Tim CadoganCentral Otago Mayor Tim Cadogan has given Aurora Energy another serve following a largely unattended drop-in session in Alexandra this week. Only a handful of residents attended a community consultation session hosted by Aurora staff in the town on Wednesday, despite the region facing significant price rises. Earlier in the day, Mr Cadogan said the public session had been poorly advertised. The Central Otago-Wanaka district faces increases of 23% on an average annual power bill between 2021 and 2024, under Aurora’s proposed lines price increases, compared with 16% increases in Dunedin and Queenstown. Mr Cadogan has since contacted Aurora’s senior management to express his disappointment for the company’s lack of effort to make residents aware.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 19, 2019 15:33 UTC