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Steve O'Connor

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Steve O'Connor is the CEO of Flick Electric.

Is our electricity market hanging consumers out to dry? (Photo: Getty Images)

Consumers and the environment are paying for our broken electricity market

'When you don’t have a market that promotes genuine, fair competition, the customer pays the price.'

By Steve O'Connor | 21st August, 2020

The Clyde hydro dam (image: supplied).

Flick CEO: How the big power companies are forcing prices up

Flick Electric CEO Steve O'Connor explains why the independent power retailers are calling out the behaviour of the major gentailers.

By Steve O'Connor | 19th December, 2019

The Electricity Price Review should bring prices down for consumers. But when?

The Electricity Price Review has good ideas, and they need to happen ASAP

Steve O’Connor, CEO of Flick Electric Co., is excited about the Electricity Price Review outcomes for Kiwi households but wants to see action now.

By Steve O'Connor | 7th October, 2019

Wellington students take the climate strike to parliament. Photo: Rebekah Parsons-Green for RNZ

The two policies that will define our zero carbon future

With the release of the Zero Carbon Bill, Flick CEO Steve O’Connor worries that our zero carbon ambitions will be impeded by an electricity market that’s not working as it should.

By Steve O'Connor | 19th June, 2019

A wind turbine at Te Apiti wind farm in Manawatu Gorge (Image: PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images)

This year, power is getting political. Here’s why you should care

Steve O'Connor CEO of Flick Electric writes about why he welcomes increased scrutiny for his industry.

By Steve O'Connor | 8th October, 2018