“The partial privatisation of our electricity system has prevented growth in our generation capacity. A state of manufactured scarcity has delivered rising energy bills for households and businesses and huge dividends to gentailer shareholders. We are also seeing worksites across the country closing due to rising energy bills. “The NZCTU proposes that government should use its dividends to progressively bring the gentailers back into full public ownership. New Zealanders will also face ever rising electricity bills, deepening the cost-of-living crisis.