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Contact Energy Limited is a New Zealand electricity generator, natural gas wholesaler and electricity, natural gas, and LPG retailer. The company is the second-largest electricity generator in New Zealand (after Meridian Energy), generating 24% of all electricity in 2013, and has the second-largest market share (22%) of electricity retailers (after Genesis Energy).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.med.govt.nz/sectors-industries/energy/energy-modelling/publications/energy-in-new-zealand )〕 Contact owns and operates twelve power stations in New Zealand with a generation portfolio made up of geothermal, hydro and natural gas assets.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.contactenergy.co.nz/web/shared/powerstations?vert=au )〕 Contact Energy's power stations consist of five gas turbine facilities, in Auckland, Hamilton, Hawkes Bay and Taranaki; five geothermal stations north of Taupo; and two hydroelectric dams on the Clutha River. Contact originated with the partitioning of the Electricity Corporation of New Zealand in 1996, and publicly listed in 1999. Contact Energy has its own internet-only radio station, ''Cocoon'', on iHeartRadio. == History == Contact was incorporated on 8 November 1995 and became a state owned enterprise on 18 November 1995. Contact commenced operations on 1 February 1996, acquiring assets from ECNZ with a payment of $1.6 billion.〔 As the founding chief executive, Paul Anthony was instrumental in establishing the corporation distinct from ECNZ. In 1999, the company was sold, with 40% purchased by Edison Mission Energy (EME) as cornerstone shareholder for $5 per share. The remaining 60% was sold in a public offering of shares for $3.10 per share. EME subsequently increased its shareholding to 51%. As part of the 1999 electricity sector reforms, local electricity companies were split into lines and retail, with most selling the retail part off. Contact Energy acquired the retail bases of Top Energy, Counties Power, Eastland Network (Gisborne area), Unison (Hawke's Bay area), Electra, Network Tasman, MainPower, Alpine Energy, Aurora Energy (Dunedin area), The Power Company and Electricity Invercargill. Following financial difficulties elsewhere in its business, EME sold its shareholding to Origin Energy in 2004. During the 2008 financial crisis, Contact decided to increase prices by up to 12% while doubling its directors' fees. As a result, it lost more than 40,000 customers in six months − 10% of the total. Its profit was halved. Contact calls this the worst blow to its reputation in the company's history. Following financial difficulties elsewhere in its business, Origin sold its 53% shareholding to the market in 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Contact Energy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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