Select committee hears grid operator can fund investment from its own cashflow by cutting dividends and increasing debt.
There is also no money for speed bumps as councils are told to get back to basics.
Officials are still working on options for the future of the mail service.
It wants to avoid the slow uptake of open banking in Australia and the UK.
Analysis will support decisions about whether policies need to be amended, removed, or replaced.
Though there are low levels of corruption here, the country should not be complacent.
Treasury says ministers might want to discuss what actions they can take to reinforce commercial disciplines at the SOE.
It will focus much more on user pays.
But supporters of legislation say current system is not good for renters.
Competition watchdog fronts at Finance & Expenditure Select Committee today after last week's report put spotlight on ‘maverick’ Kiwibank.