Political risks due to potential loss of public support over rising power tariffs are a major impediment to transitioning to cleaner electricity sources, ministers from New Zealand and Cambodia told an energy industry event on Monday (Oct 21).
“It’s incredibly important to take the public with you, given that end of the day, they have to believe that what you’re doing is enhancing their lives,” Shane Jones, Associate Minister for Energy, New Zealand, said at the Singapore International Energy Week conference (SIEW).
Jones said New Zealand’s power tariffs are comparable to Singapore’s, ranking among the highest in the Asia-Pacific region.
