Electricity line charges are set to rise in Central Otago by a whopping 60 percent in the next five years
Today, the Commerce Commission gave the Dunedin City Council-owned lines company Aurora Energy the go-ahead to spend 563-million dollars fixing and running its network over the next five years. The area affected is Dunedin, Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes.
It's got Central Otago Grey Power worried older people will have to make impossible choices when faced with paying the power bill or paying for groceries
Tim Cadogan is the Central Otago District Council Mayor
Central Otago mayor Tim Cadogan Photo: Supplied
