Station was sold to Port Taranaki and Methanex New Zealand. In 2016, Contact sold the Otahuhu Power Station. This was the site of Otahuhu A power station (diesel fueled open cycle gas turbines, commissioned in 1968) and Otahuhu B power station (380MW gas fueled combined cycle plant, commissioned in 2000). Developments Generation developments Other developments In 2001 and 2002, Contact and Edison Mission Energy developed the Valley Power Peaking Facility near Traralgon in Australia. It was sold in 2005. In 2006, Contact and Genesis Energy set up the Gasbridge joint venture project to import LNG. Their proposed terminal at Port Taranaki was highly controversial, and the plan was shelved in favour of an offshore terminal plan in mid-2009. Contact and Origin Energy developed a gas storage facility at the depleted Ahuroa reservoir in Taranaki. In 2012, Contact decided not to proceed with hydro developments on the Clutha River, at Queensbury, Luggate, Tuapeka and Beaumont. Development of hydro generation on Lake Hawea was due to be completed in 2017. In June 2013, the Taheke joint venture (Taheke 8C Incorporated and Contact Energy) decided to delay the development of the Taheke Geothermal field due to market conditions. In August 2013, Contact decided to exit the Hauāurumā raki wind generation development on the Waikato coast. In 2016, Contact allowed its consent for the Waitahora Wind Farm near Dannevirke in the Tararua district to lapse, meaning the farm would not be built. In 2017 Contact started selling broadband Internet access, via both fibre-optic and copper lines, bundled with other services. In 2020 Contact started using network services company Devoli as provider of the broadband service that Contact resells. In 2021, Contact decided to proceed with development of the $580m Tauhara geothermal project. See also Electricity sector in New Zealand New Zealand electricity market References External links Electric power companies of New Zealand New Zealand companies established in 1996 Companies based in Wellington