Otago power company Aurora Energy has narrowly avoided court action for again failing to keep outages in check. However, the commission did not go beyond issuing a warning, because of reasons that included Aurora having already made significant investment to remedy the situation. In March 2020, Aurora was ordered by the High Court to pay a penalty of almost $5 million for not complying with quality standards from 2016 to 2019. The energy company conceded at the time it had failed to exercise the degree of skill, diligence, prudence and foresight that would reasonably be expected of it. The commission accepted Aurora had taken steps to dramatically adjust the company’s direction and structure from about 2017.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 04, 2022 04:19 UTC