Held In Wellington
Contact Energy Fireworks Spectacular A First For New Plymouth
Wairakei Resource Consent Decision - Comment From Contact Energy
Crown And Contact Energy Reach Resolution On Crown Lands At Wairakei, Taupo
Contact Now In Westland As Nationwide Rollout Continues
Contact Energy Upgrades To Latest IBM Server
Contact Energy - Comment On Restricted HVDC Capacity
Contact Energy Renews Taranaki Combined Cycle Maintenance Contract
Contact Now In Wairoa As Nationwide Rollout Continues
Target Company Statement in Response to Origin Offer
Offer under the Takeovers Code by Origin Energy New Zealand Limited
Independent Directors Advise Shareholders To Not Accept Origin Takeover Offer
Contact Energy - Target Company Statement Release Date
Contact Energy Sponsors Refurbishments for Clyde Historical Museum
Contact Energy Golf Tournament Raises Record $17,000 For Taupo Coastguard
Origin Energy Notice of Takeover Offer Record Date
Taupo Coastguard To Benefit From Contact Energy Golf Tournament Proceeds
Contact Sponsors Learnz Virtual Field Trips For Secondary School Students
Contact Energy - Prospective Board Changes And CEO Appointment
Contact Energy Supports Alexandra's 48th Blossom Festival
Bevan Docherty Helps Contact Energy Staff To Celebrate Safety Record Success
Lucky Ten Win Energy Efficiency Makeovers With Positive Energy
Security Of Supply The Key Issue - Positive Energy Campaign Feedback
Contact Energy Seeks Consents for Additional Generation at Hawea Gates
Genesis Decision To Proceed With Huntly E3P
Contact Brings Competition to Southern Hawkes Bay
Contact Energy Announces Third Quarter Result
Contact to Introduce Long Term Incentive Scheme
Edison Mission Energy Announces Sale of Contact Stake to Origin Energy
Contact Energy Brings Competition to Central Hawkes Bay and Marlborough
Contact Launches Red Energy in Victoria
New Zealand's Energy Future - A Question of Balance
Contact Signs Deals with Mighty River Power
Contact Granted Petroleum Exploration Permit
Agreement on Future Maui Gas Delivery Arrangements
Contact Energy and Crown Mark Opening of Whirinaki Power Station
Contact Energy Launches Retail Offer in Waipa
Contact Energy Signs Deal with Shell NZ to Acquire Gas
Contact Energy Disposes of e://volution E-Business Interests
Contact Congratulates Bevan Docherty - The World's Number One Triathlete
Contact Agrees to Acquire Pohokura Gas from OMV
Contact Energy Announces Nationwide Retail Coverage and Strong First Half Result
Release Date for Contact Energy Half Year Results
Contact Energy Welcomes Announcement on Pohokura Gas
Contact Energy Sponsors Taupo's First Olympic Athlete
Contact Energy Congratulates Innovation Award Winner
New Director Joins Board of Contact Energy
Contact Energy Interest in EME's Australian Assets
Cancellation of Project Aqua - Contact Energy Response
Contact and Mighty River Power Propose $80M Fund to Accelerate Gas Exploration
Contact Energy Signs Agreement with Hapu Collective in Taupo
Contact Energy Begins Consent Hearings For Geothermal Plant
Tom McDaniel Steps Down From Contact Energy Board
Contact Energy Gains Victorian Retail Electricity Licence
Notification of the Poll Results
Contact Energy Advice to Hawkes Bay Gas Customers
Contact Advised of Possible Reduction in Contractual Entitlement to TAW Production
Statement to the New Zealand Stock Exchange, 11 February 2004
Contact Energy First Quarter Result Release Date
Tom McDaniel Steps Down From Contact Energy Board
Contact and Genesis Announce Award of LNG Study
Media releases for 2003
Contact Energy Lights Up Taupo Lakefront
Contact Energy Plan To Abolish Board Retirement Payments
Contact Energy Signs Deal For Ngawha Power
Contact Energy Net Surplus of $118.3 Million
Innovative Top-Up Plan For Contact's Small Shareholders
Share Top Up Plan, October 2003
Contact Energy Annual Meeting To Be Held In Dunedin
Leading NZ Energy Companies Team Up To Explore LNG Potential
Contact Energy Wairakei Geothermal Plant to get Major Efficiency Upgrade
Contact Energy Adds Further Strength To Board Of Directors
Contact Seeks Clarification On Some Consent Conditions
Contact Customers In Dunedin And Central Otago To Receive Reduction In Network Charge
Contact Energy and Taupo District Council Reach Breakthrough Agreement
Clutha Resource Consent Decision - Comment From Contact Energy
Contact Customers In Nelson City To Receive Reduction In Network Charge
Contact Energy Announces Third Quarter Result
Contact Energy and Crown Reach Agreement on New Dry Year Reserve Plant
Contact Energy Announces New Management Structure
Contact Energy To Clean Up Waikato River Discharges
Contact Energy Conservation Challenge
Empower Integration Close To Completion
Contact Energy Community Conservation Challenge - Update
Community Savings Still Going Strong
Contact Energy Abandons New Deep Geothermal Well at Ohaaki
Electricity Savings Effort Improves
Contact Energy Appoints General Counsel
Contact Energy on Government Electricity Policy Announcements
Contact Energy Launches Conservation Challenge
Update on Taranaki Combined Cycle Plant Outage
Contact Provides Additional Gas to Genesis for Winter 2003
Contact Energy Announces First Half Result
Contact Plans for New Plant to Secure Supply Next Year
Taranaki Combined Cycle Outage
Contact Energy - Market Not To Blame For Lack Of Fuel Or Rain
Contact Energy Outlines Generation Outlook
Contact Energy Completes Stratford Power Ltd Acquisition
Clutha Resource Consent Hearings Conclude
Agreement Reached to Manage Historical Sites on Clutha River
Contact Energy Plans to Upgrade New Plymouth Power Station
Contact Energy Announces First Quarter Result
Maui Gas Outage - 5 February 2003
Maui Redetermination Report - Contact Energy Reaction
Contact Gains Commerce Commission Clearance to Acquire Taranaki Combined Cycle Power Station
Media releases for 2002
Contact Energy Reaches Conditional Agreement to Acquire Taranaki Combined Cycle Power Station
Contact Energy Comments on Draft Maui Gas Redetermination Report
Contact Energy Releases 2002 Annual Report
Contact Energy Welcomes Standard & Poor's Response
Contact Energy Details New Governance Measures
Wholesale Electricity Market Conditions
Contact Ceases Negotiations With NRG to Acquire Generation Assets
Proposed Corporate Governance Structure Enhancements
Retail Growth Underpins Solid Year for Contact Energy
Contact Energy Seeks Commerce Commission Clearance To Buy TCC and Cobb Power Stations
Contact Energy Customer Base Keeps on Growing in Third Quarter
Resignation of Director - William J Heller
Contact Energy Investigating Investment Opportunities
Agreement Allows Maui Gas Field Redetermination to Proceed
Saddleback Released into Contact Energy Wilderness Trail
Appointment of Ernst & Young as New Company Auditor
Contact Energy Welcomes Market Surveillance Panel Findings
Customer Growth Spurs Contact Half Year Result
Contact to Postpone Decision on New Power Station Development
Contact Energy Auditor Resignation
Contact Agrees to Purchase Gas from Greymouth Petroleum
Contact Energy to Delist From ASX
Contact Energy Becomes Major Sponsor of Karori Wildlife Sanctuary
Contact Energy Increases Reporting Frequency
Gas Pipeline Rupture - Appeal to Natural Gas Consumers
Contact Energy Annual General Meeting
Contact Announces Final Dividend for 2001 Financial Year
Edison Mission Energy - Share Offer Outcome
Media releases for 2001
Electricity Post-Winter Review - Contact Energy Response
Three Year Tariff Freeze Ends in Kapiti-Horowhenua
Three Year Tariff Freeze Ends in Tasman
Contact Energy Gas Price Increase
Possible Maui Gas Supply Shortfall
Roxburgh earthquake upgrade extends life of station
Grant Samuel Independent Adviser's Report in Response to EME Offer
Target Company Statement in Response to EME Offer
Independent Directors' Assessment of Mission Energy Five Star's Offer
Weather and Business Structure Influence Contact Energy Result
Contact Response to EME Takeover Offer
Contact Energy receives notice of takeover offer from EME
Contact and Edison Mission to Make Joint Investment in Victoria
Contact Energy Conservation Challenge Earns $3 Million for Community Projects
Contact Welcomes Ministerial Review
Shortages Over, But Savings Worth Continuing
Local Communities Exceed Contact's Savings Target
Contact Continues to Accept New Customers
Local Communities Take Up Contact's Energy Conservation Challenge
Temporary Shutdown of Otahuhu B Station Delayed
Invercargill School Wins Contact Energy Competition
Temporary Shutdown of Otahuhu B Station
Contact Energy Conservation Campaign
Arrangements to Modify Gas Agreement
Contact Seeks Resource Consents for Whirinaki Power Station
Contact Energy Appoints New Chief Executive
Proposed Offer by EME Pacific: Appraisal Report
Independent Director's Letter Announcing Grant Samuel Appraisal of EME Offer
Contact Maintains Progressive Dividend
Contact Energy Announces Sale of Final Whirinaki Unit to Edison Mission Energy
Ohaaki Project Proves Successful
Contact Energy Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
Contact Energy and NZDG Reach Settlement
Media releases for 2000
Contact Energy Achieves Solid Result in Difficult Year
Meridian and Contact settle Manapouri dispute
Contact Energy Enters Into Marketing Agreement For Surplus Whirinaki Units
Contact Energy Cements Relationship with Empower (03/07/00)
Contact Energy Sells Gas Option to Fletcher Energy
Solid Half Year Result for Contact Energy
Contact Buys Orion's Gas Trading Business
Contact Energy Limited - Share Buyback
Contact Energy Announces Interim Dividend
Contact Opens Otahuhu B Power Station
Contact gains right to develop Tauhara geothermal field
Media releases for 1999
Contact Energy Buys Geothermal Station
Contact Declares $155 Million Surplus for Year
Contact Announces Profit From the Sale of Southern Hydro Investment
Contact Decommissions Stratford Power Station
Contact Signs Major Gas Deal With METHANEX
Contact Energy plans to sell its 27.7 percent interest in the Southern Hydro.
Contact Energy announces half year surplus of $54 million
Contact's Otahuhu B Power Station dispute with Siemens
Deputy Chair appointed for Contact Energy
New Directors for Contact Energy Ltd
Savings for Contact Energy's North Canterbury customers
Contact Energy to buy MainPower's retail electricity business
Media releases for 1998
Contact Energy have agreed to purchase the retail business of Enerco
Contact Energy to purchase United Electricity assets from Fernhill Power
Contact Energy to buy Top Energy's retail electricity supply business
Contact Energy to buy Eastland Energy retail electricity supply business
Contact Energy buys the electricity supply businesses of Electra and Tasman Energy
