Perspective with Andrew Dickens: We're all paying for this LNG project one way or another

So the LNG power plant is set to go ahead to protect us when renewables run low. The Government must be satisfied that the business case stacks up, because that’s what they said they would consider.

At the same time, the Government will be cracking down on power companies during dry-year shortages. Fines for failing to secure enough backup electricity could jump from $2 million to as much as $10 million, or 10 percent of turnover. That’s a hefty fine.

Mike's Minute: Here's why we need the LNG facility

I don’t blame Chris Hipkins and Co. for a moment, calling it a gas tax.

That’s politics when you are in Opposition, especially when you have no policies yourself.

What I despair about is yet another chapter of myopic nonsense around dumb words for cheap points.