31 Mar 2021

Otago electricity line charges may rise 60 percent in five year

From Checkpoint, 6:15 pm on 31 March 2021

Electricity line charges in some parts of Otago are set to climb over 60 percent in the next five years.

That's after the Commerce Commission gave Aurora Energy the go ahead to spend $563 million to fix and run its network.

The infrastructure is in desperate need of upgrades but, as Timothy Brown reports, some are feeling left out in the cold.