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Electricity... It's a big issue. Meridian has announced price rises of 10 percent in Christchurch and 20 percent in Marlborough. Trust Power earlier this year warned of rolling power blackouts in the South Island.
So imagine what happened when Simon Cope in Auckland tried to do his bit. Simon turned his house into a power generator using solar panels on the roof. He made so much power he was even supplying the national grid but that's put him smack in the middle of a fight with the power companies.
Sick of paying power bills? Well how about turning the tables on your power company. Why not make money out of them? Read more about how Simon Cope did: Solar Energy House
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