More Government cash for the three Crown-controlled gentailers.

That's the biggest change to come from today's energy announcement - alongside plans for a new LNG import facility. 

Energy Minister Simon Watts says a report concluded sector players weren't confident they could ask the Government for money to fund new generation projects. 

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Sopers says the Government rejected plenty of other ideas on the table.

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