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A recent anaylsis of weekly domestic energy use by New Zealanders showed that of the $18.40 spent by the average household on domestic fuel and power, $ 1 6.30 went to power companies*. An average household spent 90 cents on reticulated natural gas, with wood, coal and LPG contributing a further 30 cents respectively. The use of fixed and portable electric heaters has been on the decline over the past five years (fixed heaters, 31% to 29%, and portable heaters from 85% down to 81%.) Open fires also seem to be losing popularity (33% to 28%) but slow combustion fires were relatively static at 31%. National domestic expenditure on all energy forms amounts to $1,088 million, with electricity' s portion making up $957 million, or around 88% of thetotal.
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Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 11, Issue 532, 19 April 1994, Page 10
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