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Energy Minister Simon Watts says he hasn’t received any formal information on the proposal but private sector participants are “free to explore potential opportunities”.
Local Government Minister Simon Watts has sent cautionary notes to six smaller councils that are proposing to deliver their drinking water and wastewater services on their own, rather than teaming up with neighbouring local authorities The post Go-it-alone councils brace for ministerial intervention in water services appeared first on Newsroom .
Simon Watts says the decision on when Methanex and Ballance exit the market for gas is “a decision for those entities, not for government”.
But the Government won’t be throwing the entire market out and starting again, Simon Watts says.
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