He retired to Turangi in 1981, and has spent many of his golden years fighting with a power company. He says that after peak demand charging was introduced in 2007 by power distribution company The Lines Company (TLC), his lines bill jumped 240 per cent. In 2005, it started billing separately from electricity, and in 2007 introduced peak demand charging. The power situation• How does power pricing in Turangi work? The power struggleRetired teacher Sandra Greenslade and her husband Denis head a residents and ratepayers group which is battling with TLC.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 27, 2016 17:03 UTC