Aurora chief executive Richard Fletcher said Aurora listened to the public and adjusted its cost-recovery pricing for 2021. The Dunedin City Council-owned company has to a small degree backed away from proposed significant price hikes for Central Otago and Wanaka after public consultation. The increase in Central Otago and Wanaka regions would be higher than Dunedin, but lower than forecast, the company said. There were 56,000 customers connected in Dunedin on a network of 2375km, whereas there are 22,000 customers on the 2600km Central Otago network. New electricity infrastructure planned included a new Dunedin Harbour crossing cable and line and pole and sub-station upgrades in Central Otago and Wanaka.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 01, 2021 00:11 UTC