Quote Originally Posted by xafalcon View Post
Every NZ household is paying an extra tra $200 per year thanks to the current pricing agreed by MEL & CEN. That is $0.025/kWh based on average 8000kWh usage
That's not difficult. No NZ household has the volume to exert pricing power. RT has the volume to exert pricing power. So it does. You or I would do the same.

But once there are serious options available to use the electricity currently used by RT, the threat of closure diminishes and the picture changes.

Now, out of idle curiosity, should RT close the smelter, who is liable for any site clean-up costs?