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⚡️🍒 CEO of Rewiring Aotearoa, NZ Zero & Forest Lodge Orchard. Electrifying NZs homes, farms and businesses one machine at a time.

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Joined November 2008
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Mike Casey
17 hours
From woke city boy to rural convert 🚜⚡ All I did was share the numbers behind my electrification journey, and now more farmers than ever are switching to electric. Got questions? Drop them in the comments👇
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We can electrify NZ faster with the right finance in place 💰 The real win is going beyond our own homes and helping our employees and customers switch to cleaner, cheaper energy. #electrification #NZenergy #solarpower #NZ #electrifynz #rewiringaotearoa
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Mike Casey
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Energy = money, and fossil fuels are burning through both 🔥 The average Kiwi spends 60% of their household energy on their petrol car alone. Switch that to electric and keep those dollars in your pocket instead of the pump 🚗⚡ @rewiringnz #Solar #EV #Electric
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Seriously, why are we still heating our homes with gas? (especially in the South Island!)🔥 It's cheaper to go electric with a hot water heat pump, even when you finance it🚿💸 📸 @Southland_NZ / @rewiringnz #ElectricOrchard #RewiringAotearoa #NZEnergy #ElectrifyNZ
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Mike Casey
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Want to make your home cheaper to run? ⚡ Join me in New Plymouth for Electrify My Whare, where we’ll break down how to get gas out, bring solar in, and save money from day one. 📅 10 Nov | 5:30–8pm 📍 Novotel New Plymouth 🔗 TICKETS HERE: https://t.co/7cXcZMfGxt
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Mike Casey
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If I had a dollar for every time someone asked, “But can the grid handle it?”… I’d probably build another solar farm 😎 The truth is, 80% of homes and our 50,000 farmers could double NZ’s renewable energy right off the bat. #RewiringAotearoa #Electrification #Solar
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Mike Casey
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Farmers of Taranaki, let’s talk about electrifying your farm ⚡ 📅Monday 10th November, 12:30pm - 2:30pm 📍 Novotel, New Plymouth 🎟️ https://t.co/9yNCpTcDPB
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Mike Casey
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A massive thank you to @ME_NZofficial and @thornlighting for having me speak at the NZ Electrical Conference. What a kōrero, and it was a privilege to open up the orchard afterwards and show sparkies where this work can take us next ⚡ #MasterElectricians #Electricians
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Mike Casey
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The world’s first electric cherry orchard proved one thing, clean energy can pay its own way ⚡ My farm runs on 21 fully electric machines, and now I want to take what I've learnt and share it with the people and farmers of Aotearoa. #RewiringAotearoa #NZEnergy #HuttCityFM
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Mike Casey
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Tomorrow, I’m taking the stage at the Master Electricians conference in Queenstown🔌⚡@ME_NZofficial I’ll be sharing why electricians are key to NZ’s energy future and how we can all play a part in the transition.
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Mike Casey
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Solar is an economic slam dunk for farmers ⚡ Most Kiwis pay 30c/kWh from the grid, rooftop solar is ~13c, and farms with ground-mount solar can get as low as 7c/kWh. Cheap power with big benefits.
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Mike Casey
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We can double NZ’s electricity without building a single new power station🌏 Rooftop solar on 80% of homes adds 40% renewable generation. Half of our farmers doing the same adds 30% 🌱 And then the big commercial rooftops could outproduce our largest solar farm 🏢
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Mike Casey
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If we electrify homes and add solar and batteries, NZ households could save $29 million everyday 💰 That’s not government money, that’s money that stays in our wallets. By 2040, that’s nearly $100 billion in savings, the same as 139 Christchurch rugby stadiums worth 🏟️
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Mike Casey
17 days
We use only 38% of our poles and wires capacity, but the problem is that we all want to use power at once. That's when batteries step in. Batteries take homes off the grid at peak times, and one farm battery like mine can power 25 homes during those periods 🔋
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Mike Casey
17 days
Here’s what I’ve learned, you don’t need to win every argument. Instead, lead by example and simply show the benefits💰 No one can argue with lower bills!🌞 @humans_of_ag #SolarPower #FarmingInnovation #NZFarming #HumansOfAgriculture #NZ #RewiringAotearoa #NZFarmers
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Mike Casey
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A big ngā mihi to the finalists in this year’s @sustbusiness awards 🎉 Winning the Transformational Leader Award last year gave me the chance to connect with many inspiring kiwis, best of luck to this year's finalists👏⚡ 📣 @seeds_podcast / @planetaryaccts / @nzstevenmoe
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Mike Casey
21 days
Electrifying everything is possible, but barriers are holding us back. Most Kiwis fall into three groups: the eager early adopters, the frustrated enthusiasts blocked by finance, rules or costs, and the small group who just say no. I reckon it's time to remove the roadblocks
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Mike Casey
24 days
Most Kiwis are either curious or frustrated enthusiasts held back by red tape — consenting, council rules, EDB barriers, and poor solar tariffs ⚡ It is time to cut through the noise and help households and farmers see the real benefits of going electric📈
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Mike Casey
25 days
Everyone loves big machines, right? I’m guilty too 😂 But while we wait for electric options for the big rigs, there are 8.5 million other machines in NZ we could electrify right now ⚡ This is how we move fast and make real change @bnz #SolarPower #NZSolar #RewiringAotearoa
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Mike Casey
26 days
Putting solar on your farm? Don’t overthink it ⚡ There’s a stack of local options, and so many amazing Kiwi businesses now committed to supporting farmers with this change🌞 ⭐ @Farmlands / SOLAYER / Wanaka Solar / Farmgen Solar #NZSolar #NZFarming #ElectricFarming
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