law
16 Mar 2020

High Court reserves decision in energy company case

From Checkpoint, 6:27 pm on 16 March 2020

Dunedin energy company Aurora Energy will be paying a penalty for it's dilapidated infrastructure after negotiating a figure with the Commerce Commission.

On Monday the High Court in Wellington heard Aurora Energy failed to properly invest in its poles, cables and transformers, between 2016 and 2019.

And the Commerce Commission says that resulted in an increased number of power cuts. Jonathan Mitchell was in court.